Sista dansen

Sista dansen
Swedish theatrical release poster
Directed by	Colin Nutley
Produced by	Katinka Faragó
Written by	Colin Nutley
Starring	Helena Bergström Reine Brynolfsson
Release dates	25 December 1993 (1993-12-25)
Running time	113 minutes (TV-version 109 minutes)
Country	Denmark Norway Sweden
Language	Swedish

Sista dansen (en. The Last Dance) is a Danish-Norwegian-Swedish 1993 film directed by Colin Nutley. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1]

Plot

A Swedish woman is found dead in Blackpool. Was she murdered?

Production

Filming took place between 19 April and 9 July 1993 in Stockholm, Blackpool and Barbados. The Swedish Film Institute suggested the film for the category of best foreign film to the Academy Award of 1994, but the film was not nominated. 504 580 saw the film .

Cast

Helena Bergström - Tove Särlefalk
Reine Brynolfsson - Claes Särlefalk
Ewa Fröling - Liselott Waltner
Peter Andersson - Lennart Waltner
Rikard Wolff - Vicar
Stellan Skarsgård - Host in Norrköping
Sverre Anker Ousdal - Opera Manager
Ernst Günther - Opera Director
Anneli Alhanko - Ballet Dancer
Lena Söderblom - The gynaecologist
Pia Johansson - Parking Attendant
Hans Bergström - Elly's husband

Music in the film

"Sweet Sixteen"/"Lika blå som då", arrangement by Ann Breen and Jim McVeigh, Swedish lyrics by Ingela "Pling" Forsman, vocals by Ann Breen
"Dancing Queen"
"Birthday Boy", music by Denis King
"Swan Lake. Svanarnas dans/Lebedinoe ozero, op. 20"
"Uti vår hage", arranged by Hugo Alfvén
"Min soldat"
"Summertime Blues"/"Soleil de l'été"
"La vie en rose"/"I rosenrött jag drömmer", Swedish lyrics by Roland Levin
"En månskenspromenad", music by Thore Ehrling, lyrics by Nils Hellström
"Waltz für Elise", music by Denis King
"Red, Red Wine"
"About Face", music and lyrics by Denis King
"Welcome to La Tigre", music, lyrics and vocals by Eddy Grant
"Soca Baptist", music by Blueboy (pseudonym for Austin Lyons)
"Mona Lisa", Swedish lyrics by Karl-Ewert
"Ay ay ay!"/"Aj, aj, aj", music and Spanish lyrics by Osmán Pérez Freire, Swedish lyrics by Björn Halldén, Sven-Olof Sandberg and Erik Fridén
"DK's Tango", music by Denis King
"The Silver Ballroom", music by Sam Fonteyn
"The Mountains of Mourne", music by W. Houston Collisson, lyrics by Percy French
"Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"
"Pir atmosfär", music by Lars Liljeholm
"The Way You Look Tonight"/"Lika söt som nu i kväll", Swedish lyrics by Sven Paddock
"Cheek to Cheek"/"Kind mot kind", Swedish lyrics Ronald Sjögren och Lennart Reuterskiöld
"The Winner Takes It All"

Awards

1994 - Guldbagge Award - Best Actress in a leading role, Helena Bergström (nominated)^[2]
1994 - Guldbagge Award - Best Cinematography, Jens Fischer (won)^[2]
1994 - Montreal World Film Festival - Best Actress in a leading role, Helena Bergström
1995 - Istanbul International Film Festival - Jury's special award, Helena Bergström

References

↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
1 2 "Sista dansen (1993)". The Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 6 April 2014.

External links

Sista dansen at the Internet Movie Database
Sista dansen at the Swedish Film Institute Database

Films directed by Colin Nutley

The Ninth Company (1987) Blackjack (1990) House of Angels (1992) The Last Dance (1993) House of Angels – The Second Summer (1994) Such Is Life (1996) Under the Sun (1998) Gossip (2000) Deadline (2001) Paradise (2003) The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004) Heartbreak Hotel (2006) Angel (2008) House of Angels - Third Time Lucky (2010)

Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

1956–1975	The Staffan Stolle Story (1956) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Magician (1958) None (1959) The Virgin Spring (1960) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) The Mistress (1962) The Silence (1963) Raven's End (1964) Dear John (1965) Persona (1966) Here Is Your Life (1967) Shame (1968) Ådalen 31 (1969) A Swedish Love Story (1970) The Emigrants (1971) The New Land (1972) None (1973) None (1974) None (1975)

1976–2000	City of My Dreams (1976) The Man on the Roof (1977) None (1978) A Respectable Life (1979) Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1980) Children's Island (1981) Flight of the Eagle (1982) Fanny and Alexander (1983) Åke and His World (1984) Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1985) The Sacrifice (1986) Hip hip hurra! (1987) None (1988) The Women on the Roof (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) The Ox (1991) House of Angels (1992) The Slingshot (1993) The Last Dance (1994) All Things Fair (1995) Jerusalem (1996) Tic Tac (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Under the Sun (1999) Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

2001–present	Jalla! Jalla! (2001) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Evil (2003) As It Is in Heaven (2004) Zozo (2005) Falkenberg Farewell (2006) You, the Living (2007) Everlasting Moments (2008) Involuntary (2009) Simple Simon (2010) Beyond (2011) The Hypnotist (2012) Eat Sleep Die (2013) Force Majeure (2014) A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2015) A Man Called Ove (2016)

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