Excellensen (1944)

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Original title	Excellensen
Swedish release title	Excellensen
Distribution title	Eksellencen (Danmark) Eksellensen (Norge)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Excellensen

Director	Hasse Ekman
Screenplay	Bertil Malmberg Sven Stolpe
Producer	Lorens Marmstedt
Director of Photography	Martin Bodin (SF-ateljéerna) Hilding Bladh (Sandrew-Ateljéerna)
Music	Lars-Erik Larsson (originalmusik)
Art Director	Arne Åkermark P.A. Lundgren
Film Editor	Lennart Wallén Rolf Husberg
Production Mixer	Gösta Wiholm (Sandrew-Ateljéerna) Terrence Wendt (SF-ateljéerna)
Assistant Director	Lasse Swärd
Script Supervisor	Lasse Swärd
Unit Manager	Karl-Ivar Örtengren (Sandrew-Ateljéerna) Gösta Ström (SF-ateljéerna)
First Assistant Cameraman	Arne Palm (Sandrew-Ateljéerna) Jarl Nylander (SF-ateljéerna)
Musical Arrangement	Lars-Erik Larsson
Costume Designer	Greta Ekman
Make-up Supervisor	Arvid Ström
Boom Operator	Sven Eriksson
Titles	Alva Lundin

Lars Hanson	Hans Excellens Herbert von Blankenau
Gunnar Sjöberg	kapten Max Karbe, lägerkommendant i Boltenberg
Elsie Albiin	Elisabeth von Blankenau, excellensens dotter
Stig Järrel	major Monk
Hugo Björne	fader Ignatius
Tord Stål	Amann, läkare på Boltenberg
Sven Magnusson	Wilhelm, sjukvårdare
Erik "Hampe" Faustman	fångvaktare
Håkan Westergren	polisofficeren
Carl Ström	Josef, von Blankenaus betjänt
Magnus Kesster	doktor Blumenreich, tidningsman, jude
Torsten Hillberg	Gestapoöverste
Sigge Fürst	Kubelik
Ivar Kåge	hovmarskalken
Sven Bergvall	presidenten för Diktarakademien
Olle Hilding	gammal judisk man vid gränsen
Frithiof Bjärne	fångvaktare
Sten Sture Modéen	löjtnant Bergel
Yngwe Nyquist	borgmästaren
Gudrun Moberg	Mitzi, Elisabeths kammarjungfru
Gunnar Höglund	sjuk fånge
Georg Skarstedt	sekreterare på Boltenberg
Curt Edgard	SS-man
Hans Bjerkeling	nazist
Helge Olsén	gränskontrollant
Gustaf Hiort af Ornäs	Gestapoöverste
-	Ej krediterade:
Gunnar Hagberg	Gestapoöverste
Sven Arvor	Gestapoöverste
Walter Sarmell	nazist
Svante Wahlström	nazist
Felix Alvo	officer
Erik Forslund	sjuk fånge
Carl Andersson	sjukvårdare
Uno Larsson	fånge
Paul Hagman	gäst på Blankenaus 60-årsmottagning
Edvard Danielsson	gäst på Blankenaus 60-årsmottagning
Albert Johansson	gäst på Blankenaus 60-årsmottagning
Gunnar Almqvist	gäst på Blankenaus 60-årsmottagning
Bror Lennart Söhr	student

Production Company	Terrafilms Produktions AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Terrafilm	1944
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Studio S Entertainment	2012
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor

His Excellency Herbert von Blankenau, the prominent Austrian writer and religious leader turns sixty and is feted by high society. His daughter Elisabeth is however not there, choosing instead to attend a Nazi meeting, where she meets and is attracted to Max Karbe who holds a fiery speech. von Blankenau is against the Nazis and as they gain power is increasingly under attack from them. Karbe is appointed commander at the Boltenberg Camp, where in due course von Blankenau is sent. Karbe is increasingly feeling uncomfortable by the cruelty involved in his work at the camp. Elisabeth seeks pardon for her father in Berlin, but he is shot during an attempt to escape. Karbe is united with Elisabeth and he promises to fight the evil he has served.

Censorship number	66910
Date	1944-02-28
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2760 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 530-560-525-555-590 = 2760 meter. Aktlängder: 530, 560, 525, 555, 590.

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	2760 meter
Length in minutes	101 min
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Original title	Excellensen (Play)
Author	Bertil Malmberg

Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden		1943-12-13	1943-12-23
			(hösten)	1943	1943
AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna	Stockholm	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1944-03-03	Palladium	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
First showing	1944-03-03	Palladium	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min
TV showing	1962-10-04			Sweden	97 min
	1972-09-30	TV2		Sweden	97 min
	1999-09-23	SVT1		Sweden	97 min
	2002-10-14	SVT1		Sweden	97 min
	2003-07-08	SVT1		Sweden	97 min
	2012-10-15	SVT1		Sweden
DVD release	2012-10-31			Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2015-03-21	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2015-03-21
TV showing	2018-02-13	SVT1		Sweden
VOD release	2023-01-20	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30

Original title	Serse. Ombra mai fù/Largo
Composer	Georg Friedrich Händel	(1738)
Lyrics	Nicolò Minato	(1654)
	Silvio Stampiglia	(1738)
Instrumentalist	Lars Hanson	(orgel - dubbad av ?)

Original title	Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume
Composer	Rudolf Sieczyński	(1912)
Lyrics	Rudolf Sieczyński	(1912)
Singer	Gudrun Moberg

Original title	Deutschland, Deutschland über alles ...
Composer	Joseph Haydn	(1799 - "Kejsarkvintetten")
Lyrics	August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben	(tysk text 1841)

Original title	Die Fahne hoch!
Lyrics	Horst Wessel	(1927)

Original title	Ave Maria
Composer	Franz Schubert	(1825)
Lyrics	Walter Scott	(1810 - ur "Lady of the Lake")

Charlie Award	Stockholm	1944		Lars Hanson	(roll)
	Stockholm	1944		Stig Järrel	(roll)

Dårskapens hus (1951)	Citation included from	Excellensen (1944)
Fram för lilla Terra : 10 års framställning av levande bilder. En självbiografisk bekännelse i 38 tablåer. Terra Film 1938-1948. (1948)	Citation included from	Excellensen (1944)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2787

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2781

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	EXCELLENSEN - ett tidens drama av Bertil Malmberg.
Extent	108 s.Skisser, anteckningar, miljölista, inspelningsschema.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	EXCELLENSEN - ett tidens drama av Bertil Malmberg.
Extent	108 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	His excellency.
Extent	25 s. +1 s. rollista
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Excellensen. "Textlista till utländska versionen". Ett tidsdrama av Bertil Malmberg.
Extent	28 s. Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (3 s.) ingår. Strykningar och ändringar.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Die Exzellenz (Excellensen). Ein Zeitdrama von Bertil Malmberg. Drehbuch: Bertil Malmberg Sven Stolpe.
Extent	53 s. produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (3 s. ) ingår.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	"Die Exzellenz". Ein Zeitdrama von Bertil Malmberg. På tyska.
Extent	33 s. Rollista (1 s.) ingår.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	"DIE EXCELLENZ". Ein Zeitdrama von Bertil Malmberg.
Extent	30 s. (1 s. rollista).
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	DIE EXZELLENZ /Excellensen/.
Extent	33 s. (1 s. rollista) Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (3 s. ingår).
Language	German

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Excellensen. (SW, Hasse Ekman, 1944).
Extent	113 s. Miljölista, spelplan mm (5 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	HIS EXCELLENCY - a drama by Bertil Malmberg. Screenplay by Bertil Malmberg and Sven Stolpe.
Extent	44 s. Produktionsuppgifter, synopsis och innehållsbeskrivning (3 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	EXCELLENSEN - ett tidsdrama av Bertil Malmberg.
Extent	30 s.Innehållsbeskrivning. Rollista (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish