The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)

United Kingdom, 96 min
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Basic facts

Original title The Importance of Being Earnest
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • United Kingdom
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1952-10-20

Cast

Michael Redgrave
Ernest Worthing

Richard Wattis
Seton

Michael Denison
Algernon Moncrieff

Walter Hudd
Lane

Edith Evans
Lady Augusta Bracknell

Joan Greenwood
Gwendolen Fairfax

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Titles

Original title
  • The Importance of Being Earnest
Swedish release title
  • En ryslig fästman
Distribution title
  • Ernst sein ist alles (Tyskland/Österrike)
  • Bunbury (Danmark)
  • De ernst van Ernst (Belgien/Nederländerna)
  • Il importe d'être constant (Belgien/Frankrike)
  • Die Bedeutung ernst zu sein (Österrike)
  • L'importanza di chiamarsi Ernesto (Italien)
  • A importância de ser honesto (Brasilien)
  • A importância de se chamar Ernesto (Portugal)
  • Glückliche Stunden (Österrike)
  • La importancia de llamarse Ernesto (Spanien)
  • Millainen sulhanen (Finland)
Alternative title
  • Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest
Title for Swedish TV release
  • Mr. Ernest (TV 1967)
  • En ryslig fästman (TV3)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Third Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Script Supervisor
Executive Producer
Production Coordinator
Casting
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Conductor
Assistant Production Designer
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer

Cast

Michael Redgrave Ernest Worthing
Richard Wattis Seton
Michael Denison Algernon Moncrieff
Walter Hudd Lane
Edith Evans Lady Augusta Bracknell
Joan Greenwood Gwendolen Fairfax
Dorothy Tutin Cecily Cardew
Margaret Rutherford Miss Letitia Prism
Miles Malleson domkyrkopräst Chasuble
Aubrey Mather Merriman
- Ej krediterad:
Ivor Barnard kusken

Companies

Production Company British Film Makers Ltd.
Javelin Films Ltd.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Rank Film Distributors of Sweden AB 1952

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 81289
Date 1952-10-13
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2605 meters
Notes Speltid: 95 minuter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2618 meter
Length in minutes 96 min


Original work

Original title The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People (Play)
Author Oscar Wilde


Production location

Pinewood Studios Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom

Release dates

First showing 1952-06-02 London United Kingdom 96 min
Release in Sweden 1952-10-20 Spegeln Stockholm Sweden 95 min
TV showing 1967-03-12 Sweden
1993-07-04 TV3 Sweden
1995-05-28 TV3 Sweden
1996-11-29 TV3 Sweden
2005-04-13 SVT1 Sweden

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


Holdings Scripts

Script type Synopsis


Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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