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Original title Flicka och hyacinter
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Awards
Classification Allowed from age 7
Dialogue
Swedish release 1950-03-06

Cast

Eva Henning
Dagmar Brink, barpianist

Ulf Palme
Anders Wikner, författare

Birgit Tengroth
Britt Wikner, som ogift Söderberg, Anders fru, reklamchef på bokförlag

Anders Ek
Elias Körner, konstnär

Gösta Cederlund
bankir G.D. von Lieven, Dagmars far

Karl-Arne Holmsten
Willy Borge, schlagersångare

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Plot summary

Dagmar Brink, a young female pianist, commits suicide in her Stockholm apartment. She leaves all her belongings to her next-door neighbours, an author and his wife. Perplexed and curious, they...

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Director
Screenplay
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Titles

Cast

Eva Henning Dagmar Brink, barpianist
Ulf Palme Anders Wikner, författare
Birgit Tengroth Britt Wikner, som ogift Söderberg, Anders fru, reklamchef på bokförlag
Anders Ek Elias Körner, konstnär
Gösta Cederlund bankir G.D. von Lieven, Dagmars far
Karl-Arne Holmsten Willy Borge, schlagersångare
Keve Hjelm Stefan Brink, Dagmars f.d. man, kapten
Marianne Löfgren Gullan Ekberg, tidigare Wiklund, revyartist
Björn Berglund poliskommissarie Lövgren
Anne-Marie Brunius "Alex", den rödhåriga
Gösta Gustafson mannen med etsningarna
Sven-Eric Gamble Kalle, bostadslös yngling i trappuppgång
Sigbrit Molin Kalles flickvän
Gudrun Brost Körners väninna
- Ej krediterade:
Georg Skarstedt ölgubbe hos Körner
Sten Sture Modéen Hugge, värd för festen på Klara källare
Alf Östlund Viktor Ekberg, Gullans man
Gustaf Hiort af Ornäs polisläkaren
Åke Falck besökare i Körners ateljé
Astrid Bodin servitris på Klara källare
Margit Andelius servitris på Klara källare
Svea Holst Dagmars hemhjälp
Norma Sjöholm cigarettflicka
Marit Bergson gäst hos Willy Borge
Frithiof Bjärne kommissarie
Pia Strindberg barn på trehjuling
Arne Lindblad Nylander, festdeltagare på Klara källare
- Bortklippta i den slutliga filmen:
Gabriel Rosén herre på bar (bortklippt)
Tord Stål präst (bortklippt)
Gösta Bernhard nattvandrare (bortklippt)

Companies

Production Company Terrafilms Produktions AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Terrafilm 1950
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Studio S Entertainment 2007
Laboratory AB Film-Labor
Sales Telepicture Marketing Ltd

Plot summary

Dagmar Brink, a young female pianist, commits suicide in her Stockholm apartment. She leaves all her belongings to her next-door neighbours, an author and his wife. Perplexed and curious, they investigate the girl’s reasons for taking her life. As they visit Dagmar’s friends, acquaintances and former boyfriends, her story unfolds. She stands out as loner, a woman no one could really grasp, always in want of something that nobody she met could make out.

Swedish censorship / rating

Certificate number 203169
Date 2015-08-31
Classification Allowed from age 7
Grounds for decision Framställningen innehåller inslag av oroväckande stämning, skrikande kvinna och en berusad, oberäknelig man som uppträder hotfullt och kastar saker omkring sig vilket bedöms kunna medföra oro och vara till skada för välbefinnandet för barn under 7 år.


Censorship number 76687
Date 1950-02-24
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2445 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 515-550-380-525-475 = 2445 meter - 89 minuter. Aktlängder: 515, 550, 380, 525, 475.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system AGA-Baltic
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2445 meter
Length in minutes 90 min
Reels 5 reels
Dialogue


Production location

1949-10-20 1949-12-03
AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna Stockholm Sweden
Stockholm Sweden (exteriörer)
Skogskyrkogården Stockholm Sweden kort exteriör (ca 10 sek) utan dialog

Release dates

Release in Sweden 1950-03-06 Royal Stockholm Sweden 89 min
First showing 1950-03-06 Royal Stockholm Sweden 89 min
TV showing 1964-04-16 Sweden 86 min
1985-07-14 TV1 Sweden 86 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 1999-01-20
TV showing 2000-01-09 SVT1 Sweden 86 min
2002-05-06 SVT1 Sweden 86 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2003-01-09
TV showing 2003-09-01 SVT1 Sweden 86 min
2004-02-22 SVT2 Sweden 86 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2004-04-01
2004-05-18
2006-04-02
DVD release 2007-12-28 Sweden 86 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2009-01-17
2009-04-14
TV showing 2012-08-13 SVT1 Sweden
2014-09-16 SVT1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2014-11-10 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
2015-02-20 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2015-02-20
TV showing 2015-09-07 SVT1 Sweden
2016-05-02 SVT1 Sweden
2018-07-30 SVT1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2020-11-13 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2020-11-14
TV showing 2022-11-15 SVT1 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Det vore nåt för mej
Composer Mac Morris (1949)
Lyrics Dardanell (1949)
Singer Marianne Löfgren


Original title Fjorton år tror jag visst att jag var
Lyrics Henrik Lilljebjörn


Original title Nu tändas tusen juleljus
Composer Emmy Köhler (1939)
Lyrics Emmy Köhler (1939)
Musical Arrangement Mats Bergström
Singer kör (barnkör)


Original title Mach dir um mich bitte keine Sorgen
Composer Gerhard Winkler
Lyrics S.S. Wilson (svensk text 1943)
Guenther Schwenn (tysk text)
Singer Karl-Arne Holmsten (dubbad av ?)


Awards

Swedish Film Journalists Club Award Stockholm 1950 (1:a plats i Biografbladets och Svenska Filmjournalisternas Klubbs omröstning 1949-50)
Från spex till sex (1971) Citation included from Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
Möte med Hasse (1993) Citation included from Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
När molnen skingras : En dokumentär om Ulla Billquist (2016) Citation included from Girl with Hyacinths (1950)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2432


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2445


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2448


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2445


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2447


Element type Duplicate negative
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2445


Element type Duplicate positive
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2448


Element type Sound negative
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2448


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title FLICKA OCH HYACINTER Eva Henning
Tryckeri Borås kliché & litografiska AB
Designed by Eric Linné


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title FLICKA OCH HYACINTER
Tryckeri Ewes O.B. -tryck
Designed by [?] Körner


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1
Poster title FLICKA OCH HYACINTER
Tryckeri Borås kliché & litografiska AB


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 1
Poster title PIGEN OG HYACINTEN
Tryckeri Vang Rasmussen


Holdings Archive materials

Type Press Cuttings


Holdings Scripts

Script type Synopsis
Script title Girl with hyacinths. Written and directed by Hasse Ekman.
Extent 2 s. Rollista ingår.
Language English


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Flicka och hyacinter.
Extent 23 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Flicka och hyacinter.
Extent 35 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Girl and hyacinths. English dialogue list.
Extent 23 s.
Language English


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Mädchen mit Hyazinthen. (Flicka med hyacinter).
Extent 49 s. Rollista och innehållsbeskrivning (2 s.) ingår.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Mädchen mit Hyazinthen. (Flicka med hyacinter)
Extent 55 s. Rollista och innehållsförteckning (2 s.) ingår.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Det ensamma trädet. "Dialogmanuskript" av Hasse Ekman.
Extent 114 s.+ 6 s. inspelningsschema, roll-och miljölistor.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Det ensamma trädet. "Dialogmanuskript" av Hasse Ekman.
Extent 114 s.+ 6 s. inspelningsschema, roll-och miljölistor.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Det ensamma trädet. Möten med Dagmar. Flicka och hyacinter.
Extent 76 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Script type Peripheral material


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Danish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Danish


Other manifestations of this work

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Technical specifications

Sound type Sound
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type DCP
Length in minutes 90 min
Dialogue


Holdings Film

Element type Digital audio
Carrier type WAV


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type DCP


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type ProRes


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type H264



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