The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

United Kingdom, 99 min
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Basic facts

Original title The Scarlet Pimpernel
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • United Kingdom
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1935-02-22

Cast

Leslie Howard
Sir Percy Blakeney, baronet

Merle Oberon
Lady Marguerite Blakeney, Sir Percys hustru, skådespelerska

Raymond Massey
François-Bernard, Marquis de Chauvelin, den franske Londonambassadören

Nigel Bruce
prinsen av Wales

Bramwell Fletcher
prästen

Anthony Bushell
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, Blakeneys medhjälpare

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Titles

Original title
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel
Swedish release title
  • Den röda nejlikan

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Art Director
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Special Effects
Camera Operator
Special Photographic Effects
Conductor
Orchestration
Costume Designer
Assistant Film Editor
Other Crew
  • Percy Day (as W. Percy Day) (matte painting/glasmålning)

Cast

Leslie Howard Sir Percy Blakeney, baronet
Merle Oberon Lady Marguerite Blakeney, Sir Percys hustru, skådespelerska
Raymond Massey François-Bernard, Marquis de Chauvelin, den franske Londonambassadören
Nigel Bruce prinsen av Wales
Bramwell Fletcher prästen
Anthony Bushell Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, Blakeneys medhjälpare
Joan Gardner Suzanne de Tournay, fransyska
Walter Rilla Armand St. Just, Marguerites bror
Mabel Terry-Lewis grevinnan de Tournay, Suzannes mor
O.B. Clarence greve de Tournay, Suzannes far
Ernest Milton Robespierre
Edmund Breon Colonel Winterbottom på Blacks Club
Melville Cooper Romney, konstnären
Gibb McLaughlin den franske barberaren
Morland Graham Treadle, hovskräddaren
John Turnbull Jellyband, värdshusvärden
Gertrude Musgrove Sally, Jellybands dotter
Allan Jeayes Lord Grenville, Blakeneys medhjälpare
A. Bromley Davenport (as Bromley Davenport) Brogard, den franske värdshusvärden
William Freshman Lord Hastings, Blakeneys medhjälpare
Hindle Edgar Lord Wilmot, Blakeneys medhjälpare
- Ej krediterade:
Laurence Hanray (as Lawrence Hanray) Burke
Bruce Belfrage Pitt
Edmund Willard Bibot, fransk officer
Roy Meredith Vicomte de Tournay
Bill Shine (as Billy Shine) en aristokrat
Brember Wills Doman
Kenneth Kove "Codlin", fiskare
Annie Esmond Lady "W"
Renee MacReady (as Renée Macready) Lady "Q"
Philip Strange en av Blakeneys medhjälpare
Carl Harbord en av Blakeneys medhjälpare
Philip Desborough en av Blakeneys medhjälpare
Hugh Dempster en av Blakeneys medhjälpare
Evan Thomas (as Peter Evan Thomas) en av Blakeneys medhjälpare
Derrick De Marney (as Derrick de Marney) en av Blakeneys medhjälpare
Arthur Hambling vaktkaptenen vid en av Paris utfarter
Harry Terry Renard
Douglas Stewart Merieres
Robert Rietty pojke
Noël Birkin
Toska Bissing
Craigie Doune
Clifford Marquand
Tarver Penna
Alfred Wellesley
Millicent Wolf
Frederick Culley

Companies

Production Company London Film Productions Ltd.
Copyright London Film Productions Ltd. 1935
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) United Artists AB 1935
Wivefilm Distribution AB 1942
Folkuniversitet 1948
Wivefilm Distribution AB 1952
Folkuniversitet 1957
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Atlantic Film AB 2010

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 51796
Date 1942-06-27
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2685 meters
Censored length 2650 meters


Censorship number 51796
Date 1935-02-13
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2820 meters


Censorship number 51796
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2735 meters
Censored length 2705 meters
Notes Version nedklippt av den svenska distributören från 2820 m till 2735 m.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in metres 2714 meter
Length in minutes 99 min
Reels 11 reels


Original work

Original title The Scarlet Pimpernel (Play)
Author Emmuska Orczy
Montague Barstow


Original title The Scarlet Pimpernel (Novel)
Author Emmuska Orczy


Release dates

First showing 1934-12-23 Leicester Square Theatre London United Kingdom
Release in Sweden 1935-02-22 Grand Stockholm Sweden 99 min
TV showing 1960-09-29 TV Sweden
1963-06-30 TV Sweden
1971-02-09 TV2 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 1973-11-24 Sweden
TV showing 1978-04-15 TV2 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 1980-04-04 Sweden
1980-04-05 Sweden
1987-04-04 Sweden
1987-04-07 Sweden
1989-05-20 Sweden
1989-05-26 Sweden
TV showing 1998-08-12 TV4 Sweden 99 min
1998-12-02 SVT1 Sweden 99 min
1999-08-20 TV4 Sweden 99 min
2001-12-23 TV4 Sweden 99 min
Cinematheque screening 2006-12-01 Sture Stockholm Sweden
2006-12-03 Sture Stockholm Sweden
DVD release 2010-02-10 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2011-04-05
2011-04-30
2011-05-09
2011-05-14

Soundtrack listing

Original title La Marseillaise
Composer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1792)
Lyrics Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (fransk text 1792)
Edvard Fredin (svensk text 1889)


Original title God Save the King
Lyrics Abraham Niklas Edelcrantz (svensk text 1805)
Singer Leslie Howard (och visslar)


Original title Non più andrai. Ur Le nozze di Figaro
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Lyrics Lorenzo Da Ponte (italiensk text 1786)
Bernhard Crusell (svensk text 1821)


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 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

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


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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