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Flames in the Dark (1942)

Flames in the Dark (1942)

Drama Thriller
Release Date: 1942, March 2
Directors: Hasse Ekman
Countries: Sweden
Production: Terrafilm
Cast: Bengt Ekerot, Mimi Pollak, Agda Helin, Inga Tidblad, Bengt Blomgren, Edvin Adolphson, Stig Järrel, Gunnel Wadner, Per-Axel Arosenius, Karl Erik Flens, Linnéa Hillberg, Christian Bratt

Overview:

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?

Keywords:

boarding school marriage psychopath teacher student relationship pyromaniac