Port of Call (1948)

Promoted film
Sweden, 99 min
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Original title Hamnstad
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • Sweden
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • Swedish
Swedish release 1948-10-11

Cast

Nine-Christine Jönsson
Berit (Irene) Holm, fabriksarbetare

Bengt Eklund
Gösta Andersson, stuveriarbetare

Mimi Nelson
Gertrud Ljungberg, hotellstäderska

Berta Hall
Berits mor

Birgitta Valberg
Agneta Vilander, socialassistent

Sif Ruud
fru Krona, abortör

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Plot summary

Berit, a suicidal reform school girl with a cruel mother, meets Gösta, a sailor who has just come ashore.

Kajsa Hedström
+46 8 665 11 22
kajsa.hedstrom@filminstitutet.se

Links and resources

Read more about this film in our article "Göteborg som filmstad" (in Swedish)
Watch this film in the Mini Cinema in our Stockholm library

Titles

Original title
  • Hamnstad
Swedish release title
  • Hamnstad
International title
  • Port of Call
Distribution title
  • Havnebyens fristelser (Piger uden moral) (Danmark)
  • Havnebyen (Norge)
  • Satamakaupunki (Finland)
  • Port of Call (Storbritannien)
  • Port of Call (USA)
  • Città portuale (Italien)
  • Ville portuaire (Belgien)
  • Una mujer libre (Spanien)
  • Aiyoku no minato (Japan)
  • Hafenstadt (Västtyskland)
  • Ville portuaire (Frankrike)
  • Miasto portowe (Polen)
  • Přístavní město (Tjeckoslovakien)
  • Hawestad (Sydafrika)
  • Sadamalinn (Estland)
  • Ciudad portuaria (Spanien)
  • Lučki grad (Kroatien)
  • Havenstad (Nederländerna)
  • Porto (Brasilien)
  • Портовый город (Ryssland)
  • Portovyj gorod (Ryssland)
  • Liman kenti (Turkiet)
  • Портове місто (Ukraina)
  • Portove misto (Ukraina)
Title for Swedish DVD release
  • Hamnstad
Script title
  • Guldet och murarna

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Art Director
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Advisor
Script Supervisor
Screenplay not used
Adaptation
Scenario
Unit Manager
First Assistant Cameraman
Still Photographer
Orchestra Leader
Boom Operator

Cast

Nine-Christine Jönsson Berit (Irene) Holm, fabriksarbetare
Bengt Eklund Gösta Andersson, stuveriarbetare
Mimi Nelson Gertrud Ljungberg, hotellstäderska
Berta Hall Berits mor
Birgitta Valberg Agneta Vilander, socialassistent
Sif Ruud fru Krona, abortör
Else-Merete Heiberg en skyddshemsflicka
Brita Billsten en skyddshemsflicka, senare gatflicka
Harry Ahlin Skåningen, stuvare
Nils Hallberg Gustav, stuvare
Sven-Eric Gamble Eken, stuvare
Yngve Nordwall Tuppen, förman på fabriken
Nils Dahlgren poliskommissarien
Hans Strååt ingenjör Vilander, Berits chef, Agneta Vilanders bror
Erik Hell Berits far, sjöman
- Ej krediterade:
Torsten Lilliecrona Tuppens ena kompis utanför biografen
Hans Sundberg Tuppens andra kompis utanför biografen
Bengt Blomgren Gunnar
Hanny Schedin Gunnars mor
Helge Karlsson Johan, Gunnars far
Stig Olin Thomas, pojken i trappan
Erna Groth skyddshemsflicka
Bill Houston Joe
Herman Greid kaptenen på den holländska lastbåten
Kate Elffors Berit Holm som barn
Estrid Hesse frälsningssoldat
Brita Nordin frälsningssoldat
Vanja Rodefeldt flickan som dansar med Gösta på Wauxhall
Sture Ericson herr Ljungberg, Gertruds far
John W. Björling fjärde stuvaren vid kortspelet
Rune Andréasson swingpjatten som dansar med Berit
Inga-Lill Åhström polissystern
Stig Ossian Ericson man som läser domstolens beslut angående Berit (röst) (endast röst)
- Bortklippta i den slutliga filmen:
Siv Thulin en flicka (bortklippt)
Kolbjörn Knudsen en sjöman (bortklippt)
Gunnar Nielsen en herre (bortklippt)
Georg Skarstedt en herre (bortklippt)
Carl Deurell prästen (bortklippt)
Edvard Danielsson klockaren (bortklippt)
- Medverkande i excerpt ur "Stackars lilla Sven" (1947):
Nils Poppe
Åke Engfeldt

Companies

Production Company AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 1994
AB Svensk Filmindustri 1948
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) SF Home Entertainment 2005
Laboratory FilmTeknik AB
Make-up Supervisor Firma Carl M. Lundh AB

Plot summary

Berit, a suicidal reform school girl with a cruel mother, meets Gösta, a sailor who has just come ashore.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 74222
Date 1948-10-04
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2735 meters
Censored length 2722 meters
Notes Granskningskopians aktlängder före censurklipp: 545-565-570-585-470 = 2735 m - 100 minuter. Censurklipp i akt 3: misshandelsscener (aktlängder efter censurklipp: 545-565-557-585-470 = 2722 m - 99 minuter). Klippet upphävt 1963-09-23. Aktlängder: 545, 565, 570, 585, 470.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system AGA-Baltic
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2722 meter
Length in minutes 99 min
Reels 5 reels


Original work

Original title Guldet och murarna (Story)
Author Olle Länsberg


Production location

1948-05-27 1948-07-17
Filmstaden Råsunda Sweden (ateljé)
Gothenburg Sweden
Hindås Härryda kommun, Västergötland Sweden
Ombord på tåget Stockholm-Södertälje Sweden

Release dates

Release in Sweden 1948-10-11 Cosmorama Gothenburg Sweden 99 min
1948-10-11 Kaparen Gothenburg Sweden 99 min
1948-10-11 Röda Kvarn Uddevalla Sweden 99 min
First showing 1948-10-11 Cosmorama Gothenburg Sweden 99 min
1948-10-11 Kaparen Gothenburg Sweden 99 min
1948-10-11 Röda Kvarn Uddevalla Sweden 99 min
Release in Stockholm 1948-10-18 Skandia Stockholm Sweden 99 min
TV showing 1985-08-26 TV2 Sweden 96 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1994-08-25
1994-09-10
1994-09-14
TV showing 1995-03-20 Kanal 1 Sweden 96 min
1998-06-09 SVT1 Sweden 96 min
DVD release 2005-05-11 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2010-11-24
2010-11-30
FIAF showing 2018-01-07 British Film Institute London United Kingdom
Other showing 2018-02-01 Janus Films New York USA
Cinematheque screening 2018-02-07 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2018-02-07
FIAF showing 2018-02-09 British Film Institute London United Kingdom
2018-02-25 Jerusalem Cinematheque Jerusalem Israel
2018-04-06 Filmoteca Española Madrid Spain
Other showing 2018-06-21 Janus Films New York USA
FIAF showing 2018-06-21 National Gallery of Art Washington DC USA
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF 2018-06-28 Metropolis Hamburg Germany
2018-07-06 Babylon Berlin Germany
2018-08-23 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Taipei Taiwan
2018-09-13 Films by the sea Vlissingen The Netherlands
2018-10-17 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck Lûbeck Germany
FIAF showing 2018-11-19 Filmoteca Española Madrid Spain
2018-12-05 Black Box Düsseldorf Germany
TV showing 2022-04-17 SF Kanalen Sweden
2022-07-12 SF Kanalen Sweden
2022-10-22 SF Kanalen Sweden
2022-11-11 SF Kanalen Sweden
2023-04-16 SF Kanalen Sweden
2023-07-11 SF Kanalen Sweden
VOD release 2023-08-04 SVT Play Sweden Antal dagar på SVT Play 30
TV showing 2023-10-21 SF Kanalen Sweden
2023-11-10 SF Kanalen Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title La paloma
Composer Sebastián Yradier (1859)
Lyrics Sebastián Yradier (spansk text 1859)
Ernst Wallmark (svensk text)
Singer Bengt Eklund


Original title Swing Time at Wauxhall
Composer Sven Sjöholm


Original title Det ligger en båt i hamnen
Composer Sven Sjöholm


Original title Cantique de Noël
Composer Adolphe Adam (1850)
Lyrics - (okänd svensk textförf., Sions Toner 1889)
Placide Cappeau (1847)
Singer Sven-Olof Sandberg (grammofonskiva Odeon D 4720)


Related films

Stackars lilla Sven (1947) Cited in Port of Call (1948)

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 2637


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2652


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2649


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2649


Element type Duplicate positive
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2637


Element type Duplicate negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type 17.5 mm


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Archive materials

Type Press Cuttings


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Script title Hamnstad. Manus: Olle Länsberg.
Extent 28 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Hamnstad. Originalmanus av Olle Länsberg.
Extent 121 s. Rollista (2 s.) ingår.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Hamnstad.
Extent 23 s.
Language German


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Behind the scenes prints 7
Album Yes


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Danish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Danish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Danish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Other manifestations of this work

Digitized

Technical specifications

Sound type Sound
Colour type Black and white
Length in minutes 97 min
Dialogue
  • Swedish


Holdings Film

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 WAV


Element type Digital audio
Carrier type WAV


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type H264


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