Gunnar Hede's Saga (1923)

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Original title	Gunnar Hedes saga : Filmskådespel med motiv från En herrgårdssägen av Selma Lagerlöf
Swedish release title	Gunnar Hedes saga
International title	Gunnar Hede's Saga
Distribution title	En Herregaards Saga (Danmark) En Herregaardssaga (Norge) Gunnar Heden taru (Finland) Gunnar Hedes saga (Finland) Die Herrenhofsage (Tyskland) Eine Herrenhofsage (Österrike) Le vieux manoir (Frankrike) The Judgement (Storbritannien) Snowbound (Storbritannien) The Blizzard (USA)
Alternative title	Violin (preliminär titel) The Old Mansion (titel på reklam)
Title for Swedish VOD release	Gunnar Hedes saga
Script title	En herrgårdssägen

Director	Mauritz Stiller
Screenplay	Mauritz Stiller Alma Söderhjelm (medarbetare)
Line Producer	Charles Magnusson
Director of Photography	Julius Jaenzon (as J. Julius)
Music	Helmer Alexandersson (orig.musik; dock endast vid större orkester)
Art Director	Axel Esbensen
First Assistant Cameraman	Henrik Jaenzon
Still Photographer	Louis Huch (porträttfoto)
Assistant Camera Operator	Carl-Axel Söderström
Make-up Supervisor	Manne Lundh Ester Lundh

Einar Hanson	Gunnar Hede
Pauline Brunius	fru Hede, hans mor
Hugo Björne	brukspatron Hede, hans far
Mary Johnson	Ingrid, föräldralös flicka
Adolf Olschansky	Blomgren, landsvägsgycklare
Stina Berg	fru Blomgren, hans hustru
Thecla Åhlander	jungfru Stava
-	Ej krediterade:
Gösta Hillberg	advokat
Gustaf Aronson	inspektorn
Albert Christiansen	Gunnar Hede som barn
Julia Cederblad	auktionsspekulant
Concordia Selander	auktionsspekulant
Lotten Olsson	auktionsspekulant
Ingeborg Strandin	tjänstekvinna på Munkhyttan

Production Company	AB Svensk Filminspelning
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå	1923
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2021
Laboratory	AB Svensk Filmindustris filmlaboratorium

Young Gunnar lives in a mansion on the Munkhyttan estate with his parents, and much to the dismay of his mother prefers to spend his time playing the violin and listening to the housekeeper as she tells him the story of his grandfather, who had been a musician before making a fortune by herding reindeer. When growing up, Gunnar is sent to an engineering school, but returns home to be present at his father’s deathbed, where he finds out that the estate is bankrupt. When a pair of itinerant artists perform in the courtyard, Gunnar decides to follow them and their foster daughter Ingrid after a fall-out with his mother. In the years to come, he travels around the country, playing his violin. On one of his journeys, he overhears a conversation and decides to use his savings to buy a herd of reindeer. During a blizzard, the herd is dispersed and Gunnar gets severely injured, and loses his memory. After returning home, his mother sends for Ingrid, but Gunnar doesn’t recognize her. Only when Ingrid plays the violin does his memory return. Gunnar had collected some pebbles on the estate, thinking it was gold. They turn out to contain valuable minerals, and thus Munkhyttan is saved.

Censorship number	30654
Date	1923-12-15
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2049 meters
Notes	Kopiornas längd varierar mellan 1799 meter och 2083 meter. Utöver 13 kopior 1922 stämplades 2 kopior 1926.

Aspect ratio	1.33:1
Sound type	Silent
Colour type	Black and white (tinted)
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	18
Length in metres	2083 meter
Length in minutes	101 min
Reels	5 reels

Original title	En herrgårdssägen (Novel)
Author	Selma Lagerlöf

				1922-04	1922-06
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden	(ateljé)
Filmstadens gård	Råsunda	Sweden	(exteriörer)
	Kallsjön, Jämtland	Sweden	(exteriörer)
	Nacka		(exteriörer)

Release in Sweden	1923-01-01	Skandia	Borås	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Regina	Gävle	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Röda Kvarn	Gävle	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Cosmorama	Gothenburg	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Röda Kvarn	Helsingborg	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Röda Kvarn	Jönköping	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Metropol	Malmö	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Skandia	Norrköping	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Skandia	Västerås	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Röda Kvarn	Örebro	Sweden	101 min
First showing	1923-01-01	Skandia	Borås	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Regina	Gävle	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Röda Kvarn	Gävle	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Cosmorama	Gothenburg	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Röda Kvarn	Helsingborg	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Röda Kvarn	Jönköping	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Metropol	Malmö	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Skandia	Norrköping	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Skandia	Västerås	Sweden	101 min
	1923-01-01	Röda Kvarn	Örebro	Sweden	101 min
Other showing	1994-06
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2001-05-18
	2001-05-21
	2001-08-23
	2001-09-25
	2001-09-29
	2002-09-03
Other showing	2002-09-03
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2002-12
	2003-10-17
	2003-10-31
Other showing	2006-01-23					Skarvad.
Extern biograf, Sverige	2007-10-13					AH.
FIAF showing	2008-11-14
	2008-11-23
	2009-10-04
	2009-10-23					Skickas direkt från Pordenone.AH.
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2010-03-07
FIAF showing	2010-08-06					För visning under stumfilmfestivalen IV Jornada Brasileira de Cinema Silencioso, 6-15/8.
	2010-08-10					För visning under stumfilmfestivalen IV Jornada Brasileira de Cinema Silencioso, 6-15/8.
	2010-10-18					Visas på NFT1.
Festival showing	2011-02-05	Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	73 min	34:e Göteborg International Film Festival.
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2011-02-05
	2011-02-12
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2011-07-14					San Francisco Silent Film Festival 14-18 juli, 2011.
FIAF showing	2015-03-10
	2015-03-21
	2016-02-05					Visning under festivalen Toute la mémoire du monde.
	2016-02-16					Visning under festivalen Toute la mémoire du monde.
	2016-10-12
	2016-10-16					Skickas direkt till Kyoto efter visning.
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-11-30					Visas under perioden 30/11-4/12. Skickas direkt från Tokyo.
FIAF showing	2017-06-17
	2017-06-28
VOD release	2022-06-15	Filmarkivet.se		Sweden
FIAF-Festival showing	2022-08-18		Bonn	Germany
FIAF showing	2022-08-21		Frankfurt am Main	Germany
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-02-01		Zürich	Switzerland
	2023-09-05		Berlin	Germany
	2023-09-10		Berlin	Germany
	2024-01-24		Berlin	Germany

Original title	Faust
Composer	Charles Gounod	(1859)
Lyrics	Jules Barbier
	Michel Carré

Film and Reality (1942)		Gunnar Hede's Saga (1923)
Selma Lagerlöf 1858-1958 (1958)		Gunnar Hede's Saga (1923)
Klassiska svenska filmer (1959)		Gunnar Hede's Saga (1923)
Selma Lagerlöf 80 år (1938)		Gunnar Hede's Saga (1923)

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Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	1319

Element type	Print
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Length	1375

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Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	1370

Element type	Print
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Element type	Duplicate negative
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Element type	originalnegativ för OP
Carrier type	35 mm
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Element type	Duplicate positive
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Element type	Undefined elements
Item base	Nitrate
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Tryckeri	Ivar Hæggströms lito
Designed by	Gunnar Håkansson

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	1
Designed by	Gunnar Håkansson

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Filmskådespel med motiv från En herrgårdssägen av Selma Lagerlöf. I fri bearbetning iscensatt av Mauritz Stiller.
Extent	5 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	En herrgårdssägen av Selma Lagerlöf
Extent	7 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	A film play, freely adapted in 5 acts, by Mauritz Stiller
Extent	6 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	10 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	79 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Gunnar Hedes saga
Extent	80 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Peripheral material
Extent	8 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Aspect ratio	1.33:1
Sound type	Silent
Colour type	Black and white
Frames per second	18
Length in minutes	71 min
Titles in viewing length	Swedish

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Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
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Sound type	Silent, with added soundtrack
Colour type	Black and white (tinted and toned)
Length in minutes	71 min