Pygmalion (1938)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
Media (3)
| Original title | Pygmalion |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
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| Swedish release | 1939-09-21 |
Cast
Titles
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Director of Photography |
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| Assistant Director | |
| Script Supervisor |
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| Dialogue | |
| Story |
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| Camera Operator | |
| Conductor | |
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Cast
| Leslie Howard | professor Henry Higgins | ||
| Wendy Hiller | Eliza Doolittle | ||
| Wilfrid Lawson | Alfred Doolittle | ||
| Marie Lohr | Mrs. Higgins | ||
| Scott Sunderland | överste Pickering | ||
| Jean Cadell | Mrs. Pearce | ||
| David Tree | Freddy Eynsford Hill | ||
| Esme Percy | greve Aristid Karpathy | ||
| Violet Vanbrugh | ambassadris | ||
| Iris Hoey | Ysabel, reporter | ||
| Viola Tree | Perfide, reporter | ||
| Irene Browne (as Irene Brown) | hertiginna | ||
| Kate Cutler | gammal dam | ||
| Cathleen Nesbitt (as Kathleen Nesbitt) | en dam | ||
| O.B. Clarence | kyrkoherden | ||
| Wally Patch | första åskådaren | ||
| H.F. Maltby | andra åskådaren | ||
| George Mozart | tredje åskådaren | ||
| Ivor Barnard | sarkastisk åskådare | ||
| Cecil Trouncer | första polisen | ||
| Stephen Murray | andra polisen | ||
| Eileen Beldon | Mrs. Higgins kammarjungfru | ||
| Frank Atkinson | taxichaufför | ||
| - | Ej krediterade: | ||
| Anthony Quayle | Elizas frisör | ||
| Leo Genn | prins | ||
| Patrick Macnee | ung man |
Companies
| Production Company | Pascal Film Productions Ltd. | ||
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| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | AB Svensk Filmindustri | 1939 | |
| Folkuniversitet | 1946 | ||
| Rosenbergs Filmbyrå AB | 1951 | ||
| Folkuniversitet | 1951 | ||
| AB Wivefilm | 1945 | ||
| Distributor in Sweden (DVD) | Horse Creek Entertainment AB | 2007 |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 58728 |
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| Date | 1951-07-06 |
| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
| Original length | 2595 meters |
| Notes | Speltid: 95 minuter. |
| Censorship number | 58728 |
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| Date | 1946-09-25 |
| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
| Original length | 2636 meters |
| Notes | Speltid: 96 minuter. |
| Censorship number | 58728 |
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| Date | 1938-12-01 |
| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
| Original length | 2636 meters |
| Notes | Granskningskopian: 96 minuter. Visningskopiorna klipptes ner till 2425 m - 87 minuter. |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.37:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Western Electric Recording |
| Colour type | Black and white |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in metres | 2624 meter |
| Length in minutes | 96 min |
Original work
Production location
| Pinewood Studios | Ivere Heath, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom |
Release dates
| First showing | 1938-10-06 | United Kingdom | 96 min | |||
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| Release in Sweden | 1939-09-21 | Spegeln | Stockholm | Sweden | 89 min | |
| TV showing | 1974-12-28 | TV2 | Sweden | |||
| 1976-10-31 | TV2 | Sweden | ||||
| 1999-01-04 | SVT1 | Sweden | ||||
| 2001-08-25 | TV4 | Sweden | ||||
| DVD release | 2007-04-18 | Sweden |
Related films
| Sweet Revenge (1990) | Pygmalion (1938) |
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
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
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| Item base | Nitrate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2055 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Cutting continuity |
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| Language | English |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | 15 |
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| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Type | Program folio |
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