A Ship to India (1947)

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Original title	Skepp till India land
Swedish release title	Skepp till India land
International title	A Ship to India
Distribution title	Sømandstøsen (Danmark) Skip til Indialand (Norge) Laiva Intiaan (Finland) L'éternel mirage (Frankrike) Bateau pour les Indes (Frankrike) Le port des filles perdues (Frankrike) Schiff nach Indialand (Västtyskland) The Land of Desire (Storbritannien) A Ship to India (Storbritannien) Barco a la India (Spanien) Frustration (USA) Land of Desire (USA) Ship to India (USA) Okręt do Indii (Polen) Loď do Indie (Tjeckoslovakien) Hajó Indiába (Ungern) Skip na Indië (Sydafrika) Laev Indiasse (Estland) Brod za Indiju (Jugoslavien/Kroatien) La terra del desiderio (Italien) Schip naar India (Nederländerna) Um barco para a Índia (Brasilien) Корабль в Индию (Ryssland) Korabl' v Indiju (Ryssland) Hindistan’a giden gemi / Kaybolan kızlar limanı (Turkiet) Корабель до Індії (Ukraina) Korabel' do Indii (Ukraina)
Alternative title	Skepp till Indialand (titel på filmaffisch)

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Allan Ekelund
Director of Photography	Göran Strindberg
Music	Erland von Koch
Art Director	P.A. Lundgren
Film Editor	Tage Holmberg
Production Mixer	Lars Nordberg Sven Josephson
Script Supervisor	Gerd Osten
Musical Arrangement	Erland von Koch
Boom Operator	Per Lönndahl
Titles	Alva Lundin

Holger Löwenadler	Alexander Blom, kapten på bärgningsbåt
Anna Lindahl	Alice Blom, Alexanders hustru
Birger Malmsten	Johannes Blom, Alexander och Alice son, styrman
Gertrud Fridh	Sally, varietésångerska
Naemi Briese	Selma
Hjördis Petterson	Sofi
Lasse Krantz	Hans, besättningsman
Jan Molander	Bertil, besättningsman
Erik Hell	Pekka, besättningsman
Åke Fridell	varietédirektören
Douglas Håge	tullmannen (bortklippt)		(OBS! Bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
-	Ej krediterade:
Peter Lindgren	en utländsk besättningsman
Gustaf Hiort af Ornäs	Alexanders kumpan
Rolf Bergström	Alexanders kumpan
Ingrid Borthen	flicka på gatan
Amy Aaröe	ung flicka på stranden
Gunnar Nielsen	ung man på stranden
Svea Holst	en kvinna vid gripandet av Alexander
Otto Moskovitz (as Kiki)	dvärgen på varietén
Uno Larsson	äldre man med glasögon och hatt på tivolikrogen
Ingmar Bergman	man i basker vid kasperteatern på tivolit
Charles White	svart besättningsman
John W. Björling	en äldre man på varietéscenen
Rosalie Björklund	en flicka
-	Ej identifierad:
Torgny Anderberg	en man

Production Company	Lorens Marmstedt
	Sveriges Folkbiografer AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Svenska AB Nordisk Tonefilm	1947
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor

A hunchbacked ship's first mate competes with his father the sea captain for the affections of a beautiful music hall artiste.

Censorship number	72465
Date	1947-09-19
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2690 meters
Notes	Speltid: 98 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2690 meter
Length in minutes	98 min
Reels	6 reels

Original title	Skepp till Indialand (Play)
Author	Martin Söderhjelm

				1947-05-28	1947-07-16
AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna	Stockholm	Sweden
Ankarsudden	Stockholm	Sweden
Gröna Lund	Stockholm	Sweden
Torö	Nynäshamn	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1947-09-22	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	98 min
First showing	1947-09-22	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	98 min
Other showing	1965			Poland		(endast filmstudios)
TV showing	1966-06-26			Sweden	94 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	1994-09-04
	1994-09-11
TV showing	1995-03-13	Kanal 1		Sweden	94 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	1995-04-13
	1997-02-11
TV showing	1999-10-06	SVT1		Sweden	94 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2003-04-01
	2006-09
	2008-01-15
FIAF showing	2018-01-08	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
Cinematheque screening	2018-01-24	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2018-01-24
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
FIAF showing	2018-02-20	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
	2018-04-01	Filmoteca Española	Madrid	Spain
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-06-28	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
	2018-07-17	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
VOD release	2023-07-28	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30
TV showing	2023-08-03	SVT1		Sweden

Original title	Cabaretvisa
Composer	Erland von Koch	(1947)
Lyrics	Gardar	(1947)
Singer	Gertrud Fridh

Festival Award	Cannes	1947			(utmärkelse för "ämnet")

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2632

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2609

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2607

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2607

Element type	Duplicate positive
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Skepp till Indialand. Dialoglista.
Extent	28 s. Produktionsuppgifter och rollista (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The land of desire. Manuscript: Ingmar Bergman. Based on a play by Martin Söderhjelm.
Extent	28 s. Produktionsuppgifter och rollista (1 s.) ingår.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Skepp till Indialand.
Extent	138 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Peripheral material
Script title	Skepp till Indialand. Martin Söderhjelm.
Extent	29 s.

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	29 s.
Language	French

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	58 s.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	10
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Promotion material
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Misc.prints
Language	Danish

Type	Misc.prints
Language	Norwegian

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	French

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Length in minutes	96 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	AUDIO

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264