A Respectable Life

A Respectable Life
Directed byStefan Jarl
Screenplay byStefan Jarl
Produced byStefan Jarl
StarringKenneth Gustafsson Gustav "Stoffe" Svensson
CinematographyPer Källberg
Music byUlf Dageby
Release date
  • 26 March 1979 (1979-03-26) (Sweden)
Running time
102 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

A Respectable Life (Swedish: Ett anständigt liv) is a Swedish documentary film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 March 1979,[1] directed by Stefan Jarl. The film is the second of the Mods Trilogy by Jarl. At the 15th Guldbagge Awards the film won the awards for Best Film and Best Director.[2] It was also selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]

  1. ^ "Ett anständigt liv" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 26 March 1979. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Ett anständigt liv (1979)". Swedish Film Institute. 8 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11.
  3. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences