The Wings (1916)

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Original title	Vingarne : Drama i 4 akter
Swedish release title	Vingarne
International title	The Wings
Distribution title	Vingerne (Danmark) Ikarus (Tyskland) Ikarus (Österrike) Ikar (Ryssland) The Wings (USA) Siivet (Finland) Vingarna (Finland) Les Ailes (Frankrike)
Title for Swedish VOD release	Vingarne
Script title	Målaren
Re-release title	Vingarna
Swedish regional release title	Vingarna (Göteborg)

Director	Mauritz Stiller
Screenplay	Mauritz Stiller Axel Esbensen
Director of Photography	Julius Jaenzon (as J. Julius)
Art Director	Axel Esbensen
Musical Arrangement	Umberto Prandini (Röda Kvarn, Stockholm)
Orchestra	Röda Kvarns orkester (Röda Kvarn, Stockholm, 12 man)
Orchestra Leader	Umberto Prandini (Röda Kvarn, Stockholm)

Egil Eide	Claude Zoret, konstnär
Lars Hanson	Eugène Mikael, ung målare
Lili Bech	Lucia de Zamikow, furstinna
Albin Lavén	Charles Schwitt, vän till Zoret
Bertil Junggren	konstnärsvän till Zoret
Julius Hälsig	konstnärsvän till Zoret
Alfred Lundberg	konstnärsvän till Zoret
Thure Holm	läkaren
Nils Asther	ung skådespelare i filmens ramhandling
Mauritz Stiller	regissör i filmens ramhandling
Julius Jaenzon	filmfotograf i filmens ramhandling
Axel Esbensen	filmscenograf i filmens ramhandling

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

After posing as a model for celebrated artist Zoret's new sculpture, the young painter Mikael is adopted by the master and becomes his protégé. Mikael begins to spend more and more time with Zoret's possible wife-to-be, the countess Lucia, and has to borrow money from Zoret to finance her extravaganzas. When Zoret becomes fatally ill, Mikael finally understands the nature of his relationship to the sculptor.

The drama is framed by a story wherein the director Stiller gets an idea for a new film, chooses the actors and goes to the cinema to see the final result, and witnesses the reactions afterwards.

Censorship number	122992
Date	1981-12-08
Classification	Suitable for all audiences

Censorship number	15856
Date	1916-08-30
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	1364 meters
Notes	Kopiornas längd varierar från 1349 till 1424 m.

Aspect ratio	1.33:1
Sound type	Silent
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	18
Length in metres	1424 meter
Length in minutes	69 min
Reels	4 reels

Original title	Mikaël (Novel)
Author	Herman Bang

				1916-06	1916-07
Svenska Biografteaterns ateljé	Lidingö	Sweden
Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	(entré och salong)
Lärkstaden	Stockholm	Sweden
Terrassen på Restaurang Foresta	Lidingö	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1916-09-04	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	69 min
First showing	1916-09-04	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	69 min
Cinematheque screening	1987-11-27			Sweden
	1987-11-30			Sweden
	1988-01-31		Gothenburg	Sweden
	1988-10-01			Sweden
	1988-10-03			Sweden
	1991-04-28			Sweden
Censurbeslut	1991-12-06	Nederlands Filmmuseum	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	1992-11-10	Det Danske Filmmuseum	Copenhagen	Denmark
Other showing	1995-01-09
Censurbeslut	1995-01-24	Filmoteca Española	Madrid	Spain
Other showing	1995-05-31
	1998-01-25
Festival showing, abroad	1998-12-01	Viennale	Vienna	Austria
Other showing	1999-05-30
Cinematheque screening	2001-03-14	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	50 min
Censurbeslut	2001-06-23	National Film Theatre	London	United Kingdom
	2001-06-29	National Film Theatre	London	United Kingdom
	2001-08-23	Suomen elokuva-arkisto vuosina (SEA)	Helsinki	Finland
	2001-09-22	Suomen elokuva-arkisto vuosina (SEA)	Helsinki	Finland
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2001-10-09
	2001-10-16
Other showing	2001-12-10
Censurbeslut	2002-12	Filmoteca Española	Madrid	Spain
	2003-11-11	Cinemateca Brasileira	São Paulo	Brazil
	2003-12-18	Nederlands Filmmuseum	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2003-12-19	Nederlands Filmmuseum	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
Cinematheque screening	2006-09-23	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	50 min
Censurbeslut	2007-12-10					AH.
	2008-11-10
	2009-09-16					Får skarvas med 20 rutor start- och slutsladd kvar. Tapeskarvar ersätts med cement vid retur.
	2009-09-17					Får skarvas med 20 rutor start- och slutsladd kvar. Tapeskarvar ersätts med cement vid retur.AH.
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2010-12-07
Censurbeslut	2011-06-14
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2012-05-06					För Pink Apple Film Festival.
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2012-10-15
Censurbeslut	2013-04-27
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-04-23
Censurbeslut	2016-06-25					Visning under Il Cinema ritrovato.
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-09-21
	2016-11-26
Cinematheque screening	2017-09-27	Historiska Museet	Stockholm	Sweden
VOD release	2021-07-06	Filmarkivet.se		Sweden
Censurbeslut	2022-11-15		Paris	France
	2022-11-26		Paris	France

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
Length	1032

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	1032

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	1032

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	1032

Type	Press Cuttings

Type	Priser

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Textlista Vingarne.
Extent	6 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Les ailes.
Extent	2 s.
Language	French

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Les ailes.
Extent	2 s.
Language	French

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Ikarus
Extent	4 s.
Language	German

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Ikarus.
Extent	8 s.
Language	German

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	The wings.
Extent	2 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	4 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	2 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	2 s.
Language	Russian

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	4 s.
Language	Russian

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The wings.
Extent	4 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Avskrift av mellomtekstene. En film av Mauritz Stiller.
Extent	5 s.
Language	Norwegian

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Insert texts. The Wings. A film by Mauritz Stiller.
Extent	5 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The wings.
Extent	4 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	set
Colour prints	No
Behind the scenes prints	1
Slides	No
Digital images	No
Negatives	No
Contact sheets	No
Album	No

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	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Sound type	Silent
Carrier type	DCP
Length in minutes	53 min

Element type	Digitalt tilläggsmaterial

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	DCP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

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)
Length in minutes	54 min
Titles in viewing length	Swedish