A Woman's Face (1938)

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Original title	En kvinnas ansikte
Swedish release title	En kvinnas ansikte
International title	A Woman's Face
Distribution title	En Kvindes Ansigt (Danmark) Naisen kasvot (Finland) En kvinnas ansikte (Finland) En kvinnes ansikt (Norge) A Woman's Face (USA) En Kvinnas Ansikte (USA)

Director	Gustaf Molander
Screenplay	Gösta Stevens Stina Bergman (ej krediterad) Ragnhild Prim (ej krediterad)
Production Manager	Stellan Claësson
Director of Photography	Åke Dahlqvist
Music	Eric Bengtson (originalmusik)
Art Director	Arne Åkermark
Film Editor	Oscar Rosander
Production Mixer	Lennart Unnerstad
Unit Manager	Gösta Ström
First Assistant Cameraman	Stig Berns
Still Photographer	Louis Huch (ateljéfoto)
Musical Arrangement	Gunnar Johansson
Orchestra	SF-orkestern
Orchestra Leader	Eric Bengtson
Assistant Production Designer	Olle Oldenburg
Boom Operator	Lennart Svensson
Titles	Alva Lundin

Ingrid Bergman	Anna Holm / Anna Paulsson
Tore Svennberg	konsul Barring på Forsa bruk
Anders Henrikson	Allan Wegert, läkare
Georg Rydeberg	Torsten Barring, konsul Barrings brorson
Gunnar Sjöberg	Harald Berg, ingenjör
Hilda Borgström	Emma, konsul Barrings hushållerska
Karin Kavli (as Karin Carlson-Kavli)	fru Vera Wegert
Erik "Bullen" Berglund	Nyman, medlem i utpressarligan
Sigurd Wallén	Miller, ockrare
Gösta Cederlund	"Greven" Severin, medlem i utpressarligan
Magnus Kesster	"Vackra Herman", medlem i utpressarligan
Göran Bernhard	Lars-Erik "Lasse" Barring, konsul Barrings sonson, 6 år
Bror Bügler	Georg Mark, Vera Wegerts älskare
-	Ej krediterade:
John Ericsson	Wickman, konsul Barrings kusk
Blenda Dahlquist	May Holmgren		(rollen borta i den korta versionen av filmen)
Carl Browallius	Hjalmar, prost, en middagsgäst
Signe Lundberg-Settergren	hans hustru
Knut Lambert	apotekaren, gäst på konsulns födelsedagskalas
Linnéa Hillberg	Wegerts sjuksyster
Astrid Bodin	Inga, uppasserska vid födelsedagskalaset
Folke Helleberg	kypare på tåget
Frithiof Hedvall	direktör Nils Holmgren, gäst på Rosenviks värdshus
Yngwe Nyquist	gäst på födelsedagskalaset
Helfrid Lambert	gäst på födelsedagskalaset
Wera Lindby	direktör Holmgrens sällskap på Rosenviks värdshus
Margareta Bergman (as Margareta Malmgren)	en sjuksyster
Anna-Lisa Baude	hotellvärdinnan
Helge Karlsson	kusken som får en färdknäpp vid födelsedagskalaset
Erland Colliander	gäst på födelsedagskalaset
Eric von Gegerfelt	gäst på födelsedagskalaset

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1938
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2015
Laboratory	AB Svensk Filmindustris filmlaboratorium
Make-up Supervisor	Firma Carl M. Lundh AB

A severe burn in childhood has left Anna Holm with a hideous scar on her face, and turned her into misanthropic person who is involved in a blackmailing ring. In the course of collecting ill-gotten money she meets Dr. Wegert, a plastic surgeon who offers to try to improve her appearance. She accepts and the operation is a success. Anna takes a position as governess to Lars-Erik, a six-year-old boy in the wealthy Barring family. Her criminal organisation has been hired to arrange the death of the child in order for his uncle Torsten Barring to inherit the huge family estate, but Anna’s physical metamorphosis has brought about a radical change in her character as well and she cannot go through with the plans. When Barring takes matters in his own hands, and races across the ice with Lars-Erik in a sled, trying to cause his nephew an ”accidental” death, Anna comes to the boy’s rescue on another sled with Harald Berg, a young man who has fallen in love with her and to whom she has revealed the plot. There is an accident, but the person killed is Barring while Berg, who heroically snatches the boy from the other sled, is severely injured. Through Anna’s recommendation Dr. Wegert performs the operation that heals Berg but her affair with him is ended, and she goes off to China with Dr. Wegert to deliver Red Cross ambulances as a penance.

Censorship number	58236
Date	1938-09-23
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2852 meters
Notes	Visningskopior: 2769 meter och 2 744 meter. Granskningskopians aktlängder: 591-605-586-560-510 = 2852 meter. Visningskopiornas aktlängder: 567-593-580-529-500 = 2769 meter - 101 minuter; visningskopia 1939 - aktlängder: 560-588-565-529-502 = 2744 meter - 100 minuter. Aktlängder: 591, 605, 586, 560, 510.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Petersen-Poulsen, AGA-Baltic
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2852 meter
Length in minutes	104 min
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Original title	Il était une fois ... (Play)
Author	Francis de Croisset

				1938-01-18	1938-03-29
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden	(ateljé)
Rämshyttan	Borlänge	Sweden	(exteriörer)

Release in Sweden	1938-10-31	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
	1938-10-31	Skandia	Uppsala	Sweden	101 min
First showing	1938-10-31	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
	1938-10-31	Skandia	Uppsala	Sweden	101 min
TV showing	1982-05-31	TV1		Sweden	97 min
	1990-07-01	Kanal 1		Sweden	97 min
Festival showing	1998-04-15
TV showing	1999-11-04	SVT1		Sweden	97 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2002-07-02
	2004-03-04
Filmhusetvisning	2007-04-11					För Kungliga Konsthögskolan.
Festival showing	2014-02-02	Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	104 min	37:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2014. Svensk Retrospektiv.
Extern biograf, Sverige	2014-02-02					Disk nr 4. I samarbete med GIFF.
	2014-10-16					Disk nr 10.
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2015-02-18
FIAF showing	2015-06-27
	2015-07-06
	2015-07-15
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2015-07-22
FIAF showing	2015-07-23
	2015-07-23
	2015-09-13
	2015-09-16
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2015-09-22
	2015-10-21
	2016-01
	2016-10-20
TV showing	2016-12-29	SVT1		Sweden
FIAF showing	2017-06
TV showing	2017-06-25	SVT1		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2017-12
FIAF showing	2018-11-08
	2018-11-08					Visas under perioden 8-30/11 2018.
	2018-11-27
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-12-07
FIAF showing	2018-12-23
	2019-02-01
	2019-02-24
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2020-02-02			USA		Skickar vidare disken till Seattle som returnerar till oss.
	2020-02-17			USA
	2021-10-14			Latvia		DCP Unique
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2022-01-27		Stockholm	Sweden
	2022-09-06		Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	Poème, op. 40, C-dur
Composer	Emil Sjögren	(1903)

Original title	Vals, piano, op. 69. Nr 1, "L'adieu"
Composer	Frédéric Chopin	(1835)
Instrumentalist	Gösta Cederlund	(piano - dubbad av ?)

Original title	Forsafallet
Composer	Eric Bengtson	(1938)

Festival Award	Venice	1938			(medalj för "konstnärlig fulländning")

Minns ni? (1993)

Citation included from

A Woman's Face (1938)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2747

Element type	Duplicate negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	EN KVINNAS ANSIKTE
Tryckeri	J. Olsén litogr.anst.
Designed by	Birger Lundqvist

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Ingrid Bergman EN KVINNAS ANSIKTE
Tryckeri	Ivar Hæggströms lito

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	EN KVINNAS ANSIKTE En kriminalhistoria med psykologisk bakgrund och dramatiska poänger.
Tryckeri	J. Olsén litogr.anst.

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	EN KVINNAS ANSIKTE

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	EN KVINNAS ANSIKTE
Tryckeri	J. Olsén litogr.anst.
Designed by	Eric Rohman

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	EN KVINNAS ANSIKTE
Tryckeri	Ljunglöfs
Designed by	Eric Rohman

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Das Gesicht einer Frau.
Extent	1 s.
Language	German

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	De två ansiktena. Film efter uppslag från Francis de Croissets skådespel: Il était une fois.
Extent	159 s. + 41 s. tillägg, löst i manus.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	185 s. + 1 s. produktionsuppgifter löst i ett ex. Rollbeskrivning (3 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Das Gesicht einer Frau.
Extent	28 s. + 1 s.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	15 s.
Language	English

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	A woman's face.
Extent	4 s.
Language	English

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	A woman's face.
Extent	1 s.
Language	English

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	3 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	A woman's face.
Extent	7 s.
Language	English

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Ein Frauenantlitz.
Extent	1 s.
Language	German

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Das Gesicht einer Frau.
Extent	2 s.
Language	German

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Das Gesicht einer Frau.
Extent	1 s.
Language	German

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Visage d'une femme.
Extent	2 s.
Language	French

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	185 s. + 1 s. produktionsuppgifter löst i ett ex. Rollbeskrivning (3 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

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

Type	Program folio
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
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	WAV

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264