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Original title Kungen kommer
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 1936-03-23

Cast

Gösta Ekman
landsortsaktör Leonard Pettersson/kung Carl XV

Nils Wahlbom
Casimir Löwencreutz, greve

Gull Natorp
Adèle Löwencreutz, Casimirs maka

Birgit Tengroth
Marie-Louise, Casimir och Adèles deras dotter

Håkan Westergren
Charles-Emile Spaak, kungens adjutant/Löwencreutz betjänt som ramlar nerför trappan

Olga Andersson
grevinnan Ehrencrona, Charles-Emils tant

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Plot summary

At Herrsunda Manor preparations for a visit by King Charles XV are underway. Count Casimir Löwencreutz and his wife the Countess Adèle declare to Lieutenant Carl Henrik von Grimm, who has...

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Crew

Director
Screenplay
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Art Director
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Adaptation
Unit Manager
First Assistant Cameraman
Still Photographer
Musical Arrangement
Orchestra
Orchestra Leader
Make-up Supervisor
Boom Operator
Titles

Cast

Gösta Ekman landsortsaktör Leonard Pettersson/kung Carl XV
Nils Wahlbom Casimir Löwencreutz, greve
Gull Natorp Adèle Löwencreutz, Casimirs maka
Birgit Tengroth Marie-Louise, Casimir och Adèles deras dotter
Håkan Westergren Charles-Emile Spaak, kungens adjutant/Löwencreutz betjänt som ramlar nerför trappan
Olga Andersson grevinnan Ehrencrona, Charles-Emils tant
Åke Ohberg Carl Henrik von Grimm, löjtnant
Semmy Friedmann den italienske fyrverkaren
Theodor Berthels Browander, teaterdirektör
Thor Modéen Alexander Dryselius, aktör
Maritta Marke Anette, Alexanders dotter, subrett
Tollie Zellman Sophie Strååk, primadonna
- Ej krediterade:
Peggy Lindberg Browanders hustru
Folke Helleberg löjtnant Julius von Matern
Ida Gawell-Blumenthal gumman i stugan
Stina Ståhle aktris
Wiktor "Kulörten" Andersson Ajax 2 i "Sköna Helena"
John Ekman kommissarie Blom
Carl Winsberg Hans, betjänt hos Löwencreutz
Olav Riégo herre vid hovet
Bellan Roos pigan med hönan
George Fant en ung man på första hovbalen
Millan Bolander drottningen
Emil Fjellström inspicienten
Hilding Gavle Ajax 1 i "Sköna Helena"
James Westheimer Menelaus i "Sköna Helena"
Knut Frankman aktör
Carl-Harald aktör
Marianne Lenard aktris
Viveka Linder aktris
Bengt-Olof Granberg gäst på första hovbalen
Wictor Hagman Lagerfeldt, gäst på första hovbalen
Rolf Botvid gäst på första hovbalen
Sven Arvor gäst på första hovbalen
Nils Dahlgren kungens jaktsällskap
Ingrid Luterkort (as Ingrid Eklundh) Marie-Louises kammarjungfru
Signe Lundberg-Settergren tjänstekvinna hos Löwencreutz
Georg Fernquist lakej
Gillis Blom betjänt hos Löwencreutz
Erik Johansson stinsen utanför Hilleruds stationshus
John Borgman järnvägstjänsteman utanför Hilleruds stationshus
Richard Lindström prästen utanför Hilleruds stationshus
Ingeborg Strandin en gumma utanför Hilleruds stationshus
Hugo Tranberg länsman utanför Hilleruds stationshus
Axel Lindberg körledaren utanför Hilleruds stationshus
Bodil Kåge den lilla flickan som ger kungen blommor
Ollars-Erik Landberg man utanför Hilleruds stationshus
Allan Adelby (as Otto Adelby) man utanför Hilleruds stationshus
Helge Kihlberg teaterorkesterns ledare
Lisa Wirström en gumma som välkomnar kungen utanför Löwencreutz slott Herrsunda
John Melin gäst på andra hovbalen
Helga Brofeldt hans hustru
Erland Colliander dansande på andra hovbalen
Carl Andersson dansande på andra hovbalen
Olga Adamsen äldre kvinna på andra hovbalen
Eric Magnusson aktör
Jullan Jonsson kvinna i biljettkön till "Sköna Helena"
Carin Appelberg-Sandberg kvinna i biljettkön till "Sköna Helena"
John Sandling man i biljettkön till "Sköna Helena"
Marie-Louise Sorbon ung dam på hovbalen
Stina Sorbon ung dam på hovbalen
Lennart Lauber

Companies

Production Company AB M-film
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Svensk Filmindustri 1936
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm) Filmo 1945
Laboratory AB Svensk Filmindustris filmlaboratorium

Plot summary

At Herrsunda Manor preparations for a visit by King Charles XV are underway. Count Casimir Löwencreutz and his wife the Countess Adèle declare to Lieutenant Carl Henrik von Grimm, who has come to ask for their daugther Marie-Louise’s hand, that she is already virtually engaged to the King’s aide-de-camp, Charles-Emile Spaak. The King postpones his visit. But the only one who knows this is von Grimm. He is watching an operetta performance when he notices that the actor Leonard Petterson in his make-up looks startlingly like the King. He engages Petterson to play Charles XV and others in the theatre troupe to play the King's retinue.The agreement includes Petterson (as the King) recommending von Grimm’s engagement to Marie-Louise to her parents. Everyone arrives at Hersunda for the banquet. All goes according to plan, until the real King arrives for a spontaneous visit and meets his doppelganger by chance in the garden.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 53729
Date 1945-03-01
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 870 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 460-410 = 870 meter.


Censorship number 53729
Date 1936-03-19
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2220 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Petersen-Poulsen, AGA-Baltic
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2220 meter
Length in minutes 81 min
Reels 4 reels


Original work

Production location

(kompletteringar till 1936-03-05) 1935-08-24 1935-12-13
Filmstaden Råsunda Sweden (ateljé)
Ulriksdals slott Sweden
Uppsala Teater Uppsala Sweden ("Château Barowiak")

Release dates

Release in Sweden 1936-03-23 Palladium Helsingborg Sweden 81 min
1936-03-23 Röda Kvarn Stockholm Sweden 81 min
1936-03-23 Skandia Uppsala Sweden 81 min
First showing 1936-03-23 Palladium Helsingborg Sweden 81 min
1936-03-23 Röda Kvarn Stockholm Sweden 81 min
1936-03-23 Skandia Uppsala Sweden 81 min
TV showing 1957-01-02 TV Stockholm Sweden 78 min Stockholmssändaren
1957-01-03 TV Gothenburg Sweden 78 min Göteborgssändaren
1967-03-10 TV Sweden 78 min
1980-05-26 TV1 Sweden 78 min
1997-12-31 SVT1 Sweden 78 min
2001-01-16 SVT1 Sweden 78 min
2003-06-23 SVT1 Sweden 78 min
2004-05-24 SVT1 Sweden 78 min
2012-01-31 SVT1 Sweden
2017-01-23 SVT1 Sweden
2019-04-02 SVT1 Sweden
2021-03-23 SVT1 Sweden
VOD release 2023-09-01 SVT Play Sweden Antal dagar på SVT Play 30
TV showing 2023-09-07 SVT1 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title La fille du tambour-major
Composer Jacques Offenbach (1879)
Lyrics Charles Chivot (fransk text 1879)
Alfred Duru (fransk text 1879)


Original title Unter dem Doppel-Adler, op. 159
Composer Josef Franz Wagner (1902)


Original title Kungssången
Composer Otto Lindblad (1844)
Lyrics Talis Qualis (1844)
Singer kör (barnkör)


Original title Vårsång
Composer G***** (1846)
Lyrics Herman Sätherberg
Singer Åke Ohberg
Thor Modéen
Nils Wahlbom (dubbad av ?)


Original title Modlitwa dziewicy/La prière d'une vierge
Composer Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1851)
Instrumentalist Maritta Marke (piano - dubbad av ?)
Åke Ohberg (piano - dubbad av ?)


Original title An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314
Composer Johann Strauss d.y. (1867)


Original title La belle Hélène
Composer Jacques Offenbach (1864)
Lyrics Henri Meilhac (fransk text 1864)
Ludovic Halévy (fransk text 1864)
Palle Block (svensk text 1865)


Original title Jag har superat hela natten, med dessa sköna damer två
Composer Jacques Offenbach (1864)
Lyrics Henri Meilhac (fransk text 1864)
Ludovic Halévy (fransk text 1864)
Palle Block (svensk text 1865)
Singer Maritta Marke
James Westheimer
Tollie Zellman


Original title Au mont Ida
Composer Jacques Offenbach (1864)
Lyrics Henri Meilhac (fransk text 1864)
Ludovic Halévy (fransk text 1864)
Palle Block (svensk text 1865)
Singer Gösta Ekman


Original title Voici les rois de la Grèce
Composer Jacques Offenbach (1964)
Lyrics Henri Meilhac (fransk text 1864)
Ludovic Halévy (fransk text 1864)
Palle Block (svensk text 1865)
Singer Hilding Gavle (dubbad av ?)
Wiktor "Kulörten" Andersson (dubbad av ?)
kör


Original title Je suis mari de la reine
Composer Jacques Offenbach (1864)
Lyrics Henri Meilhac (fransk text 1864)
Ludovic Halévy (fransk text 1864)
Palle Block (svensk text 1865)
Singer James Westheimer
Gösta Ekman
kör


Original title Amours divins, ardentes flammes. Ur La belle Hélène
Composer Jacques Offenbach (1864)
Lyrics Henri Meilhac (fransk text 1864)
Ludovic Halévy (fransk text 1864)
Palle Block (svensk text 1865)
Singer Tollie Zellman


Holdings Film

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Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2144


Element type Duplicate negative
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Duplicate positive
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2120


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title KUNGEN KOMMER
Tryckeri J. Olsén litogr.anst.
Designed by Eric Rohman


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title KUNGEN KOMMER
Tryckeri Ivar Hæggströms lito


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title KUNGEN KOMMER
Tryckeri J. Olsén litogr.anst.


Size Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity 1
Poster title Gösta Ekman KUNGEN KOMMER
Tryckeri J. Olsén litogr.anst.


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Archive materials

Type Press Cuttings


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Kungen kommer.
Extent 135 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Kungen kommer.
Extent 135 s. + inklistrade blad med manusändringar + 15 s. tillägg, löst.
Language Swedish


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Behind the scenes prints 5
Album Yes


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Danish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Danish



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