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Original title Resan till dej
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 1953-12-19

Cast

Alice Babs
Gunborg "Gun" Karlsson, sångfynd

Sven Lindberg
Emil "Mille" Larsson, lagerarbetare på AB Kraftemballage, Guns man/berättare

Anders Henrikson
Vilhelm "Ville" Karlsson, sjöman, Guns far

Hjördis Petterson
Dagmar Vikström, Guns mor

Nils Hallberg
Berra Gustavsson, makarna Larssons vän

Karl-Arne Holmsten
Staffan Bendix, grammofondirektör, Guns manager

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Plot summary

Warehouse worker Emil Larsson, known as Mille, is married to Gun. He became attracted to her at a company party when he heard her sing. Their relationship has however become a matter of routine...

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Titles

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Swedish release title
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Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Art Director
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Script Supervisor
Unit Manager
First Assistant Cameraman
Still Photographer
Musical Arrangement
Orchestra Leader
Re-recording Mixer

Cast

Alice Babs Gunborg "Gun" Karlsson, sångfynd
Sven Lindberg Emil "Mille" Larsson, lagerarbetare på AB Kraftemballage, Guns man/berättare
Anders Henrikson Vilhelm "Ville" Karlsson, sjöman, Guns far
Hjördis Petterson Dagmar Vikström, Guns mor
Nils Hallberg Berra Gustavsson, makarna Larssons vän
Karl-Arne Holmsten Staffan Bendix, grammofondirektör, Guns manager
Stig Järrel Bruno Vikström, Dagmars andre man
Douglas Håge Lundberg, livförsäkringsagent
Ulla Sjöblom Maudan, Berras väninna
Sigge Fürst Sigge Fürst, ledare för radioprogrammet "Familjelördag"
Dagmar Olsson fru Bertils, journalist på "Hemmet och vi"
Rune Halvarsson textförfattare åt Bendix
Jussi Björling Jussi Björling, sångare i "Familjelördag"
- Ej krediterade:
Allan Edwall kompositör åt Bendix
Angelica Lindberg sjungande barn i "På söndag"
Mats Olin sjungande barn i "På söndag"
Gunvor Pontén fröken Håkansson, sekreterare åt Bendix
Olof Thunberg pressfotograf på "Hemmet och vi"
Curt "Minimal" Åström pressfotografens medhjälpare
Karin Miller hembiträde hos Vikströms
Roland Eiworth Roland "Rolle" Eiworth, Sigge Fürsts studioman
Hanny Schedin skjutbaneföreståndarinna på Gröna Lund
Stig Olin cykelbud
Sune Engström (as Sune Waldimir) Sigge Fürsts orkesterledare
Harry Arnold orkesterledaren i grammofonstudion
Eivy Edoff Sigge Fürsts programvärdinna
Rune Leth hotellportier i shownumret
Viola Aberlé piccolo i shownumret
Berit Hermansson piccolo i shownumret
Göte Stergel bagare i shownumret
Kerstin Christersson figurant i shownumret
Birgit Grefveberg figurant i shownumret
Vera Kihlgren figurant i shownumret
Wiveka Ljung figurant i shownumret
Loulou Portefaix figurant i shownumret
Ann-Marie Wallin figurant i shownumret
Elis Gustavsson figurant i shownumret
Verner Klavsen figurant i shownumret
Mario Mengarelli figurant i shownumret
Sten-Thorsten Thuul figurant i shownumret
Rolf Berg (as Roffe Berg) musiker (gitarr)
Georg Björklund musiker (saxofon)
Simon Brehm musiker (kontrabasist)
Arne Domnérus musiker (saxofon)
Bo-Göran Edling musiker (saxofon)
Ernie Englund musiker (trumpet)
Sture Ericsson musiker
Sture Green musiker
Russell Jones musiker (gitarr)
Rolf Lindell musiker
Bjarne Nerem musiker (saxofon)
Jean Paban musiker (gitarr)
Gösta "Chicken" Törnblad musiker (trumpet)
Gösta Törner musiker (trumpet)
George Vernon musiker (trombon)
Göte Wilhelmson musiker (piano)

Companies

Production Company Terrafilms Produktions AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Terrafilm 1953
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Studio S Entertainment 2012
Laboratory AB Film-Labor

Plot summary

Warehouse worker Emil Larsson, known as Mille, is married to Gun. He became attracted to her at a company party when he heard her sing. Their relationship has however become a matter of routine and also, money is in short supply. Mille would rather read the paper or play his clarinet alone in the cellar than listen to Gun. One day Mille's friend Berra drags her along to the radio station where it so happens that Gun makes her singing debut on a popular radio show. The programme presenter is delighted with her clear singing voice and invites her back to sing a song she has composed herself about her husband, "The Emil Song." Gun is an instant success and is approached by a record company. A contract would solve their money problems, but Mille is not happy. He does not like being sung about to a nationwide audience and is jealous both of the director of the record company and of his wife’s success. Gun is on tour and comes home unexpectedly to find a strange woman lying in her bed. In reality the woman is a friend of Berra who asked Mille to put her up which Mille did but slept himself in another room, but Gun misconstrues the situation totally and moves back with her mother. After a series of further misunderstandings everything is cleared up and husband and wife are reconciled.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 83485
Date 1953-12-17
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2555 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 475-480-515-640-445 = 2555 m - 93 minuter. Aktlängder: 475, 480, 515, 640, 445.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Black and white + colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2555 meter
Length in minutes 95 min
Reels 5 reels
Dialogue


Production location

1953-09-23 1953-11-19
AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna (Centrumateljéernas B-hall och Novilla) Stockholm Sweden
Sveriges radios Karlaplansstudio Stockholm Sweden
Cirkus på Djurgården Stockholm Sweden
Källhagens värdshus Stockholm Sweden
Tyska Brunnsplan i Gamla stan Stockholm Sweden
Baggensgatan i Gamla stan Stockholm Sweden
Gröna Lund Stockholm Sweden

Release dates

Release in Sweden 1953-12-19 Astoria Stockholm Sweden 93 min
First showing 1953-12-19 Astoria Stockholm Sweden 93 min
TV showing 1963-04-11 Sweden 89 min
1997-12-29 SVT1 Sweden 89 min (färgavsnittet visat i svartvitt)
2001-08-08 SVT1 Sweden 89 min
2003-11-17 SVT1 Sweden 89 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2009-04-05
TV showing 2011-02-02 SVT1 Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2011-04-17 Endast akt 5, avsnittet med Jussi Björling.
DVD release 2012-10-31 Sweden
TV showing 2014-03-17 SVT1 Sweden
2016-04-04 SVT1 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Barrels 'n' Barrels of Roses
Composer Bob Merrill
Lyrics Bob Merrill (engelsk text)
Ber-Ann (svensk text)
Singer Alice Babs


Original title Cocktail "400"
Composer Stig Olin (1953)
Göte Wilhelmson (1953)


Original title Klarinettsolo
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Instrumentalist Sven Lindberg (klarinett - dubbad av ?)


Original title Tomtarnas julnatt
Composer Vilhelm Sefve (1898)
Lyrics Alfred Smedberg (1898)
Singer Sven Lindberg


Original title Gärdebylåten
Lyrics Nils Ferlin (1953)


Original title Det är din da' i da'
Composer Einar Molin (1953)
Gösta Westerberg (1953)
Lyrics Einar Molin (1953)
Gösta Westerberg (1953)
Singer Sigge Fürst
kör


Original title Emilvisan
Composer Georg Enders (1927)
Lyrics Nils-Georg = Nils Perne & Georg Eliasson (1927 - "Din vår är min vår ...")
Gunnar Wersén (1953 - delvis ny text "Emilvisan")
Singer Alice Babs


Original title En gång jag seglar i hamn
Composer Stig Olin (1953)
Lyrics Stig Olin (1953)
Singer Alice Babs
Anders Henrikson (repris)


Original title På söndag
Composer Stig Olin (1953)
Lyrics Stig Olin (1953)
Singer Alice Babs
Sven Lindberg
Angelica Lindberg
Mats Olin


Original title Et lille kærtegn
Composer Ulrik Neumann
Lyrics Gunnar Wersén (svensk text)
Knud Pheiffer (dansk text)
Singer Alice Babs


Original title Fjärran sol och måne
Composer Sune Waldimir (1953)
Lyrics Eve (1953)
Singer Alice Babs
kör


Original title Celeste Aida. Ur Aida
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1871)
Lyrics Herbert Sandberg (svensk text 1880)
Antonio Ghislanzoni (italiensk text 1871)
Sven Lindström (svensk text 1951)
Singer Jussi Björling


Original title Till havs!
Composer Gustaf Nordqvist (1922)
Lyrics Jonatan Reuter
Singer Jussi Björling


Original title Din vår är min vår - och alla vackra flickors vår ...!
Composer Georg Enders (1927)
Lyrics Nils-Georg = Nils Perne & Georg Eliasson (1927)


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 2589


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2588


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2588


Element type Duplicate positive
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2588


Element type Original picture negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Sound negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1
Poster title RESAN TILL DEJ
Tryckeri Uddeholms Offset
Designed by H. Gullberg


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title EN GÅNG JAG SEGLAR I HAMN...(Resan till dej)
Tryckeri Uddeholms Offset
Designed by H. Gullberg


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1
Poster title RESAN TILL DEJ
Tryckeri Ewes O.B. -tryck


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title Alice Babs Sven Lindberg i filmen "Resan till dej" med succémelodien EN GÅNG JAG SEGLAR I HAMN
Tryckeri Ewes O.B. -tryck


Holdings Archive materials

Type Press Cuttings


Holdings Scripts

Script type Synopsis
Script title Reise zu dir.
Extent 2 s.
Language German


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Av Stig Olin och Hasse Ekman.
Extent 127 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Speakertext.
Extent 9 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 47 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 49 s.
Language German


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 6
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language German


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Promotion material
Language Norwegian


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Danish


Other manifestations of this work

Digitized

Technical specifications

Sound type Sound
Colour type Black and white + colour
Carrier type DCP
Length in minutes 95 min
Dialogue


Holdings Film

Element type Digital audio
Carrier type WAV


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type DCP


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type ProRes


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type H264



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