Miss Julie

UPC: 715515027427

Studio: Criterion

Summary: Froken Julie (Miss Julie) is adapted from August Strindberg's trenchant one-act play of the same name. The title character, a young woman of prestige and property, is played by Anita Bjork. Taught by her mother to hold all men in contempt, Miss Julie nonetheless enters into an affair with misanthropic valet Jean (Ulf Palme). Their passion for one another is tempered by their mutual animosity, and the results are catastrophic. Playwright Strindberg's intense dislike for womanhood will probably alienate half the audience of Miss Julie, but director Alf Sjoberg's handling of the material is masterful--so much so that this film, together with Frenzy (1947), cemented Sjoberg's international reputation as a filmmaker of distinction (despite the efforts by American censors to "water down" the film). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best British Film – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Grand Prix – Cannes Film Festival

Features: New restored high-definition digital transfer
New video essay with film historian Peter Cowie
Archival television interview with director Alf Sj?berg
A 2006 television documentary about the play Miss Julie and dramatist August Strindberg
Theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
Plus: A booklet featuring new essays by film scholars Peter Matthews and Birgitta Steene

Miss Julie

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 01/22/2008

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 90 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Miss Julie
1. Logos/Opening Credits [2:38]
2. Midsummer's Night [6:38]
3. The Engagement [7:21]
4. Jean and Kristin [5:38]
5. Stealing Away [4:00]
6. Boyhood Love [7:59]
7. Must Be Dreadful to Be Poor [3:43]
8. The Midsummer's Mob [4:03]
9. Morning After [7:23]
10. Julie's Story [4:00]
11. She's Dead [1:42]
12. A Girl, Not a Boy [7:18]
13. "The House Is on Fire" [5:51]
14. Mother Takes Charge [3:57]
15. Desperation and Deception [5:32]
16. My Lovebird [3:22]
17. A Great Escape [3:47]
18. Can't Live, Can't Die [5:01]
1. Struggle Between the Sexes [5:30]
2. August Strindberg's Play [6:15]
3. Alf Sj?berg's Career [7:17]
4. The Cast [7:09]
5. Cinematic Risks [7:01]
1. The Beginning [6:16]
2. Staging in Stockholm [4:04]
3. Anita Bj?rk [11:38]
4. Ibsen and Other Playwrights [8:11]
5. Naturalistic and Realistic [5:24]
6. Turning Points [6:31]
7. "We Dare Not Publish the Play" [14:37]

Cast and Crew: Åke Fridell  Actor 
Maerta Dorff  Actor 
Margareta Krook  Actor 
Åke Claesson  Actor 
Max von Sydow  Actor 
Svea Holst  Actor 
Sture Ericsson  Actor 
Inger Borberg  Actor 
Inga Gill  Actor 
Alf Sjöberg  Director 
Rune Waldekranz  Producer 
Anita Björk  Actor 
Ulf Palme  Actor 
Anders Henrikson  Actor 
Lissi Alandh  Actor 

Country: Sweden