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Det brenner en ild (1943)

Det brenner en ild poster
Original title
Det brinner en eld
Directed by
Gustaf Molander
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
S
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A drama set in a fictional country resembling German-occupied Norway during World War Two. It follows people living under occupation and the moral choices they face.

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What happens

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. 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. Molander directed a further film on a similar topic The Invisible Wall the following year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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