One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970 film)
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a joint Norwegian
-British
1970 film based on the novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
with the same name
. The Norwegian title is En dag i Ivan Denisovitsj' liv.
tried to get the film to Finland but Finnish Board of Film banned the showing of the film and Donner complained to Supreme Administrative Court of Finland
in 1972. The Supreme Administrative Court voted for the banning 5-4 on 28 February 1972. In 1972 and 1974 Swedish
television showed the film and the Swedish television mast on the Åland Islands
was shut down during the movie because Finns were banned from seeing the film.
Director of the Finnish Board of Film Jerker Eeriksson said that the banning of the film was political because it harmed the Finnish-Soviet relationship. Director of the film Caspar Wrede who then lived in England
didn't want to campaign against the banning in order to avoid bad publicity abroad.
The film was shown in Finland in 1993 and 1994 in movie theater Orion in Helsinki
and in the cinema club in Vaasa
. Finnish television showed the film in 1996 on the TV1 YLE channel.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
-British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
1970 film based on the novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was aRussian and Soviet novelist, dramatist, and historian. Through his often-suppressed writings, he helped to raise global awareness of the Gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labor camp system – particularly in The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of...
with the same name
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a novel written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, first published in November 1962 in the Soviet literary magazine Novy Mir . The story is set in a Soviet labor camp in the 1950s, and describes a single day of an ordinary prisoner, Ivan Denisovich Shukhov...
. The Norwegian title is En dag i Ivan Denisovitsj' liv.
Cast
- Tom CourtenayTom CourtenaySir Thomas Daniel "Tom" Courtenay is an English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner , Billy Liar , and Dr. Zhivago . Since the mid-1960s he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre...
as Ivan Denisovich Shukhov - Espen SkjønbergEspen SkjønbergEspen Skjønberg is an actor of stage, screen and television.He made his first movie appearance as a child in the 1937 Norwegian classic Fant. His stage debut came reciting poetry at the Norwegian theatre Chat Noir in 1945...
as Tiurin - Alf MallandAlf MallandAlf Malland was a Norwegian actor. He appeared in 42 films and television shows between 1949 and 1987. He starred in the film Struggle for Eagle Peak, which was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Nine Lives * Struggle for Eagle Peak * Cold Tracks * One...
as Fetiukov - Frimann Falck Clausen as Senka
- Jo Skønberg as Gopchik
- Odd Jan Sandsdalen as Eino
- Torstein Rustdal as Vaino
- James MaxwellJames Maxwell (actor)James Maxwell was an American actor, theatre director and writer, particularly associated with the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.-Early life:...
as Captain - Alfred BurkeAlfred BurkeAlfred Burke was a British actor, best known for his portrayal of Frank Marker in the drama series Public Eye, which ran on television for ten years.-Early life:...
as Alyosha - Eric ThompsonEric ThompsonEric Norman Thompson was an English actor, producer and television presenter.Thompson was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the son of George Henry and Anne Thompson, and grew up Rudgwick, Sussex, attending Collyer's School, Horsham...
as Tsetzar - John Cording as Pavlo
- Matthew GuinnessMatthew GuinnessMatthew Guinness is an English actor. He plays The Farmer in the 1976 film Nuts in May, appears in Ridley Scott's The Duellists and had a small role in 1987's Lady Jane. He has also worked extensively in theatre....
as Kilgas - Roy Bjørnstad
- Paul Connell
- Sverre Hansen
- Wolfe MorrisWolfe MorrisWolfe Morris was a British film and television actor.He played character roles on stage, television and in feature films from the 1950s until the 1990s. He made his film debut in Ill Met by Moonlight. His grandparents were from Kiev and escaped the Russian pogroms, arriving in London in about 1890....
- Kjell StormoenKjell StormoenKjell Stormoen was a Norwegian actor, scenographer and theatre director.He was born in Bergen as a son of Trygve H. Stormoen and Hjørdis Henriksen . He was a first cousin of Guri Stormoen, and also related to Harald and Hans Stormoen...
- Caspar WredeCaspar WredeBaron Caspar Wrede af Elimä was a Finnish film and theatre director.-Early life:...
Banning in Finland
Finnish film director Jörn DonnerJörn Donner
Jörn Johan Donner is a Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, politician, member of the Donner family and founder of Finnish Film Archive. He has been associated with several different political parties, and has at different times been a member both of the Finnish parliament and the...
tried to get the film to Finland but Finnish Board of Film banned the showing of the film and Donner complained to Supreme Administrative Court of Finland
Supreme Administrative Court of Finland
The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland is the highest court in the Finnish administrative court system, parallel to the Supreme Court of Finland. Its jurisdiction covers the legality of the decisions of government officials, and its decisions are final...
in 1972. The Supreme Administrative Court voted for the banning 5-4 on 28 February 1972. In 1972 and 1974 Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
television showed the film and the Swedish television mast on the Åland Islands
Åland Islands
The Åland Islands form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. They are situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and form an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swedish-speaking region of Finland...
was shut down during the movie because Finns were banned from seeing the film.
Director of the Finnish Board of Film Jerker Eeriksson said that the banning of the film was political because it harmed the Finnish-Soviet relationship. Director of the film Caspar Wrede who then lived in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
didn't want to campaign against the banning in order to avoid bad publicity abroad.
The film was shown in Finland in 1993 and 1994 in movie theater Orion in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
and in the cinema club in Vaasa
Vaasa
Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...
. Finnish television showed the film in 1996 on the TV1 YLE channel.
External links
- Film trailer
- Donner: Solzhenitsyn oli räjähde: The interview of Jörn Donner about the prohibition of the film in FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.