The Gull (1944)

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Original title	Trut!
Swedish release title	Trut!
International title	The Gull
Alternative title	Le goëland (titel använd när filmen visades vid filmfestivalen i Cannes 1946)

Director	Arne Sucksdorff
Screenplay	Arne Sucksdorff
Director of Photography	Arne Sucksdorff
Music	Hilding Rosenberg
Film Editor	Arne Sucksdorff
Orchestra Leader	Erik Tuxen
Narrator	Willy Peters

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Fribergs Filmbyrå	1944
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1945
	Sparfrämjandet AB	1955
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017

The craggy and uninhabited islands Stora Karlsö and Lilla Karlsö in the Baltic Sea are homes to various seabirds. On their limestone cliffs live a great number of alcids under constant threat from the eponymous avian predator.

Censorship number	67791
Date	1955-05-25
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	206 meters

Censorship number	67791
Date	1945-01-23
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	200 meters

Censorship number	67791
Date	1944-11-10
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	495 meters

Censorship number	67791
Date	1944-11-03
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	500 meters

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 minutes	19 min
Dialogue	Swedish

	Stora Karlsö	Sweden		1944	1944
	Lilla Karlsö

Release in Stockholm	1944-11-13	Spegeln			18 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	1993-06-17
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2013-02-06
	2013-09-18
	2014-11-11
VOD release	2017-02-07	Filmarkivet.se		Sweden
Festival showing	2017-10-25	Fyrisbiografen	Uppsala	Sweden		Uppsala Kortfilmfestival 2017
FIAF showing	2018-11-27
	2018-12-23
	2019-02-01
	2019-02-24
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2021-11-01			Sweden
	2022-11-17		Stockholm	Sweden
FIAF showing	2022-12-08		Vienna	Austria
	2023-01-25		Düsseldorf	Germany

Skönheten skall rädda världen : Ett sista samtal med Arne Sucksdorff om hans filmer (2000)

The Gull (1944)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	495

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Nitrate

Element type	Undefined elements
Item base	Nitrate

Element type	Undefined elements
Item base	Nitrate

Element type	Undefined elements
Item base	Nitrate

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Album	No

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	19 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

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

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