Ett brott (1940)

Media (73)

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Original title	Ett brott
Swedish release title	Ett brott
Distribution title	Et Mord (Danmark) Rikos (Finland) Ett brott (Finland)

Director	Anders Henrikson
Screenplay	Carlo Keil-Möller Bengt Idestam-Almquist (ej krediterad under pseudonym) Anders Henrikson
Producer	Lorens Marmstedt
Production Manager	Lorens Marmstedt
Director of Photography	Hilding Bladh
Music	Bo Rosendahl Gunnar Malmström
Art Director	Arthur Spjuth
Film Editor	Rolf Husberg
Production Mixer	Sven Josephson
Script Supervisor	Vanja Dahlgren
Craft service	David Norberg
Unit Manager	Karl-Ivar Örtengren
First Assistant Cameraman	Evert Löfstedt
Musical Arrangement	Bo Rosendahl Gunnar Malmström
Propman	Gunnar Odelryd

Carl Barcklind	Andreas von Degerfelt, justitieråd
Edvin Adolphson	Rutger von Degerfelt, f.d. flygkapten, justitierådets son
Karin Ekelund	Maud, Rutgers hustru
Anders Henrikson	Hans von Degerfelt, målare, Rutgers bror
Ziri-Gun Eriksson	Maria von Degerfelt, sjuksköterska, Rutgers syster, senare fru Gilljams
Gösta Cederlund	kriminalkommissarie Lilja
Håkan Westergren	Bror Risberg, journalist vid Morgonbladet
-	samt
Sigurd Wallén	Hugo von Degerfelt, justitierådets bror
Dagmar Ebbesen	Klara Sofia Dunér, portvaktsfru
Einar Axelsson	doktor Bernhard Gilljams, Marias fästman, senare hennes make
Ulla Sorbon	Lisa Waldemars, Hugo von Degerfelts granne
Åke Claesson	doktor Forenius, polisläkare
Hilda Borgström	fröken Alma (Sofia Evelina) Furuvik
Gösta Bodin	herr Dunér, portvakten
Karin Alexandersson	Kristin, justitierådets hushållerska
Ivar Kåge	justitierådet Rosenschöld
Sten Hedlund	Redlund, polisnotarie
Gösta Hillberg	fångvaktaren
-	Ej krediterade:
Oscar Åberg	Berggren, överkonstapel
Elsie Bodin	polissystern
Åke Brodin	civilklädd polis
Tord Bernheim	en anställd i garaget
Helge Karlsson	civilklädd polis som hämtar Rutger på restaurangen
Gunnar Almqvist	ett uppvaktande justieråd
-	Bortklippt i den slutliga filmen:
Walter Lindström	Johansson, garagebas

Production Company	Terrafilms Produktions AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Terrafilm	1940
	Cat-Film Distributions AB	196-
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Studio S Entertainment	2015
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor

Andreas von Degerfeldt, Justice of the Supreme Court, is celebrating his 60th birthday. On his breakfast tray lies the morning paper, with the front-page headline "Hugo von Degerfeldt found dead at his residence". Andreas' brother Hugo is an unpleasant person, a loan shark and a drug addict. The killer is soon caught. The culprit is Andreas' son Rutger, who with his spoilt wife Maud had tried to borrow money from Hugo.After an argument, Rutger kills his vile uncle. He confesses the crime and is given a life inprisonment sentence. Maud travels abroad with Rutger's depraved brother Hans, but she can’t forget Rutger. She goes back to Sweden and visit him in prison, where she slips him one of the two poison pills she is carrying. Together they swallow the pills.

Censorship number	61672
Date	1940-08-19
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2535 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 540-536-594-535-330 = 2535 m - 93 minuter. Aktlängder: 540, 536, 594, 535, 330.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Intensity sound
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2535 meter
Length in minutes	95 min
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Original title	Ett brott. Ett tidsdrama (Play)
Author	Sigfrid Siwertz

				1940-01-22	1940-03-09
AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna, Lästmakargatan 18	Stockholm	Sweden
AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna, Novilla, Djurgården	Stockholm	Sweden
Atlantic	Stockholm	Sweden
Utanför biografen Grand	Stockholm	Sweden
Järnvägsstationen Österskär	Åkersberga	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1940-08-22	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
First showing	1940-08-22	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
TV showing	1962-03-22			Sweden	89 min
	1999-09-02	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
Other showing	2000-01-07
TV showing	2002-12-16	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
	2004-03-01	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
Filmhusetvisning	2009-03-16					För Richard Peña (Lincoln Center), 16-20/3.
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2010-04-16					Filmprogrammet pågår till 2010-05-04
TV showing	2010-07-05	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
	2014-07-14	SVT1		Sweden
DVD release	2015-02-02			Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2015-03-28	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2015-03-28
TV showing	2017-01-17	SVT1		Sweden
	2019-04-01	SVT1		Sweden
Inställd visning	2020-11-10			France		Utländsk biograf exkl FIAF
	2020-11-15			France		Utländsk biograf exkl FIAF
TV showing	2021-07-13	SVT1		Sweden
VOD release	2023-08-25	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30
TV showing	2023-08-31	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2024-04-02	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden
	2024-04-20	Bio Victor, Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
	2024-05-07	Bio Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden

Original title	Öster om Suez
Composer	Bo Rosendahl

Original title	Symfoni, nr 2, op 17, c-moll
Composer	Pjotr Tjajkovskij	(1872)

Vi mötte stormen : En bildkavalkad från den stora ofredens år (1943)	Citation included from	Ett brott (1940)
Fram för lilla Terra : 10 års framställning av levande bilder. En självbiografisk bekännelse i 38 tablåer. Terra Film 1938-1948. (1948)	Citation included from	Ett brott (1940)
Från spex till sex (1971)	Citation included from	Ett brott (1940)
Edvin Adolphson 50 år (1943)	Citation included from	Ett brott (1940)

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
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2585

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2579

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2578

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Tryckeri	Ljunglöfs
Designed by	GöstaX Åberg

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Tryckeri	Oskar Peréus tryckeri

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity	2
Tryckeri	Ljunglöfs

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Ett brott.
Extent	8 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Sigfrid Siwertz' Ett brott. För filmen av Carlo-Keil-Möller. Scenario n:r 1 med Sigfrid Siwertz' ändringar.
Extent	168 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Senare editionen med ändringar.
Extent	179 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	179 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	179 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	179 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	"Ett brott".
Extent	38 s. Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (2 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	"A crime" by Sigfrid Siwertz. Scenario: Carlo Keil-Möller, Bengt-Idestam Almqvist, Anders Henrikson.
Extent	26 s. Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (2 s.) ingår.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Ein Verbrechen. Deutsche Dialogliste.
Extent	29 s.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Ein Verbrechen. Deutsche Dialogliste.
Extent	39 s. + 1 s. innehållsbeskrivning löst i ett ex.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Un crime.
Extent	41 s. + 1 s.innehållsbeskrivning löst.
Language	French

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	A crime by Sigfrid Siwertz. Scene II.
Extent	16 s.
Language	English

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Synopsis of "A crime" by Sigfrid Siwertz.
Extent	7 s.
Language	English

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	2
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program folio
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Promotion material
Language	Danish

Type	Promotion material
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
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