''Sista dansen'' (en. ''The Last Dance'') is a Danish-Norwegian-Swedish 1993 film directed by
Colin Nutley
Colin James Nutley (born 28 February 1944) is an English director successful in the Swedish film industry.
Career
Nutley went to Portsmouth Art College and began his career in British television as a graphic designer. He then turned to drama an ...
. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot
A Swedish woman is found dead in
Blackpool, leading to speculation she was murdered.
Production
Filming took place between 19 April and 9 July 1993 in
Stockholm, Blackpool and
Barbados
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. The
Swedish Film Institute suggested the film for the category of best foreign film to the
Academy Award
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of 1994, but the film was not nominated. 504 580 saw the fil
Cast
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Helena Bergström
Helena Kristina Bergström Nutley (born 5 February 1964) is a Swedish actress and film director. From an acting family, she began her career in 1982. She has appeared on the stages of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (''Dramaten'') and the Stockho ...
- Tove Särlefalk
*
Reine Brynolfsson
Reine Claes-Göran Brynolfsson (born 15 January 1953) is a Swedish actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern me ...
- Claes Särlefalk
*
Ewa Fröling - Liselott Waltner
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Peter Andersson - Lennart Waltner
*
Rikard Wolff
Jan Rikard Wolff (8 April 1958 – 17 November 2017) was a Swedish actor and singer. His career included both film roles in ''House of Angels'' and its two sequels and theatre roles such as in '' Waiting for Godot'' at Royal Dramatic Theatre, a ...
- Vicar
*
Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård (, ; born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier appearing in ''Breaking the Waves'' (1996), ''Dancer in the Dark'' (2000), '' Dogville'' (2007), ''Melancholia'' (201 ...
- Host in
Norrköping
*
Sverre Anker Ousdal - Opera Manager
*
Ernst Günther
Ernst Harry Ingemar Günther (3 June 1933 – 8 December 1999) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 66 films and television shows between 1962 and 1999. He starred in the 1974 film ''Gangsterfilmen'', which entered into the 25th Berlin Inte ...
- Opera Director
*
Anneli Alhanko - Ballet Dancer
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Lena Söderblom
Lena Söderblom (born 24 October 1935) is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in 24 films since 1955.
Selected filmography
* '' The Girl in the Rain'' (1955)
* '' Miss April'' (1958)
* ''Sängkammartjuven
''Sängkammartjuven'' is a 1959 Swe ...
- The
gynaecologist
*
Pia Johansson
Pia Ann-Kristin Johansson (born 16 November 1960 in Umeå) is a Swedish actor, lecturer and examinator.
Johansson studied at the Skara scene school, which was followed by a degree from Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in 1989. Afte ...
- Parking Attendant
*
Hans Bergström - Elly's husband
Music in the film
*"
Sweet Sixteen"/"Lika blå som då", arrangement by
Ann Breen
Ann Breen is a vocalist, who was born in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. She is best known for her single, "Pal of my Cradle Days". The track was released on the Homespun label and entered the UK Singles Chart on 19 February 1983, and rose to a ...
and
Jim McVeigh, Swedish lyrics by
Ingela "Pling" Forsman, vocals by Ann Breen
*"
Dancing Queen"
*"Birthday Boy", music by
Denis King
Denis Andrew King (born 25 July 1939) is an English composer and singer. He is best remembered as a member of a family ensemble, The King Brothers.
Early career: the King Brothers
King was born in Hornchurch, Essex, England. He began his mus ...
*"
Swan Lake. Svanarnas dans/Lebedinoe ozero, op. 20"
*"
Uti vår hage", arranged by
Hugo Alfvén
Hugo Emil Alfvén (; 1 May 18728 May 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter.
Career
Violinist
Alfvén was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and studied at the Royal College of Music (Kungliga Musikhögskolan) from 1887 ...
*"
Min soldat"
*"
Summertime Blues
"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by American rock artist Eddie Cochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the ''Bi ...
"/"Soleil de l'été"
*"
La vie en rose"/"I rosenrött jag drömmer", Swedish lyrics by
Roland Levin
*"En månskenspromenad", music by
Thore Ehrling
Thore Ehrling (December 29, 1912, Stockholm - October 21, 1994, Stockholm) was a Swedish trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, who led jazz and popular music ensembles.
Ehrling played with Frank Vernon's ensemble from 1930 to 1934, and concomitan ...
, lyrics by
Nils Hellström
*"
Waltz für Elise", music by Denis King
*"
Red Red Wine
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"
*"About Face", music and lyrics by Denis King
*"Welcome to La Tigre", music, lyrics and vocals by
Eddy Grant
Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for his genre-blending sound; his music has blended elements of pop, British rock, soul, funk, reggae, electronic music, Af ...
*"Soca Baptist", music by
Blueboy (pseudonym for Austin Lyons)
*"
Mona Lisa
The ''Mona Lisa'' ( ; it, Gioconda or ; french: Joconde ) is a Half length portrait, half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described ...
", 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
Samuel Soden (20 May 1925 – 29 August 1991),''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' known as Sam Fonteyn, was an English composer and pianist, whose most significant output was for the Boosey & Hawkes Music Library, for w ...
*"
The Mountains of Mourne
The lyrics to the song ''The Mountains of Mourne'' (originally spelt ''The Mountains o' Mourne'') were written by Irish musician Percy French (1854–1920). The music was adapted by Houston Collisson (1865–1920) from the traditional Folk music o ...
", music by W.
Houston Collisson
William Alexander Houston Collisson (20 May 1865 – 31 January 1920) was an Anglo-Irish priest, writer, organist, pianist, impresario, and composer, mainly remembered for his long collaboration with Percy French.
Life
Collisson was born in Dubli ...
, lyrics by
Percy French
William Percy French (1 May 1854 – 24 January 1920) was an Irish songwriter, author, poet, entertainer and painter.
Life
French was born at Clooneyquinn House, near Tulsk, County Roscommon, the son of an Anglo-Irish landlord, Christopher F ...
*"
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"
*"Pir atmosfär", music by
Lars Liljeholm
*"
The Way You Look Tonight
"The Way You Look To-night" is a song from the film ''Swing Time'' that was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. Fields remarked, ...
"/"Lika söt som nu i kväll", Swedish lyrics by
Sven Paddock
*"
Cheek to Cheek
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Ronald Sjögren och
Lennart Reuterskiöld
*"
The Winner Takes It All
"The Winner Takes It All" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group's seventh studio album, '' Super Trouper'' (1980), it is a ballad in the key of G-flat major, reflecting on the end of a relatio ...
"
Awards
*1994 -
Guldbagge Award
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- Best Actress in a leading role, Helena Bergström (nominated)
*1994 - Guldbagge Award - Best Cinematography,
Jens Fischer
Jens Fischer (born 24 August 1946) is a Swedish cinematographer. According to Criterion Cast, Jens Fischer is known as "one of the most distinguished Swedish cinematographers of the 1990s and 2000s."
Early life and education
Jens Fischer was ...
(won)
*1994 -
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Interna ...
- Best Actress in a leading role, Helena Bergströ
*1995 -
Istanbul International Film Festival
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- Jury's special award, Helena Bergström
See also
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sista Dansen
1993 films
Danish thriller drama films
Norwegian thriller drama films
Swedish thriller drama films
Films set in Sweden
Ballroom dancing films
Films directed by Colin Nutley
Films scored by Björn Isfält
Films set in Blackpool
1990s Swedish films