För hennes skull (1930)

Media (187)

This film was simultaneously made in two different language versions, in Swedish and in German. This is the Swedish version. The German version is titled Mach' mir die Welt zum Paradies.

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Original title	För hennes skull
Swedish release title	För hennes skull
Distribution title	Mach' mir die Welt zum Paradies (Tyskland) Hänen tähtensä (Finland) För hennes skull (Finland) For Her Sake (USA)

Director	Paul Merzbach
Screenplay	Paul Merzbach
Production Manager	Vilhelm Bryde
Director of Photography	Julius Jaenzon (as J. Julius)
Music	Jules Sylvain (originalmusik)
Choreography	Axel Witzansky Sven Tropp
Production Designer	Isaac Grünewald (revyscenerna)
Art Director	Vilhelm Bryde
Film Editor	Paul Merzbach
Production Mixer	Paul Holzki Hermann Stör
Dialogue	Ragnar Allberg Bengt Idestam-Almquist
Unit Manager	Emil Johansson
Color Timer	Eugén Hellmann
Negative Cutter	Eugén Hellmann
Musical Arrangement	Eric Bengtson
Orchestra	SF-orkestern
Orchestra Leader	Eric Bengtson
Titles	Alva Lundin

Gösta Ekman	Gunnar Lanner
Inga Tidblad	Isabella Löfgren, sekreterare på Revyteatrarnas agentur
Håkan Westergren	Sigvard Löfgrenö Isabellas make, resande
Stina Berg	fru Lanner, Gunnars mor, pälsvaruhandlare
Erik "Bullen" Berglund	C.W. Brown, amerikansk manager
Carl Hagman	Carl Hagman, komiker
Albert Ranft	direktören för Nya Revyteatern
-	Ej krediterade:
Ragnar Arvedson	chefen för teateragenturen
Torsten Winge	tankeläsaren
Ragnar Billberg	Jocke, fotbollsspelare
Ernst Fastbom	läkaren
Sven Jerring	hallåmannen i radio
Nils Ericson	revyartist
Tor Borong	artist i teateragenturens väntrum
Disa Gillis	flicka i teateragenturens väntrum
Erik Baumann	pianisten på teateragenturen
Eric Bengtson	orkesterledaren på Nya Revyteatern
Greta Strömberg	flicka i teateragenturens väntrum/balettflicka
Maya Strömberg	flicka i teateragenturens väntrum/balettflicka
Ester Andersson	balettflicka
Martina Below	balettflicka
Svea Bergstrand	balettflicka
Lola Boij	balettflicka
Anette Bratt	balettflicka
Elin Gustafsson	balettflicka
Margit Hanska	balettflicka
Marit Haugom	balettflicka
Margit Johnson	balettflicka
Dagmar Olsson	balettflicka
Birgit Sandberg	balettflicka
Marianne Sohlgren	balettflicka
Lilly Thore	balettflicka
Iris Valerius	balettflicka
-	Troligen bortklippta:
Arthur Natorp	artist
Per G. Kaufeldt	Pära

Production Company	Film AB Minerva
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Laboratory	AB Svensk Filmindustris filmlaboratorium
Other Company	Mondial-Film GmbH		(distributör i Tyskland)

Censorship number	45037
Date	1930-08-07
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2814 meters
Notes	Visningskopiornas längd varierar mellan 2772 m och 2669 m.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2772 meter
Length in minutes	101 min
Reels	10 reels

Original title	Den tänkande August (Memoirs)
Author	Gösta Ekman

				1930-04-22	1930-06-10
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden
Centralstationen	Stockholm	Sweden
Skansen	Stockholm	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1930-08-11	Palladium	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
First showing	1930-08-11	Palladium	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
TV showing	1984-08-23	TV1		Sweden
	1992-09-18	Kanal 1		Sweden
	1997-02-18	SVT1		Sweden
	2001-02-12	SVT1		Sweden

Original title	Åh, Isabell
Composer	Jules Sylvain	(1930)
Lyrics	Karl-Ewert	(1930)
Singer	Gösta Ekman

Original title	För hennes skull
Composer	Jules Sylvain	(1930)
Lyrics	Gösta Stevens	(1930)
Singer	Gösta Ekman

Original title	Gubben Noak
Lyrics	Carl Michael Bellman	(1766)

Original title	Ljusterövalsen
Composer	Ernfrid Ahlin	(1929)
	Sverker Ahde	(1929)
Lyrics	Ernfrid Ahlin	(1929)
	Sverker Ahde	(1929)

Original title	Are You Listening To-Night
Composer	Jules Sylvain	(1930)
Lyrics	Karl-Ewert	(1930)
Singer	kör	(balettflickor)

Original title	Björneborgarnas marsch
Composer	Christian Fredric Kress	(osäker uppgift)
Lyrics	Johan Ludvig Runeberg	(svensk text 1860)
Performer	Carl Hagman	(munspel och kastanjett)

Original title	Là ci darem la mano. Ur Don Giovanni
Composer	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	(1787)
Lyrics	Herbert Sandberg	(svensk text 19--?)
	Lorenzo Da Ponte	(1787)
	Carl Gustaf Nordforss	(svensk text 1813)
	Erik Lindegren	(svensk text 1961)
	Wilhelm Bauck	(svensk text 1856)
Singer	Gösta Ekman

Original title	Stäppens vilda sång
Performer	Carl Hagman	(munspel och kastanjett)

Original title	Då reser jag med Klara till Sahara
Composer	Tom Wilson	(1929)
Lyrics	Nils-Georg = Nils Perne & Georg Eliasson	(1929)
Singer	Carl Hagman

Original title	Zeppelin-valsen
Composer	Jules Sylvain	(1929)
	Fred Winter	(1929)
Lyrics	Valdemar Dalquist	(1929)

Original title	Låt oss göra livet till en sommardag
Composer	Jules Sylvain	(1930)
Lyrics	Karl-Ewert	(1930)

Från spex till sex (1971)	Citation included from	För hennes skull (1930)
Till Gösta Ekmans minne (1938)	Citation included from	För hennes skull (1930)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2763

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2763

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	SF:s första talfilm Gösta Ekman i FÖR HENNES SKULL
Tryckeri	AB Offsettryck
Designed by	Sigvard Bernadotte

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Gösta Ekman i FÖR HENNES SKULL
Tryckeri	AB Offsettryck

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Gösta Ekman filmen FÖR HENNES SKULL
Tryckeri	Ivar Hæggströms lito
Designed by	EST.

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Den tänkande August.
Extent	14 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	1
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	101 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264