Basic facts

Original title Gigi
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Awards
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1958-11-17

Cast

Leslie Caron
Gigi Alvarez

Maurice Chevalier
Honoré Lachaille

Louis Jourdan
Gaston Lachaille

Hermione Gingold
Madame Alvarez, Gigis mormor

Eva Gabor
Liane d'Exelmans

Jacques Bergerac
Sandomir, skridskolärare

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Title for Swedish DVD release

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Dialogue Coach
Second Unit Director
Script Supervisor
Casting
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Gaffer
Key Grip
Lyrics
Vocal Arrangement
Orchestra Leader
Orchestration
Set Decorator
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Assistant Film Editor
Boom Operator
Sound Editor
Other Crew

Cast

Leslie Caron Gigi Alvarez (dubbad i sångnumren av Betty Wand)
Maurice Chevalier Honoré Lachaille
Louis Jourdan Gaston Lachaille
Hermione Gingold Madame Alvarez, Gigis mormor
Eva Gabor Liane d'Exelmans
Jacques Bergerac Sandomir, skridskolärare
Isabel Jeans tant Alicia
John Abbott Manuel, Honorés betjänt
- Ej krediterade:
Lydia Stevens Simone
Monique van Vooren showflicka
Maruja Plose mannekäng
Edwin Jerome Charles, butler
Maurice Marsac prins Berensky
Marilyn Simms den rödhåriga
Pat Sheehan blondinen
Richard Bean Harlekin
Jack Trevan kusken
Leroy Winebrenner livvakt
Dorothy Neumann designern
Ohad Rosen en man
Bernard Musson en bordsgäst på Maxim
François Valorbe Gastons hovmästare
Marie-Hélène Arnaud en dam på Maxim
Corinne Marchand en dam på Maxim
Jacques Bertrand hovmästare på Maxim
Cecil Beaton en herre i parken
Anne-Marie Mersen en dam på Maxim
Jacques Ary servitör på Palais de Glace
Roger Saget Pierre
Hubert de Lapparent en herre på Maxim
Jean Ozenne monsieur Lachaille
Jacques Ciron

Companies

Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2000

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 92974
Date 1958-10
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3155 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Westrex Sound Recording
Colour type Colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24


Original work

Original title Gigi (Novel)
Author Colette


Original title Gigi (Play)
Author Colette


Production location

(komplettering 1958-02-20) 1957-08-05 1957-10-30
Bois de Boulogne Paris France
Palais des Glaces Paris France
Musée Jacquemart-André Paris France
Cour de Rohan Paris France
Avenue Rapp Paris France
Tuileries-trädgården Paris France
Place Fürstemberg Paris France
Place du Palais Bourbon Paris France
Luxembourg-trädgården Paris France
Bagatelle-trädgården Paris France
Pont Alexandre III Paris France
Maxim's Paris France
Restaurant de la Grande Cascade Paris France
Montfort-l'Amaury Paris France
Auberge de la Moutière Paris France
Trouville France
Venice Beach, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1958-05-15 USA
Release in Sweden 1958-11-17 China Stockholm Sweden 115 min
TV showing 1972-03-17 TV1 Sweden (Med den svenska titeln "Gigi")
1976-06-05 TV2 Sweden (Med titlen "Gigi - ett lättfärdigt stycke")
1979-09-02 TV2 Sweden (Med titeln "Gigi - ett lättfärdigt stycke")
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2000-02-11
DVD release 2000-06-09 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2000-12-07
2000-12-10
TV showing 2004-06-25 SVT2 Sweden 111 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2012-09-01
2012-09-04
2012-09-11

Soundtrack listing

Original title Thank Heaven for Little Girls
Composer Frederick Loewe (1958)
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Singer Maurice Chevalier


Original title It's a Bore
Composer Frederick Loewe (1958)
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Singer Maurice Chevalier
Louis Jourdan


Original title The Parisians
Composer Frederick Loewe (1958)
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Singer Betty Wand (dubbar Leslie Caron)


Original title Gossip
Composer Frederick Loewe (1958)
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Performed by - (ensemblen)


Original title Waltz at Maxim's (She Is Not Thinking of Me)
Composer Frederick Loewe (1958)
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Singer Louis Jourdan


Original title The Night They Invented Champagne
Composer Frederick Loewe (1958)
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Singer Betty Wand (dubbar för Leslie Caron)
Hermione Gingold
Louis Jourdan


Original title I Remember It Well
Composer Frederick Loewe (1958)
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Singer Maurice Chevalier
Hermione Gingold


Original title Gaston's Soliloquy
Composer Frederick Loewe (1958)
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Singer Louis Jourdan


Original title Gigi
Composer Frederick Loewe (1958)
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Singer Louis Jourdan


Original title I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore
Composer Frederick Loewe (1958)
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Singer Maurice Chevalier


Original title Say a Prayer for Me Tonight
Composer Frederick Loewe (1958)
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Singer Betty Wand (dubbar för Leslie Caron)


Awards

Academy Award of Merit Hollywood 1958 (bästa film)

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
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

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


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints SET
Slides 5
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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