Balettprimadonnan (1916)

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Original title	Balettprimadonnan
Swedish release title	Balettprimadonnan
Distribution title	Ballettens Dronning (Danmark) Balletprimadonnaen (Norge) Polnisch Blut (Tyskland) Polnisch Blut (Österrike) Wolo Czawienko (USA) Balettiprimadonna (Finland) Balettprimadonnan (Finland) Wolo (Frankrike)
Title for Swedish VOD release	Balettprimadonnan
Rating title	Kino-drama i 3 akter
Working title	Wolo Czawienko
Script title	Wolos dröm

Director	Mauritz Stiller
Screenplay	Djalmar Christofersen
Director of Photography	Julius Jaenzon (as J. Julius)
Art Director	Axel Esbensen
Musical Arrangement	Adolf Zahél (Biograf-Palatset, Stockholm) Paul von Berlepsch (Regina, Stockholm) Umberto Prandini (Röda Kvarn, Stockholm)
Orchestra	Röda Kvarns orkester (Röda Kvarn, Stockholm, 14 man)
Orchestra Leader	Adolf Zahél (Biograf-Palatset, Stockholm) Paul von Berlepsch (Regina, Stockholm) Umberto Prandini (Röda Kvarn, Stockholm)

Jenny Hasselquist	Anjuta Jankin, dansös
Lars Hanson	Wolo Czawienko, violinist
Richard Lund	Orsky, greve, godsägare
Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson	Anjutas styvmor
Carl "Texas" Johannesson	balettmästaren
Thure Holm	åhörare vid Wolos violinframträdande
Albert Ståhl	åhörare vid Wolos violinframträdande

Production Company	AB Svenska Biografteatern
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Laboratory	AB Svenska Biografteaterns filmlaboratorium

Censorship number	15622
Date	1916-07-12
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	1072 meters
Censored length	1057 meters
Notes	I slutet av akt 2 (14 m) "momenten, där Wolo hotar med den blänkande kniven och där han stoppar denna på sig". I slutet av akt 3 (1 m): "i duellscenen borttages förstoringen av pistolen, då skottet går av". Kopiornas längd varierar från 1054 till 1100 m.

Aspect ratio	1.33:1
Sound type	Silent
Colour type	Black and white (tinted)
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	18
Length in metres	1100 meters
Length in minutes	54 min
Reels	3 reels
Titles in viewing length	Swedish

			(kompletterinar)	1916-05	1916-05
				1916-03	1916-03
Svenska Biografteaterns atelje	Lidingö	Sweden
Röda Kvarns scen och övre foajé	Stockholm	Sweden
Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien i Frescati	Stockholm	Sweden
Mölna gård	Lidingö	Sweden

First showing	1916-11-14	Paladsteatern	Copenhagen	Denmark	54 min
Release in Sweden	1916-11-20	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	54 min
Cinematheque screening	1996-01-30			Sweden
Other showing	1998-07-20
	1999-05-30
Cinematheque screening	2001-03-14	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	19 min
Censurbeslut	2001-06-23	National Film Theatre	London	United Kingdom
	2001-06-23	National Film Theatre	London	United Kingdom
	2001-06-29	National Film Theatre	London	United Kingdom
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2001-10-09
	2001-10-16
Other showing	2001-12-10
Censurbeslut	2003-06-28	Il cinema ritrovato	Bologna	Italy
	2003-07-05	Il cinema ritrovato	Bologna	Italy
	2003-11-10	Cinemateca Brasileira	São Paulo	Brazil
	2016-06-27					Visning under Il Cinema ritrovato, tillsammans med inscannat nyupptäckt fragment, som ett "restoration-work-in-progress".
Cinematheque screening	2016-10-23	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Censurbeslut	2017-06-21
	2017-07-01
	2018-10-06
	2018-11-21					Visas under perioden 21/11 - 10/12 2018.
	2018-11-21					Visas under perioden 21/11 - 10/12 2018.
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-12-07
Censurbeslut	2020-10-29			Germany		Visas under festivalen Film:ReStored 27-31/10.
VOD release	2021-07-06	Filmarkivet.se		Sweden
External cinema, Sweden	2023-07-20		Blidö	Sweden

Original title	Musik i urval (kontakta redaktionen för detaljer om enskilda filmer)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	372

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Wolo Czawienko. Kinodrama i 3 akter af Djalmar Christofersen. Regie: Mauritz Stiller.
Extent	1 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Wolo Czawienko. Cinema drama in 3 acts by Hjalmar Christofersen. Stage Manager: Mauritz Stiller.
Extent	2 s.
Language	English

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Polnisch Blut. Der Herzensroman einer Ballettänzerin von Djalmar Christofersen. In 3 Akten.
Extent	7 s.
Language	German

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Wolo Czawienko. Drame cinématographique en 3 actes de Djalmar Christofersen. Mise en scène de Maurice Stiller.
Extent	2 s.
Language	French

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Wolos dröm. Kinodrama i 3 akter af Djalmar Christofersen.
Extent	55 s. (s. 9 och 10 saknas)
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Wolo Czawienko.
Extent	3 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Anjuta, the dancer.
Extent	3 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Wolo Czawienko.
Extent	3 s.
Language	French

Script type	Peripheral material

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Balettprimadonnan. Kinodrama i 3 akter av Djalmar Christofersen.
Extent	4 s.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	set
Colour prints	No
Behind the scenes prints	3
Slides	No
Digital images	Yes
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Promotion material
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Sound type	Silent
Colour type	Black and white (tinted)
Length in minutes	36 min
Titles in viewing length	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt tilläggsmaterial
Carrier type	EXTRAS

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264

Sound type	Silent, with added soundtrack
Colour type	Black and white (tinted and toned)
Length in minutes	36 min
Titles in viewing length	Swedish