There's a Fire Burning

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There's a Fire Burning
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Cinema showing the film in 1943.
Directed by Gustaf Molander
Written by Karl Ragnar Gierow
Gösta Stevens
Gustaf Molander
Starring Inga Tidblad
Lars Hanson
Victor Sjöström
Music by Lars-Erik Larsson
Cinematography Åke Dahlqvist
Edited by Oscar Rosander
Production
company
Distributed by Svensk Filmindustri
Release dates
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  • 23 August 1943 (1943-08-23)
Running time
107 minutes
Country Sweden
Language Swedish

There's a Fire Burning (Swedish: Det brinner en eld) is a 1943 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Inga Tidblad, Lars Hanson and Victor Sjöström.[1] It was made at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. Location shooting took place in Jämtland County. It was set in a thinly-disguised version of German-occupied Norway. This was part of a wider wartime strategy of setting films in unnamed countries adopted by the film industry in neutral Sweden.[2] Molander directed a further film on a similar topic The Invisible Wall the following year.

Synopsis

A diplomat from a foreign country is in a relationship with the leading actress of the national theatre and is well liked by other members of the company. However, this all changes when his country invades and occupies their nation.

Cast

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References

  1. Qvist & Von Bagh p.12
  2. Nordic National Cinemas p.143

Bibliography

  • Iverson, Gunnar, Soderbergh Widding, Astrid & Soila, Tytti. Nordic National Cinemas. Routledge, 2005.
  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
  • Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.

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