The Maltese Falcon (1941)

USA, 101 min
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Media (1)

Original title The Maltese Falcon
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1943-02-15

Cast

Humphrey Bogart
Samuel "Sam" Spade, privatdetektiv

Mary Astor
Brigid O'Shaughnessy

Gladys George
Iva Archer

Peter Lorre
Joel Cairo

Barton MacLane
kommissarie Dundy

Lee Patrick
Effie Perine, Sams sekreterare

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Titles

Original title
  • The Maltese Falcon
Swedish release title
  • Riddarfalken från Malta
Distribution title
  • Le faucon maltais (Belgien/Frankrike/Kanada)
  • Die Spur des Falken (Tyskland/Österrike)
  • El halcón maltés (Mexiko/Spanien)
  • Relíguia macabra (Brasilien/Portugal)
  • A máltai sólyom (Ungern)
  • De valk van Malta (Belgien)
  • Der Malteser Falke (Tyskland)
  • Il mistero del falco (Italien)
  • Maltézský sokol (Tjeckoslovakien)
  • Maltan haukka (Finland)
  • Malteserfalken (Norge)
  • Ridderfalken (Danmark)
  • Sokół maltański (Polen)
  • Το Γεράκι Της Μάλτας (Grekland)
  • マルタの鷹 (Japan)
  • Maruta no taka (Japan)
  • Malta şahini (Turkiet)
  • Șoimul maltez (Rumänien)
  • To geraki tis Maltas (Grekland)
  • Maltezer valk (Nederländerna)
  • Мальтийский сокол (Ryssland)
  • Mal'tijskij sokol (Ryssland)
  • 梟巢喋血戰 (Kina)
  • Malteški sokol (Kroatien)
  • Малтешкиот Сокол (Makedonien)
  • Малтешки соко (Serbien)
Title for Swedish Video release
  • Riddarfalken från Malta
Working title
  • The Gent From Frisco
  • The Knight of Malta

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Dialogue Coach
Script Supervisor
Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Unit Manager
Still Photographer
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Best Boy
Key Grip
Orchestration
Musical Director
Assistant Set Decorator
Propman
Assistant Property Master
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe

Cast

Humphrey Bogart Samuel "Sam" Spade, privatdetektiv
Mary Astor Brigid O'Shaughnessy
Gladys George Iva Archer
Peter Lorre Joel Cairo
Barton MacLane kommissarie Dundy
Lee Patrick Effie Perine, Sams sekreterare
Sydney Greenstreet Kasper Gutman
Ward Bond Tom Polhaus, detektiv
Jerome Cowan Miles Archer, Sams kollega
Elisha Cook Jr. Wilmer Cook
James Burke Luke
Murray Alper Frank Richman
John Hamilton Bryan
- Ej krediterade:
Walter Huston sjökapten Jacobi, mannen som levererar malteserfalken
Emory Parnell besättningsman på La Paloma
Robert Homans (as Robert E. Homans) polis
Creighton Hale stenografen
Charles Drake journalist
William Hopper journalist
Hank Mann journalist
Jack Mower hallåman
Chester Gan man

Companies

Production Company Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
Copyright Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 1941-10-18 LP10777
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Warner Bros. Film AB 1943
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm) Rosenbergs Filmbyrå AB 1977
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Warner Home Video Sweden AB 1998
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2000

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 116777
Date 1977-03
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 1080 meters
Notes Speltid: 99 minuter.


Censorship number 98770
Date 1962-02-27
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 1100 meters
Notes Speltid: 99 minuter. Censurklipp: fotograferingen av den skjutne Archers lik; sparken mot den sömndruckne Spades ansikte.


Censorship number 65117
Date 1942-11
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2410 meters
Notes Speltid: 88 minuter.


Censorship number 64983
Date 1942-10
Classification Banned
Original length 2740 meters
Notes Speltid: 100 minuter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Sound System
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2755 meter
Length in minutes 101 min
Dialogue
  • English
Textad
  • Swedish


Original work

Original title The Maltese Falcon (Novel)
Author Dashiell Hammett


Production location

(omtagning) 1941-09-10 1941-09-10
(omtagning) 1941-08-08 1941-08-08
1941-06-09 1941-07-18
Warner Bros. Studios Culver City, Kalifornien USA (studio 6, 9, 14 och 17)
Bush Street San Francisco, Kalifornien USA
Ferry Building San Francisco, Kalifornien USA
Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1941-10-03 Strand New York City, New York USA 101 min
Release in Sweden 1943-02-15 Folkan Stockholm 88 min
Video release 1998-09 Sweden 96 min (nypremiär)
DVD release 2000-07-14 Sweden
TV showing 2005-08-16 SVT2 Sweden 96 min
2005-08-17 SVT1 Sweden 96 min
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen 2007-02-05
2007-09-10
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2008-03-17
2008-03-30
2013-04-01
2013-04-06

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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
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2746


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm


Size About 70 x 100 cm


Size About 70 x 100 cm


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language Swedish


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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