Katja Kock is by no means ugly \u2013 she just chooses to dress like a shabby washerwoman because her eccentric father refuses her brother nothing, while her needs are left ignored. She\u2019s finally had enough, so she heads to the school graduation dance wearing her brother\u2019s tailcoat, even being as bold as to smoke a cigar and partake in brandy. Rebellious Katja may be engaged to a nobleman, but the people of her small town are not ready to accept this kind of behaviour.<\/p>\n
This sparkling comedy in seven acts is one of the top films of Sweden\u2019s silent film era, and director Karin Swanstr\u00f6m\u2019s (1873-1942) last feature-length film. Swanstr\u00f6m herself plays the widow of the town\u2019s minister, a terrifying figure who acts as the moral authority and who laments that some local girls ‘behave with an audacity worse than that of the Renaissance’. Continuing her acting career, Swanstr\u00f6m became the creative director and leading producer of Svensk Filmindustri, Sweden\u2019s largest film studio, and the most influential woman in the country\u2019s film industry.<\/p>\n","images":[{"ID":14746,"id":14746,"title":"Girl in Tails","filename":"Girl_In_Tails.jpg","filesize":301483,"url":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails.jpg","link":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails.jpg","alt":"","author":"2","description":"","caption":"","name":"girl_in_tails","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":14739,"date":"2020-05-12 09:54:45","modified":"2020-10-07 11:45:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1600,"height":900,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails-250x141.jpg","medium-width":250,"medium-height":141,"medium_large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails-700x394.jpg","large-width":700,"large-height":394,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails.jpg","2048x2048-width":1600,"2048x2048-height":900,"large1200":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails.jpg","large1200-width":1200,"large1200-height":675,"large1800":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails.jpg","large1800-width":1600,"large1800-height":900,"small":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails-120x68.jpg","small-width":120,"small-height":68,"uncompressed":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails.jpg","uncompressed-width":1600,"uncompressed-height":900,"custom-size":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Girl_In_Tails-700x200.jpg","custom-size-width":700,"custom-size-height":200}}],"in_cinemas":null,"on_demand":null,"not_available":null,"rights_expiry_date":null,"trailer_url":"","film_category":"312","film_category_title":"NORDIC HIGHLIGHTS","film_category_link":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/en\/programme-2020\/nordic-highlights\/","film_parent_select":false,"screenings":[{"type":"cinema","free":false,"closed":false,"venue":"spmz","subtitle_language":[{"value":"en","label":"English (en)"}],"audio_language":[{"value":"lv","label":"Latvian (lv)"}],"url":"","bilesu_servisa_id":"320595","date":"19","time":"18:00","end_date":"","time_end":"","event_post_title":"Girl in Tails","event_post_url":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/en\/films-2020\/meitene-fraka\/","event_parent_details":[]},{"type":"cinema","free":false,"closed":false,"venue":"online","subtitle_language":[{"value":"lv","label":"Latvian (lv)"},{"value":"en","label":"English (en)"}],"audio_language":[],"url":"","bilesu_servisa_id":"320482","date":"19","time":"18:00","end_date":"","time_end":"","event_post_title":"Girl in Tails","event_post_url":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/en\/films-2020\/meitene-fraka\/","event_parent_details":[]}],"artist":null,"album":null,"custom_supporter_title":"","supporter":false,"curators_foreword":"Ballroom etiquette can seal your fate. Gender identity as a hot potato almost a hundred years ago.","additional_content":"","jury_statement":null,"available":null,"online_only":null,"poster":null,"available_until":null,"geographical_availability":null,"geographical_availability_custom_short":null,"geographical_availability_custom_long":null,"subtitle_language_online":null,"cinesend_id":null,"online_price":null,"online_bs_id":null}