Swedish Noir
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- DirectorPeter BourneStarsAnthony SteelBirger MalmstenLewis CharlesA spy melodrama in which a New York newspaper reporter, sent to Gotland to interview a nuclear scientist, becomes involved with foreign agents who have kidnapped the scientist's daughter.
- DirectorGustaf MolanderStarsIngrid BergmanTore SvennbergAnders HenriksonAn embittered woman, leader of a criminal gang, has a change of heart.
- DirectorJohan JacobsenStarsEyvind Johan-SvendsenGunnar LauringSonja WigertA man and a woman meet in a shelter during an air raid. They feel strongly drawn to each other, but are separated without knowing exchanging names. A year later the two meet randomly. He now learns that she is addicted to morphine.
- DirectorGöran GenteleStarsBirger MalmstenGunnel BroströmMargareta FahlénAfter having spent six years in an asylum, Harry returns home. He soon remembers what happened six years ago. He had five of his friends over and one of them, Raoul, was murdered. In order to find out which of them is the murderer, he invites them over to reconstruct the crime. It seems that everybody, including himself (as his doctor points out), had a motive, so it will not be easy to discover whodunit.
- DirectorÅke OhbergStarsBirgit TengrothÅke OhbergBengt EkerotYoung Allan feeds on petty crime and theft and spices up his life by scaring people with stolen dynamite.
- DirectorLars-Eric KjellgrenStarsEva HenningSonja WigertHjördis PettersonLora is driving away from her life. At the same time her husband is found dead in their villa.
- DirectorHasse EkmanStarsEva HenningUlf PalmeBirgit TengrothAfter a young woman commits suicide, her neighbors try to piece together why she did it by tracking down her acquaintances.
- DirectorTom YoungerStarsJohn IrelandEllen SchwiersBirgitta AnderssonA man is convicted and imprisoned for an arson that he didn't commit. When he is released, he sets out to track down the person who actually committed the crime and framed him for it. His investigation leads him to believe he'll find his answers in Sweden.
- DirectorLars-Eric KjellgrenStarsSven-Eric GambleInga LandgréAdolf JahrJompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafés and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, Jompa becomes indebted to the criminal Kalle Lund. Of course, Jompa is unable to pay, but Kalle gives him a tip: an old fetcher has always a lot of money at home, and if Jompa could get his hands on the money, his troubles would disappear...
- DirectorRolf HusbergStarsAnita BjörkBirger MalmstenDoris SvedlundThe newly engaged Margareta Snellman is going together with her fiancée to the family-estate Hellesta, to meet his closest relatives. When she finds out that her fiancée's former partner died under mysterious circumstances, she decides to investigate what happened. Soon strange and gloomy things starts to happen the way Gunvor died.
- DirectorHasse EkmanStarsHasse EkmanEva DahlbeckUlf PalmeA journalist is writing a critical article about the prison service in Sweden. The magazine's editor in chief does not agree with him and removes the article. The journalist then plans to fake a crime to gain knowledge about life in prison.
- DirectorHasse EkmanStarsAlf KjellinEva HenningSture LagerwallA man comes to Stockholm's central station. He does not know who he is or where he has been. He has some keys and a phone number. Perhaps he is the escaped sex maniac the police are searching for. A waitress at a café tries to help him.
- DirectorAlf SjöbergStarsStig JärrelAlf KjellinMai ZetterlingAn idealistic adolescent suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover.
- DirectorGösta WernerStarsMaj-Britt NilssonPeter LindgrenKeve HjelmA young woman is hit by a car and needs surgery. While the anesthesia takes hold, the events that led to the accident are revealed. A story about striving for independence and foolish love. Set in a 1940s Stockholm that no longer exists.
- DirectorRobert BrandtStarsMark MillerLars EkborgAnita ThallaugAmerican reporter doing a story on Swedish nightlife gets involved with a drug-addicted nightclub singer.
- DirectorHasse EkmanStarsHasse EkmanSigge FürstBengt EkerotSam Persson is released from a mental hospital. He goes to Stockholm to meet a man he hates, theater manager Stig Brender. In Brender's office they get into a fight and Persson falls down dead. Brender uses his car to get rid of the body in a park. However, the following day he is visited by police inspector Envall, who wants to talk to him. Brender's lies and strange behavior is no match for some thorough police work.
- DirectorHampe FaustmanStarsHampe FaustmanGunn WållgrenSigurd WallénDostoyevsky's novel is one of world literature's most filmed works. Raskolnikov, a poor student, is planning to assassinate a hated pawnbroker.
- DirectorHasse EkmanStarsGunnar HellströmMaude AdelsonTor IsedalTwo criminals escape from prison. Together with two old accomplices they plan a big heist against a racetrack.