The Norrtull Gang (1923)

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Original title	Norrtullsligan
Swedish release title	Norrtullsligan
International title	The Norrtull Gang
Distribution title	En Kontordames Roman (Danmark) Pohjoistullin kerho (Finland) Norrtullsligan (Finland) Weibliche Junggesellen (Tyskland)
Title for Swedish VOD release	Norrtullsligan

Director	Per Lindberg
Screenplay	Hjalmar Bergman
Production Manager	Karin Swanström Stellan Claësson
Director of Photography	Ragnar Westfelt
Orchestra	Röda Kvarns orkester (Röda Kvarn, Stockholm)
Orchestra Leader	Rudolf Sahlberg (Röda Kvarn, Stockholm)
Construction Coordinator	John Arwidsson

Tora Teje	Pegg, kontorist
Inga Tidblad	Baby, kontorist
Renée Björling	Eva, kontorist
Linnéa Hillberg	Emmy, kontorist
Egil Eide	Peggs chef
Tollie Zellman	Kusin Görel
Olav Riégo	Görels fästman
Stina Berg	Görels mor
Lili Ziedner	strejkagitator
Lauritz Falk	Putte, Peggs lillebror
Nils Asther	notarien, Babys "fästman"
Gabriel Alw	Evas fästman
Torsten Bergström	Peggs första kärlek
Torsten Hillberg	Peggs bröllopskavaljer
John Ekman	Babys chef
John Norrman	upprymd nattvandrare
Elsa Carlsson	flicka i syjuntan
Rosa Tillman	flicka i syjuntan
Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad	arbetskamrat till Baby
Margit Manstad	arbetskamrat till Baby som avskedas
Svea Holst	hembiträde hos Görels mor

Production Company	Bonnierfilm
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svenska Filmkompaniet	1923
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017

Pegg, Eva, Baby and Emmy—four self-supporting female office workers—share a flat and try to make their way in the rapidly modernising but still very patriarchal Stockholm of the early 1900s.

Censorship number	32857
Date	1923-12-19
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2086 meters

Aspect ratio	1.33:1
Sound type	Silent
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2086 meters
Reels	6 reels

Original title	Norrtullsligan (Novel)
Author	Elin Wägner

				1923	1923
Bonnierateljén, Kungsholmen	Stockholm	Sweden
Sabbatsbergs sjukhus	Stockholm	Sweden
Gyldene Freden	Stockholm	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1923-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Gävle	Sweden	76 min
	1923-12-26	Metropol	Malmö	Sweden	76 min
	1923-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	76 min
	1923-12-26	Lilla Teatern	Uppsala	Sweden	76 min
	1923-12-26	Imperial	Örebro	Sweden	76 min
First showing	1923-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Gävle	Sweden	76 min
	1923-12-26	Metropol	Malmö	Sweden	76 min
	1923-12-26	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	76 min
	1923-12-26	Lilla Teatern	Uppsala	Sweden	76 min
	1923-12-26	Imperial	Örebro	Sweden	76 min
Cinematheque screening	1967-05-02			Sweden
	1967-05-07			Sweden
TV showing	1974-04-27	TV2		Sweden	73 min
Cinematheque screening	1980-09-28			Sweden
	1980-09-30			Sweden
	1988-10-15			Sweden
	1988-10-18			Sweden
	1991-04-01			Sweden
	1991-04-12			Sweden
Other showing	1995-07-16
	2001-03-02
	2001-10-28
Censurbeslut	2002-11-08	Kino Arsenal	Berlin	Germany
Other showing	2005-10-16
Festival showing	2006-01-27
Cinematheque screening	2006-08-22	Bio Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	84 min
Censurbeslut	2006-09-01	Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek	Berlin	Germany
Cinematheque screening	2006-09-12	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden	84 min
	2007-01-09	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden
Censurbeslut	2008-11-09
	2009-10-04
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2009-10-14
	2009-10-15
Cinematheque screening	2010-03-24
Censurbeslut	2010-08-08
	2010-08-12
Cinematheque screening	2011-01-25
	2011-02-08
	2011-03-22
External cinema, Sweden	2012-02-15
Cinematheque screening	2013-10-20
Festival showing	2014-02-01	Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	84 min	37:e Göteborg International Film Festival, 2014. Svensk retrospektiv.
Cinematheque screening	2014-02-01
Censurbeslut	2014-07
	2015-03-06
	2015-03-31
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2015-05-28
	2015-08-13
Censurbeslut	2015-09-05
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-01-10
Censurbeslut	2016-10-13
	2016-10-14
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-11-30
Censurbeslut	2018-11-21
	2018-11-21
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2019-05-11
	2019-10-20
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2020-02-04
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2020-03-08			Germany
Forskarvisning biograf, filmvet.	2020-12-11
VOD release	2021-07-06	Filmarkivet.se		Sweden
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2021-12-08			Sweden
Censurbeslut	2022-03-12		Wisconsin	USA
	2022-10-04		Berlin	Germany
	2022-11-21		Brussels	Belgium
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-08-29		Berlin	Germany
	2023-09-06		Berlin	Germany
Festival showing, abroad	2023-09-08		Vilnius	Lithuania
	2023-11-02		Munich	Germany
	2023-11-05		Munich	Germany
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-12-07		Frankfurt am Main	Germany
Festival showing, abroad	2024-03-24		Bo'ness, Skottland	United Kingdom
Censurbeslut	2024-03-27		Vienna	Austria

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	16 mm
Length	815

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2027

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2053

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2027

Element type	Duplicate negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Designed by	Gunnar Håkansson

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The Norrtull gang. By Elin Wägner. Screen-play by Hjalmar Bergman.
Extent	13 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	9 s. Censurbeskrifning (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Textlista upprättad efter den restaurerade färgkopian januari 1989. Av Elin Wägner. Scenarion av Hjalmar Bergman.
Extent	12 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	set
Colour prints	No
Behind the scenes prints	3
Slides	No
Digital images	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Sound type	Silent
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digital viewing file
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digital archive asset
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digital archive asset
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digital viewing file
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digital archive asset
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digital viewing file
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digital viewing file
Carrier type	H264

Element type	Digital archive asset
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digital viewing file
Carrier type	H264

Sound type	Silent, with added soundtrack
Colour type	Black and white (tinted)
Length in minutes	87 min
Titles in viewing length	Swedish