Flames in the Dark

Thu. Sep 10, 2015 at 4:00pm EDT
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Flames in the Dark

1942. Sweden. Written and directed by Hasse Ekman. With Edvin Adolphson, Stig Järrel, Inga Tidblad. Eva (Inga Tidblad), a beloved housemistress at a boys’ boarding school, returns from summer vacation married to Birger (Stig Järell), the school’s new Latin professor, whose superficial charm disguises a sadistic, psychotically controlling personality. Ekman claimed his inspiration was Richard Thorpe’s 1937 Night Must Fall, but the stranger-in-the-house theme also alludes to the German threat to Sweden’s wartime neutrality. Järrel would essentially repeat his role in Alf Sjöberg’s 1944 Torment, from a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman. In Swedish; English subtitles. 94 min.

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The Museum of Modern Art Theater 2 11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019