poster movie

Flames in the Dark

6.3 average rating
★★★★★
6.3
Swedish / 94 MIN. / 1942

The Genres

The Synopsis

Latin teacher Birger Sjögren at Ringsala boarding school threatens his possesive and chronically ill mother that he will get married. She gets a stroke and dies. Sjögren is affected by feelings of guilt, envy and hatred towards the surroundings. A series of mysterious fires have taken place around the school the last few months. One of the students has seen Sjögren setting fire to a barn. But can he convince the trusted biology teacher Nordmark, expert of the criminal mind?

The Cast

Edvin AdolphsonStig JärrelInga TidbladHugo BjörneLinnéa HillbergHasse EkmanAgneta LagerfeldtHilda BorgströmMimi PollakBengt EkerotÅke ClaessonDavid EriksonKarl Erik FlensAgda HelinAurore PalmgrenBengt BlomgrenPer-Axel AroseniusChristian BrattGunnel WadnerIngrid BacklinEric von GegerfeltOscar ÅbergAlvar GranströmIngemar PallinGunnar HedbergFolke Algotsson

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