Det brenner en ild (1943)

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

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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