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Damen i svart (1958)

Damen i svart poster
Directed by
Arne Mattsson
Genre
crime film, thriller film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
15
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in black becomes the focus of a mystery. A detective tries to uncover secrets and solve a crime in Stockholm.

suspensefulmysteriousclassictenseretrointriguingformalmid-paced

What happens

The Lady in Black (Swedish: Damen i svart) is a 1958 Swedish mystery thriller film directed by Arne Mattsson. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm with sets designed by the art director Bibi Lindström. The film is the first film in director Arne Mattsson's Hillman-series of five thriller films, all containing a colour in the title: The Lady in Black (1958), Mannequin in Red (1958), Rider in Blue (1959), The Lady in White (1962), and The Yellow Car (1963). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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