Singoalla (1949)

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Original title	Singoalla
Swedish release title	Singoalla
Co-production title	Singoalla (Frankrike)
Distribution title	Gypsy Fury (USA) The Wind Is My Lover (engelsk version; titel vid urpremiär i Stockholm) Zigeunerpigen Singoalla (Danmark) Singoalla (Norge) Singoalla, die Zigeunerin (Västtyskland) Singoalla (Schweiz) Singoalla, kuolematon rakkaus (Finland)
Alternative title	The Mask and the Sword (Storbritannien)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Singoalla

Director	Christian-Jaque
Screenplay	Christian-Jaque Pierre Véry
Producer	Lorens Marmstedt
Production Manager	Allan Ekelund Raymond Froment Jean-Charles Carlus
Director of Photography	Christian Matras
Music	Hugo Alfvén (originalmusik) Willi Mattes (as Charles Wildman) (originalmusik - zigenarmusik)
Choreography	Teddy Rhodin
Production Designer	Robert Gys (chef décorateur)
Film Editor	Jacques Desagneaux Lennart Wallén
Production Mixer	Joseph de Bretagne Lars Nordberg
Assistant Director	Lauritz Falk (biträdande regi) Hans Lagerkvist (biträdande regi) Raymond Villette Romney Brent (engelsk version)
Advisor	Björn Thulin (kulturhistorisk)
Script Supervisor	Simonne Bourdarias
Dialogue	Bertil Malmberg (svensk version) Pierre Véry (fransk version) Romney Brent (engelsk version)
Unit Manager	Maurice Hartwig (régisseur général) Gösta Petersson
Unit Publicist	Olle Ekelund Jean M. Mounier
Still Photographer	Roger Corbeau
Assistant Camera Operator	Alain Douarinou (biträdande fotograf/opérateur)
Assistant Cameraman	Ernest Bourreaud (deuxième assistant-opérateur) Ragnar Westfelt (deuxième assistant-opérateur)
Musical Arrangement	Hugo Alfvén Willi Mattes (as Charles Wildman)
Orchestra	Orchestre Nationale de Paris
Orchestra Leader	Roger Desormière
Assistant Production Designer	Jacques Gut
Set Decorator	Nicolas Wilcké (dekorskisser) Maurice Jumeau (régie extérieurs)
Propman	Marcel Protat (accessoiriste)
Costume Designer	Nicolas Wilcké (klädskisser) Marcel Éscoffier
Make-up Supervisor	Carmen Brel
Boom Operator	Per Lönndahl

Viveca Lindfors	Singoalla
Alf Kjellin	riddar Erland Månesköld
Edvin Adolphson	Latzo, Singoallas far, zigenarhövding
Lauritz Falk	Assim
Naima Wifstrand	Cioara, Assims mor
John Elfström	Erasmus
Märta Dorff	Elfrida Månesköld, Erlands mor
Vibeke Falk	Helena Ulfsax
Georg Funkquist	kaplanen
Jean Georges Chambot	Sorgbarn, Singoallas och Erlands son
-	Ej krediterade:
Magnus Kesster	zigenare
Ulf Johanson	en ridande med bud om den annalkande pesten
Lisskulla Jobs	zigenerska vars man drabbats av pesten
Fylgia Zadig	bondkvinna
Lissi Alandh (as Lissi Holmqvist)	bondkvinna
Stig Grybe	slottsvakt
Katarina Taikon	zigenerska
Olof Sjöstrand (as Olle Sjöstrand)	stuntman - bågskytt
Hugo Häggström	en man
-	Engelsk version:
Viveca Lindfors	Singoalla
Alf Kjellin (as Christopher Kent)	riddar Erland Månesköld
Edvin Adolphson	Latzo, Singoallas far, zigenarhövding
Lauritz Falk	Assim
Naima Wifstrand	Cioara, Assims mor
Marie-Hélène Dasté	Elfrida Månesköld, Erlands mor
Fernand Rauzéna	Erasmus
Vibeke Falk	Helena Ulfsax
Romney Brent	kaplanen
Jean Georges Chambot	Sorgbarn
-	Fransk version:
Viveca Lindfors	Singoalla
Michel Auclair	Erland Månesköld
Henri Nassiet	Latzo, Singoallas far
Lauritz Falk	Assim
Naima Wifstrand	Cioara, Assims mor
Fernand Rauzéna	Erasmus
Marie-Hélène Dasté	Elfrida Månesköld, Erlands mor
Vibeke Falk	Hélène
Louis Seigner	kaplanen
Jean Georges Chambot	Sogbarn
Zita Fiore	zigenerska

Production Company	Roissy Films
	Terrafilms Produktions AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Terrafilm	1949	(svensk version)
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Studio S Entertainment	2013
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor
	Laboratoires de Tirages Cinématographiques (LTC)
Make-up Supervisor	Firma Carl M. Lundh AB
Other Company	Société Parisienne de Distribution Cinématographique SA (DisCina)		(distributör i Frankrike - fransk version)
	International Films		(distributör i Storbritannien - engelsk version)
	Film Classics Inc.		(distributör i USA)

The Middle Ages. The young knight Sir Erland Månesköld lives at the family castle with his mother Elfrida, who wants him to marry the noble-born Helena Ulfsax. He however meets, and is utterly bewitched by, the beautiful Romani girl Singoalla. He leaves the castle with her and her itinerant group. One day, Erland falls ill having been poisoned by Singoalla’s father Latzo and Assim, who had been promised her hand by Latzo. Erland lives but he and Singoalla become separated. Singoalla gives birth to Erland’s son who becomes called Black Sheep. The boy is ostracised by the others in the group. Some years pass. Father and son have never met, but fate has it that one day they will.

Censorship number	76292
Date	1950-02-06
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2940 meters
Notes	Aktlängder (franskspråkig version): 510-470-510-495-500-455 = 2940 m - 107 minuter. Aktlängder: 510, 470, 510, 495, 500, 455.

Censorship number	76292
Date	1950-02-04
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2775 meters
Notes	Aktlängder (engelskspråkig version): 485-455-485-460-420-270 = 2775 m - 101 minuter. Aktlängder: 485, 455, 485, 460, 420, 270.

Censorship number	76292
Date	1949-12-13
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2850 meters
Notes	Aktlängder (svenskspråkig version och med insatta förtexter): 485-455-520-460-450-480 = 2850 m - 104 minuter. Aktlängder: 485, 455, 520, 460, 450, 480.

Censorship number	76292
Date	1949-12-12
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2730 meters
Notes	Granskningskopians aktlängder (engelsk dialog och utan förtexter): 180-260-250-200-220-270-235-220-200-220-240-235 = 2730 m - 100 minuter. Aktlängder: 180, 260, 250, 200, 220, 270, 235, 220, 200, 220, 240, 235.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Western Electric Recording
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2850 meter
Length in minutes	104 min
Reels	6 reels

Original title	Singoalla (Novel)
Author	Viktor Rydberg

			(alla tre versionerna)	1949-03-29	1949-06-15
AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna	Stockholm	Sweden	(alla tre versionerna)
Les Studios Billancourt	Paris	France
	Nacka	Sweden	(exteriörer)
	Sälen	Sweden	(exteriörer)
	Stockholm	Sweden
	Stockholm	Sweden	(borggården)

Release in Sweden	1949-12-13	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	104 min
First showing	1949-12-13	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	104 min
Release in Sweden	1950-02-06	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min	(engelsk version)
	1950-02-06	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	107 min	(fransk version)
First showing	1950-02-06	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	101 min	(engelsk version)
	1950-02-06	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	107 min	(fransk version)
Other showing	1950-06-21	Balzac	Paris	France	95 min	(fransk version)
	1950-06-21	Helder	Paris	France	95 min	(fransk version)
	1950-06-21	Scala	Paris	France	95 min	(fransk version)
	1950-06-21	Vivienne	Paris	France	95 min	(fransk version)
TV showing	1963-11-28			Sweden	103 min
	1997-10-03	SVT1		Sweden	103 min
	2002-04-16	SVT1		Sweden	103 min
	2003-08-04	SVT1		Sweden	103 min
	2012-08-01	SVT2		Sweden
DVD release	2013-12-11			Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2015-10-06
Cinematheque screening	2015-10-07	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	Svensk rapsodi, nr 1, op. 19
Composer	Hugo Alfvén	(1904)
Singer	kör

Original title	Koral
Composer	Guillaume Dufay
Musical Arrangement	Albert Henneberg
Singer	kör

Original title	Svensk rapsodi, nr 3, op. 47, "Dalarapsodi"
Composer	Hugo Alfvén	(1931)

Original title	Zigenarsång
Composer	Hugo Alfvén
Singer	kör

Original title	Dans
Composer	Teddy Rhodin
Musical Arrangement	Albert Henneberg
Dancer	Viveca Lindfors

Original title	Symfoni, nr 3, op. 23, E-dur
Composer	Hugo Alfvén	(1906)

Original title	Symfoni, nr 2, op. 11, D-dur
Composer	Hugo Alfvén	(1899)

Original title	En bygdesaga
Composer	Hugo Alfvén	(1944)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2842

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	336

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2839

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	336

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	Singoalla

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Line-up.
Extent	4 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	3 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	43 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	31 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	214 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	245 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista endast för Sorgebarns och Helenas roller.
Extent	12 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	35 s.
Language	English

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	2 s.
Language	French

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	Ca. 250 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	245 s. Inklistrade ändringar. Löst insatt spelplan (1 s.)
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Line-up för första avdelningen.
Extent	10 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	Ca. 280 s. + ca 25 s. tillägg på franska. Allmänna antecknignar (2 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Singoalla. From the novel by Victor Rydberg. Screen adaptation by Pierre Véry and Christian-Jaque. English dialogue written and directed by Romney Brent.
Extent	5 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	34 s.
Language	English

Script type	Peripheral material

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	6
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Promotion material
Language	Swedish

Type	Promotion material
Language	Swedish