Besættelse (1944)

Directed by

Bodil Ipsen

Genre

film noir, crime film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

15

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like this

How it feels

An aging businessman becomes obsessed with a cynical young woman and his desire for her ruins his life.

darktensemelancholicsuspensefulnoir-ishobsessivedoomedbleak

What happens

Besættelse ('Possession') is a 1944 Danish film noir directed by Bodil Ipsen and starring Johannes Meyer and Berthe Qvistgaard. Based upon a novel by Hans Severinsen, the film is a dark psychological drama about an aging businessman whose erotic obsession with a cynical young woman leads to his eventual downfall. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Melody of Murder (1944)
• Jeg mødte en Morder (1943)
• Afsporet (1942)
• Day of Wrath (1943)
• Murder, My Sweet (1944)
• Otte akkorder (1944)
• Letter from the Dead (1946)
• Historien om en mand (1944)
• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.