Kanske en gentleman (1935 film)

Kanske en gentleman (Perhaps a Gentleman)[1] is a Swedish drama film from 1935 directed by Ragnar Arvedson and Tancred Ibsen.[2] The film script was written by Theodor Berthels, Berndt Carlberg (pseudonym Berco), and Ulla Kåge. It was base on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.[3][4]

Kanske en gentleman
Directed byRagnar Arvedson
Tancred Ibsen
Written byTheodor Berthels
Berndt Carlberg
Ulla Kåge
Based onPygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
Produced byOlof Thiel
Starring
CinematographyErnst Westerberg
Music bySune Waldimir
Production
company
AB Irefilm
Release date
  • August 24, 1935 (1935-08-24)
Running time
98 minutes
CountrySweden

The play also served as the basis for Anthony Asquith's and Leslie Howard's British film Pygmalion in 1938 and the musical My Fair Lady, which was filmed in the United States by George Cukor in 1964. The two Swedish films Kanske en gentleman (1950) and Fly mej en greve (1959) are also based on the play.

The film had its Swedish premiere on August 24, 1935 at the Astoria cinema in Stockholm.

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References

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  1. ^ Cowie, Peter; Buquet, Françoise; Pitkänen, Risto; Talboom, Godfried (1992). Scandinavian Cinema: A Survey of the Films and Film-Makers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. London: Tantivy Press. p. 275.
  2. ^ Cowie, Peter (1990). Le cinéma des pays nordiques. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou. p. 271.
  3. ^ Wright, Rochelle (1998). The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 45.
  4. ^ Benz, Wolfgang; Mihok, Brigitte (2014). Literatur, Film, Theater und Kunst. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter. p. 447.
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