The Lady in Black (Swedish: Damen i svart) is a 1958 Swedish mystery thriller film directed by Arne Mattsson.[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm with sets designed by the art director Bibi Lindström. The film is the first film in director Arne Mattsson's Hillman-series of five thriller films, all containing a colour in the title: The Lady in Black (1958), Mannequin in Red (1958), Rider in Blue (1959), The Lady in White (1962), and The Yellow Car (1963).
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| Directed by | Arne Mattsson |
| Screenplay by | Folke Mellvig Lars Widding |
| Produced by | Rune Waldekranz |
| Starring | Karl-Arne Holmsten Annalisa Ericson Anita Björk |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist |
| Edited by | Lennart Wallén |
| Music by | Torbjörn Lundquist |
Production company | Sandrews |
| Distributed by | Sandrews |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
Plot summary
Private detectives John and Kajsa Hillman are visiting friends on Holmfors mill when several people disappear mysteriously. A young lady disappears one night at the mill. She was seen going off to post a letter, and then just vanishes. That same night, the "family ghost" The Lady in Black was visible, a bad omen. Many people at the mill and its surroundings have their motives and many have also behaved mysteriously.
Cast
- Karl-Arne Holmsten as John Hillman, private detective
- Annalisa Ericson as Kajsa Hillman, his wife
- Nils Hallberg as Freddy Sjöström, Hillmans assistant
- Anita Björk as Inger von Schilden
- Sven Lindberg as Christian von Schilden, her husband
- Isa Quensel as Cecilia von Schilden, his sister
- Lena Granhagen as Sonja Svensson, a model
- Sif Ruud as Aina Engström, a sculptor
- Lennart Lindberg as Björn Sandgren
- Torsten Winge as Hansson, the mysterious man
- Åke Lindman as David Frohm
- Sonja Westerbergh as Maja
- Ingrid Borthen as Dagmar Frohm
- Kotti Chave as Sune Öhrgren
- Catherine Berg as Ann-Marie Hansson
- John Norrman as Andersson
- Margareta Bergman as Nanna
- John Melin as Bus Driver
- Curt Löwgren as Erik
- Per-Axel Arosenius as Johansson, Policeman
- Erik Strandell as Police
- Per-Olof Ekvall as Police
References
Bibliography
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
