| Singoalla | |
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.jpg) French poster withMichel Auclair listed in the starring role as Erland Månesköld | |
| Directed by | Christian-Jaque[1] |
| Written by | Viktor Rydberg (novelThe Wind Is My Lover) Pierre Véry[1] (screenplay) and Christian-Jaque[1] (screenplay) Bertil Malmberg (dialogue) and Romney Brent (dialogue) |
| Produced by | Lorens Marmstedt (producer)[1] Jacques Bar (producer)[citation needed] (uncredited) Raymond Froment (producer)[citation needed] (uncredited) |
| Starring | Viveca Lindfors Alf Kjellin |
| Cinematography | Christian Matras |
| Edited by | Jean Desagneaux Lennart Wallén |
| Music by | Hugo Alfvén[2] |
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Running time | 63 minutes 104 minutes (Sweden) |
| Countries | France Sweden |
Singoalla is a 1949 Swedish–French film directed byChristian-Jaque, starringViveca Lindfors andAlf Kjellin. It is based on the romantic novelSingoalla byViktor Rydberg, which in turn is based on a medieval legend of the love between a Romani woman and a nobleman. It was produced in three language versions: Swedish, French, and English. The Swedish and French versions were entitledSingoalla. The English version had three titles:Gypsy Fury (USA),The Wind is My Lover (UK), andThe Mask and the Sword (UK). The Swedish and English versions starred Alf Kjellin as the nobleman, but the French version starred Michel Auclair. All three versions were edited separately – even scoring is slightly different. The Swedish and French run over 100 minutes, the English only 63 minutes.
Singoalla stereotypically depicts theRomani People as being uncivilised thieves. The film hired many real Romani actors, among them wasKatarina Taikon, who later became a civil rights leader and writer. After the film was released, the Romani actors expressed regret about having participated in a racist movie.[4]