The Sacrifice - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Sacrifice"
Offret (1986)
Timing: 2:29 (149 min)
The Sacrifice - TMDB rating
7.701/10
608
The Sacrifice - Kinopoisk rating
7.818/10
16886
The Sacrifice - IMDB rating
7.8/10
35000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Anna-Lena Wibom
Producer

Casting

Photo Françoise Menidrey #79916
Françoise Menidrey
Casting

Editor

Michał Leszczyłowski
Editor

Costume Design

Inger Pehrsson
Costume Design

Production Design

Photo Anna Asp #81167
Anna Asp
Production Design

Director of Photography

Photo Sven Nykvist #83147

Sven Nykvist

Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography

Sound Effects Editor

Lars C. Lundberg
Sound Effects Editor

Property Master

Photo Kicki Ilander #66270
Kicki Ilander
Property Master
Jan Andersson
Property Master

Script Supervisor

Anne von Sydow
Script Supervisor

Electrician

Hans Wallin
Electrician
Kent Högberg
Electrician
Kjell Sundquist
Electrician

Still Photographer

Arne Carlsson
Still Photographer

Sound Mixer

Christin Loman
Sound Mixer

Thanks

Photo Henri Colpi #113640
Henri Colpi
Thanks

Driver

Göran Andersson
Driver
Thure Ljunggren
Driver

Production Manager

Photo Katinka Faragó #95307

Katinka Faragó

Katinka Faragó
Production Manager

Screenplay

Key Grip

Photo Daniel Bergman #128811
Daniel Bergman
Key Grip

Location Manager

Göran Lindberg
Location Manager

Grip

Ocki Hansson
Grip

Carpenter

Jan Eriksson
Carpenter
Martti Malkamaa
Carpenter
Leif Nilsson
Carpenter
Håkan Nilsson
Carpenter

Painter

Teddy Holm
Painter
Gunilla Bandolin
Painter
Bengt Svedberg
Painter

Special Effects

Lars Höglund
Special Effects
Lars Palmqvist
Special Effects

Assistant Director

Michał Leszczyłowski
Assistant Director
Kerstin Eriksdotter
Assistant Director

Makeup & Hair

Kjell Gustavsson
Makeup & Hair
Florence Fouquier D'Herouel
Makeup & Hair

Other

Photo Peter Schildt #128810
Peter Schildt
Other
Jan Lindeström
Other
Stig Björkman
Other
Harald Stjerne
Other
Caterina Åhlander
Other

Production Assistant

Agneta J. Bergenstråhle
Production Assistant

Sound

Photo Owe Svensson #120221
Owe Svensson
Sound

Production Office Assistant

Sophie Lundberg
Production Office Assistant

Sound Recordist

Lasse Ulander
Sound Recordist
Bo Persson
Sound Recordist
Willie Peterson-Berger
Sound Recordist

Costume Assistant

Carina Dalunde
Costume Assistant

Construction Manager

Harry Klava
Construction Manager

Translator

Layla Alexander Garrett
Translator
Lars Erik Blomqvist
Translator
Håkan Lövgren
Translator

Assistant Director of Photography

Dan Myhrman
Assistant Director of Photography
Lars Karlsson
Assistant Director of Photography

Technical Supervisor

Kaj Larsen
Technical Supervisor

Paint Coordinator

Rolf Persson
Paint Coordinator

Catering

Puck Jansson
Catering

Assistant Production Design

Cecilia Iversen
Assistant Production Design

Film Processor

Nils Melander
Film Processor

Key Carpenter

Percy Nilsson
Key Carpenter

What's left behind the scenes

  • The postman Otto, as a character in the painting, is a kind of tribute from Tarkovsky to one of his regular acting talismans, Anatoly Solonitsyn, who died of lung cancer in 1982.
  • The idea for the film was taken from the screenplay "The Witch" by the Strugatsky brothers.
  • During filming, cinematographer Sven Nykvist long couldn't understand why Andrei Tarkovsky was constantly looking into the camera. He was even offended until Andrei explained to him that, only by looking through the camera lens, he could visualize the mise-en-scène.
  • For the final scene, Tarkovsky made the following demands regarding the weather: it had to be cloudy; it would be good to have white, fluffy clouds and for the sun to suddenly appear. The effect seen in the frame is precisely this: the sun reflecting in the water and heavy white clouds crawling across the sky.
  • The film's aesthetics largely influenced Western intellectuals. For example, the music video for the American rock band R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" contains direct quotes from the film, as well as repeats its visual style.
  • Tarkovsky spent several days searching for a location for the scene of the atomic catastrophe, the panic. He found it, and it was a tunnel, a staircase, and a small square in front of them. That's where this terrible and beautiful scene was filmed. And shortly after, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was killed. The killer stood in the very place where the camera was during filming.
  • The scene of the house burning was filmed twice – the first time, the Arriflex camera's intermittent mechanism failed, and the film stopped. The house burned down for nothing. A week later, the house set was rebuilt, and the shooting was done again. This time with three cameras.
  • The film's idea was taken from the screenplay “The Witch” by the Strugatsky brothers.
  • The film's aesthetics significantly influenced Western intellectuals. For example, the music video for the American rock band “R.E.M.’s” song “Losing My Religion” contains direct quotes from the film and repeats its visual style.
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