The Girl in Tails (1926)

Promoted film
Sweden, 121 min
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Media (3)

Original title Flickan i frack : En sommarlätt filmhistoria
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • Sweden
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Swedish release 1926-09-06

Cast

Einar Axelsson
Ludwig von Battwhyl

Magda Holm
Katja Kock

Nils Arehn
Gamle Kock, Katjas och Currys far

Georg Blomstedt
Starck, rektor

Karin Swanström
Hyltenius, änkedomprostinna

Erik Zetterström
Curry, Katjas bror

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Plot summary

Katja is about to graduate, but she has nothing to wear for the graduation ball. Her father, the eccentric inventor Carl Axel Kock does not spend much of his income on Katja while her brother...

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Links and resources

Read more about this film in our article "En kvinna med makt" (in Swedish)
Read more about this film in our article "Female Filmmakers, Norm-breakers and Revolutionaries" (in English)
Watch this film in the Mini Cinema in our Stockholm library

Titles

Original title
  • Flickan i frack : En sommarlätt filmhistoria
Swedish release title
  • Flickan i frack
International title
  • The Girl in Tails
Distribution title
  • Frakkipukuinen tyttö (Finland)
  • Flickan i frack (Finland)
Alternative title
  • Girl in Tails
Rating title
  • En flicka i frack

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Title Design

Cast

Einar Axelsson Ludwig von Battwhyl
Magda Holm Katja Kock
Nils Arehn Gamle Kock, Katjas och Currys far
Georg Blomstedt Starck, rektor
Karin Swanström Hyltenius, änkedomprostinna
Erik Zetterström Curry, Katjas bror
Maj Berggren (as Carina May) Eva Björck, Currys flamma
Lotten Olsson Karolina Willman, doktor
Anna-Lisa Baude Lotten Brenner
Gösta Gustafson Björner, advokat
Kurt Welin basist på "Kupan"
Albert Ståhl Paulin, lektor
Julia Cæsar statarhustru
Edla Rothgardt en "harpa"
Agnes Clementsson en "harpa"
Olga Adamsen en "harpa"

Companies

Production Company AB Biografernas Filmdepôt
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Biografernas Filmdepôt 1926
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 2017

Plot summary

Katja is about to graduate, but she has nothing to wear for the graduation ball. Her father, the eccentric inventor Carl Axel Kock does not spend much of his income on Katja while her brother Curry gets everything he wants. So on the day of the ball, Katja simply dresses up in her brother’s brand new evening attire and attends the dance, smokes cigars, drinks brandy–and causes a scandal.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 37495
Date 1926-09-04
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2477 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.33:1
Sound type Silent
Colour type Black and white (tinted)
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 19
Length in metres 2477 meter
Length in minutes 121 min
Reels 7 reels


Original work

Original title Flickan i frack (Novel)
Author Hjalmar Bergman


Production location

(sommaren) 1926 1926
F.d. Bonnierateljén, Kungsholmen Stockholm Sweden
Strängnäs Sweden
Stockholms omgivningar Stockholm Sweden
Roslags Näsby Täby Sweden

Release dates

Release in Sweden 1926-09-06 Skandia Stockholm Sweden 90 min
1926-09-06 Imperial Stockholm Sweden 90 min
1926-09-06 Skandia Uppsala Sweden 90 min
Festival showing 2009-02-01 Capitol Gothenburg Sweden 114 min (Göteborg International Film Festival, 35 mm)
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2009-02-01 I samarbete med GIFF 2009.
2010-02-06
2010-03-16
Cinematheque screening 2015-04-26 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2015-04-26
2016-04-09

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 1938


Element type Print
Item base Nitrate
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2473


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2473


Element type Duplicate negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Original picture negative
Item base Nitrate
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Original picture negative for optical printing
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 25


Holdings Archive materials

Type Press Cuttings


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Script title Flickan i frack. En sommarlätt filmhistoria i sju akter efter Hjalmar Bergman's roman med samma namn.
Extent 9 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 2
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Other manifestations of this work

Digitized

Technical specifications

Sound type Silent
Colour type Black and white (tinted)
Carrier type DCP


Holdings Film

Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type ProRes


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type WAV


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type WAV


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type DCP


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type ProRes


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type H264


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