The Lady in Black (1958 film)
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| Damen i svart | |
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| Directed by | Arne Mattsson |
| Screenplay by | Folke Mellvig, Lars Widding |
| Produced by | Rune Waldekranz |
| Starring | Karl-Arne Holmsten Annalisa Ericson Nils Hallberg Anita Björk Sven Lindberg Isa Quensel Lena Granhagen Sif Ruud |
| Music by | Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist |
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Release date |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
Damen i svart (English: The Lady in Black) is a 1958 Swedish thriller film directed by Arne Mattsson. The film is the first film in director Arne Mattsson's Hillman-series of five thriller films, all containing a colour in the title: Damen i svart (1958), Mannequin in Red (1958), Ryttare i blått (~ Rider in Blue) (1959), Lady in White (1962), and The Yellow Car (1963).
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
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