Jerusalem
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bille August
Olympia Dukakis
Sven-bertil Taube
Maria Bonnevie
Fredik Ohlsson
Pernilla August
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When a charismatic and messianic preacher arrives in a small Swedish village, the lives of the two young lovers are torn apart. As the converted villagers begin to sell all their earthly belongings and move to the Holy Land, the young man and woman face devastating choices that will alter their lives forever.
Director
Bille August
Cast
Olympia Dukakis
Sven-bertil Taube
Maria Bonnevie
Fredik Ohlsson
Pernilla August
Johan Rabaeus
Sven Wollter
Jan Mybrand
Max Von Sydow
Hans Alfredson
Viveka Seldahl
Bjorn Granath
Annika Borg
Claes Esphagen
Lena Endre
Mona Malm
Mats Dahlbeck
Anders Nystrom
Ulf Friberg
Reine Brynolfsson
Crew
Niels Arild
Anna Asp
Bille August
Ivar Baungaard
Ivar Baungaard
Patrick Boullenger
Mads Egmont Christensen
Ingrid Dahlberg
Stefan Eidin
Inger Eiserwall
Renate Fryklund
Renate Fryklund
Ann-margaret Fyregard
Lotta Gummesson
Bengt-inge Hertzman
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Agneta Jansson
Agneta Jansson
Paul Jrala
Selma Lagerlof
Ywonne Landstrom
Ywonne Landstrom
Lars Logard
Martti Malkamaa
Martti Malkamaa
Dan Myrman
Stefan Nilsson
Olli Paranen
Calle Persson
Jorgen Persson
Lennart Pettersson
Britta Rehn
Hans Rinning
Horst Stadlinger
Lars Stalberg
Vordur Thoridsson
Lotta Ulfung
Bengt Wanselius
Bengt Wanzelius
Frederik Zander
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.)
Released in United States Spring March 7, 1997
Released in United States on Video May 26, 1998
Released in United States January 1997
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.
Selma Lagerlof's (1858-1940) novel, written around the turn of the century, was a fictionalized tale inspired by the real-life story of Swedish-American revivalist movement leader Olof Henrik Larsson, who lead a group of forty Swedes to Palestine.
Following the film's theatrical release, it will air on Scandinavian television as a three-part movie.
Began shooting March 6, 1995.
Completed shooting late July 1995.
Released in United States Spring March 7, 1997
Released in United States on Video May 26, 1998
