Case Studies

Polar HQ Film Scanner Used to Recover Original Camera Negative of Ingmar Bergman's "Wild Strawberries"

DFT recently had the privilege of welcoming representatives of the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) to its headquarters in Darmstadt. The SFI brought with them a cinematic treasure: a reel of the original black-and-white camera negative of Ingmar Bergman's 1957 classic "Smultronstället" (Wild Strawberries).

The Swedish Film Institute had acquired the original camera negative of “Wild Strawberries” some time ago, at which point one reel had already been severely damaged. Large portions of the left-side perforations were missing. The extensive damage to the film’s perforations posed fundamental challenges for conventional scanners. Failing synchronization and the significantly reduced width of the 35mm stock rendered the reel virtually impossible to scan.

Polar HQ was employed to overcome these challenges...

Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany, presents their new setup

Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany, has invited the press to present their new setup including three DFT Scanity and three DFT POLAR HQ film scanner. Please find here a short article from RBB introducing the installation (in german language)...