The Lady Vanishes (1938)

United Kingdom, 96 min
Facebook Twitter Tumblr Pinterest Email

Table of contents

Other manifestations of this work

Basic facts

Original title The Lady Vanishes
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • United Kingdom
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1939-07-13

Cast

Margaret Lockwood
Iris Henderson

Michael Redgrave
Gilbert, folkmusikupptecknare

Paul Lukas
doktor Egon Hartz, tjeckisk läkare, spion

May Whitty
Miss Froy, guvernant och musiklärare, engelsk spion

Cecil Parker
Eric Todhunter, advokat

Linden Travers
"Mrs" Todhunter, hans älskarinna

Show more

Titles

Original title
  • The Lady Vanishes
Swedish release title
  • En dam försvinner
Working title
  • Lost Lady

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Script Supervisor
Second Unit Director of Photography
Assistant Cameraman
Orchestra Leader
Assistant Production Designer

Cast

Margaret Lockwood Iris Henderson
Michael Redgrave Gilbert, folkmusikupptecknare
Paul Lukas doktor Egon Hartz, tjeckisk läkare, spion
May Whitty Miss Froy, guvernant och musiklärare, engelsk spion
Cecil Parker Eric Todhunter, advokat
Linden Travers "Mrs" Todhunter, hans älskarinna
Naunton Wayne Caldicott
Basil Radford Charters
Mary Clare baronessan Athona, spion
Emile Boreo Boris, hotelldirektören
Googie Withers Blanche, Iris väninna
Sally Stewart Julie, Iris väninna
Philip Leaver signor Doppo, illusionist
Selma Vaz Dias signora Doppo
Catherine Lacey "nunnan"
Josephine Wilson Madame Kummer, den falska Miss Froy
Charles Oliver officeren i restaurangvagnen
Kathleen Tremaine Anna, hotelluppasserskan
Alfred Hitchcock mannen som går över perrongen när tåget anländer till Victoria Station i London

Companies

Production Company Gainsborough Pictures Ltd.
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation Ltd.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn 1939
Apollo Film AB 1969

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 59660
Date 1939-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2630 meters
Censored length 2600 meters


Technical specifications

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 2637 meter
Length in minutes 96 min


Original work

Original title The Wheel Spins (Novel)
Author Ethel Lina White


Production location

United Kingdom 1937
Lime Grove Studios London (inspelningsateljé)
Islington London (ljudstudio)

Release dates

First showing 1938-10-05 United Kingdom 96 min
Release in Sweden 1939-07-13 Royal Stockholm Sweden 95 min
Other showing 1969-03-03 RiCora Stockholm Sweden 95 min (nypremiär)
1969-03-03 Nya Rita Stockholm Sweden 95 min (nypremiär)
TV showing 1971-08-28 TV2 Sweden 92 min
1977-08-10 TV1 Sweden 92 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1994-03-08
TV showing 1999-08-20 SVT1 Sweden 92 min
2000-01-16 TV4 Sweden 92 min
2001-07-11 TV4 Sweden 92 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2007-03-06
2007-03-13
2007-04-09
2007-04-13
FIAF showing 2012-03-02
2012-03-18
2012-03-30
Cinematheque screening 2020-11-14 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title The Code Song
Composer Louis Levy


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
Length 2595


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2619


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Related

    Contact the editors

    Are you missing some information about the movie or is something on this page incorrect? If so, we would really like to know about it. Write a few lines to us editors and we'll take a look at it.

    What is it about?