Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Plot  





2 Cast  





3 Reception  



3.1  Box office  





3.2  Critical response  





3.3  Awards and nominations  







4 See also  





5 References  





6 External links  














Jerusalem (1996 film)






Català
Dansk
Français
Italiano
Norsk bokmål
Português
Suomi
Svenska
Українська
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Jerusalem
Directed byBille August
Written byBille August
Based on
Jerusalem
by
StarringMaria Bonnevie
Ulf Friberg
Lena Endre
Pernilla August
Olympia Dukakis
Sven-Bertil Taube
Reine Brynolfsson
Jan Mybrand
Max von Sydow
Viveka Seldahl
Björn Granath
Sven Wollter
Johan Rabaeus
Hans Alfredson
Mona Malm

Release date

  • 6 September 1996 (1996-09-06) (Sweden)

Running time

168 minutes
CountriesSweden
Denmark
Norway
LanguageSwedish
Box office$2 million (Sweden)[1]

Jerusalem is a film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 6 September 1996,[2] directed by Bille August, based on the two-part novel JerusalembySelma Lagerlöf.[3] The film, also broadcast as a TV-series, was a Scandinavian co-production headed by Svensk Filmindustri. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[4][5]

The cast includes Ulf Friberg, Sven-Bertil Taube, Maria Bonnevie, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Reine Brynolfsson, Lena Endre, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Nyqvist, Mona Malm, Sven Wollter, Hans Alfredson, Viveka Seldahl and Johan Rabaeus.

Plot

[edit]

The novel and the film were inspired by real events from the end of the 19th century, a time when many people left Europe to find a better life abroad. The story revolves around a number of struggling families from northern Sweden who share a strong Christian belief in the impending end of the world. After a long journey, these families choose to settle on the outskirts of Jerusalem, where they take up farming and build a new future, waiting for Judgement Day. A series of claimed visions only add to the difficulty of life in their adopted country, and with growing hardship and the loss of family members, some in the group decide to return to Sweden, while others stay.

Cast

[edit]
  • Maria Bonnevie as Gertrud
  • Pernilla August as Karin
  • Reine Brynolfsson as Tim
  • Lena Endre as Barbro
  • Jan Mybrand as Gabriel
  • Sven-Bertil Taube as Helgum
  • Björn Granath as Storm
  • Viveka Seldahl as Stina
  • Mona Malm as Eva Gunnarsdotter
  • Hans Alfredson as Mats Hök
  • Max von Sydow as Vicar
  • Olympia Dukakis as Mrs. Gordon
  • Annika Borg as Gunhild
  • Johan Rabaeus as Eljas
  • Sven Wollter as Stor-Ingmar
  • Mats Dahlbäck as Hans Berger
  • Anders Nyström as Sven Persson
  • Claes Esphagen as Forrester
  • Fredrik Ohlsson as Lawyer
  • John Gunnarson as Jesus
  • Torsten Sjöholm as Gunnar Höök
  • Michael Nyqvist as Carpenter 1
  • Lasse Almebäck - Carpenter 2
  • André Beinö as childhood Ingmar (credited as André Beijnö)
  • Stina Wargert - Gertrud as child
  • Sydnee Blake - American woman
  • Mel Cobb - American man
  • Nils Eklund - Innkeeper
  • Lars Engström - Doctor
  • Rolf Jenner - Big man 1
  • Christer Flodin - Big man 2
  • Viktor Friberg - Saw worker
  • Douglas Johansson as Lars Tipers
  • Katherine Kjellgren - American girl
  • Jan Sjödin - Gabriel's father
  • Eva Stellby - Gabriel's mother
  • Stina von Sydow as Servant girl
  • Cilla Thorell - Russian girl
  • Amanda Steen - Greta
  • Tindra Laurén - Greta as a little girl
  • Galina Pavlovna Soboleva - Russian woman
  • Valeri Dmitrievitj-Lisenkov - Russian man 1
  • Pavel Oetrovitj-Ostroukhouv - Russian man 2
  • Reception

    [edit]

    Box office

    [edit]

    The film was one of the most popular Swedish films of the year with a gross in excess of $2.3 million.[1]

    Critical response

    [edit]

    Jerusalem has an approval rating of 80% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews, and an average rating of 6.4/10.[6]

    Awards and nominations

    [edit]

    Lena Endre won the Swedish Guldbagge Award as Best Supporting Actress, and the film was nominated in several other categories.[citation needed]

    See also

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ a b "Swedish Film Top Five '96". Screen International. 7 February 1996. p. 26.
  • ^ "Jerusalem" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 6 September 1996. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  • ^ James Verniere (28 March 1997). "Movie review; 'Jerusalem': Dry as dust". Boston Herald. p. s.05. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  • ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • ^ "39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 13 November 1996. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  • ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jerusalem_1996
  • [edit]
    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jerusalem_(1996_film)&oldid=1218864840"

    Categories: 
    1996 films
    1996 drama films
    Films based on Jerusalem (Lagerlöf novel)
    Films directed by Bille August
    Swedish drama films
    Danish drama films
    Norwegian drama films
    1990s Swedish-language films
    1990s Swedish films
    Hidden categories: 
    CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
    Use dmy dates from July 2017
    Articles with short description
    Short description is different from Wikidata
    Template film date with 1 release date
    All articles with unsourced statements
    Articles with unsourced statements from January 2012
     



    This page was last edited on 14 April 2024, at 09:02 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki