World of Glory

{{Redirect|Härlig är jorden|the Nordic Christmas hymn|Dejlig er jorden}} {{Infobox film | name = World of Glory | director = Roy Andersson | producer = Göran Lindström<br />Freddy Olsson | writer = Roy Andersson | starring = Klas Gösta Olsson | music = Björn Isfält | cinematography = István Borbás | released = {{Film date|df=y|1991|1||Gothenburg Film Festival|1991|11|8}} | runtime = 14 minutes | country = Sweden | language = Swedish | budget = 4 million kr }} '''''World of Glory''''' is a 1991 Swedish short film written and directed by Roy Andersson. Its original Swedish title is '''''Härlig är jorden''''', which means "Lovely is the Earth", and is the Swedish title of the hymn "Fairest Lord Jesus". The narrative portrays a man in white make-up who guides the viewer through his life in a bleakly stylised world, beginning with a scene with soldiers loading nude adults and children into a gas van for execution. The film was Andersson's critical comeback to cinema, after many years in advertising.<ref name=comment />

==Production== In 1975, Andersson's critical and commercial failure ''Giliap'' had forced him to disappear from the cinema scene and instead work as a director of advertisements. Several of his commercials eventually gained critical acclaim for their idiosyncratic style. Andersson said it was the Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski who finally made him regain faith in cinema and return to filmmaking. ''World of Glory'' was commissioned by the Gothenburg Film Festival as an entry for a short-film series called ''90 minuter 90-tal'' ("90 minutes 90s"). The budget was four million kronor.<ref name=comment>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?itemid=18377&type=MOVIE&iv=Comments|title=Härlig är jorden (1991): Kommentar|language=Swedish|work=Swedish Film Database|publisher=Swedish Film Institute|accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0102083}} * {{Sfdb|18377}}

Category:1991 films Category:Films directed by Roy Andersson Category:1990s Swedish-language films Category:Swedish comedy short films Category:1991 short films Category:1991 Swedish films