Directed by:
Hasse EkmanScreenplay:
Hasse EkmanCinematography:
Göran StrindbergComposer:
Erland von KochCast:
Alf Kjellin, Eva Henning, Gunnar Björnstrand, Theodor Berthels, Gösta Gustafson, Astrid Bodin, Gertrud Fridh, Mona Geijer-Falkner, Barbro Flodquist (more)Plots(1)
Half a year after Girl with Hyacinths, Swedish cinemas introduced another film by Hasse Ekman – The White Cat, which was considerably similar to the director’s previous work in terms of theme and chosen narration concept. While in the first film viewers searched for the identity of a woman who died tragically in the introduction, The White Cat presents a mysterious protagonist who arrives by train in Stockholm without remembering from where or why. A kindly waitress, played by fragile blonde Eva Henning, takes the nameless, confused man under her wing, and the detective investigation can begin. Thus, the film, which was created as an adaptation of the novel Nycklar till okänt rum (Keys to an Unknown Room, 1950) by Ekman’s close co-worker, writer Walter Ljungquist, once again examines the theme of identity, and the related complex issue of the human psyche. Along with the theme of amnesia and the enigmatic nature of the central character, the film is also permeated by a number of stylishly remarkable dream sequences and hallucinatory flashbacks. (Noir Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Alf Kjellin
Sweden
Best movies:
Summer Interlude (1951)
Torment (1944)
Ship of Fools (1965)
Eva Henning
USA
Best movies:
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
Prison (1949)
Thirst (1949)
Gunnar Björnstrand
Sweden
Best movies:
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Theodor Berthels
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
The White Cat (1950)
Gösta Gustafson
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924)
Summer with Monika (1953)
Astrid Bodin
Sweden
Best movies:
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
To Joy (1950)
A Woman's Face (1938)
Gertrud Fridh
Sweden
Best movies:
Wild Strawberries (1957)
The Magician (1958)
The Devil's Eye (1960)
Mona Geijer-Falkner
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
The Song of the Red Flower (1919)
Summer with Monika (1953)
Barbro Flodquist
Sweden
Best movies:
The White Cat (1950)
Night Is My Future (1948)
Stig Järrel
Sweden
Best movies:
The Devil's Eye (1960)
Torment (1944)
The White Cat (1950)
Sture Lagerwall
Sweden
Best movies:
The Devil's Eye (1960)
The White Cat (1950)
In the Mist (1953)
Julia Cæsar
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Summer Interlude (1951)
It Rains on Our Love (1946)
Helga Brofeldt
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Miss Julie (1951)
The White Cat (1950)
Hugo Björne
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
Ingeborg Holm (1913)
Torment (1944)
The White Cat (1950)
Magnus Kesster
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
A Woman's Face (1938)
Summer with Monika (1953)
It Rains on Our Love (1946)
Gull Natorp
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Erotikon (1920)
The White Cat (1950)
Georg Skarstedt
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Shame (1968)
Doris Svedlund
Sweden
Best movies:
Prison (1949)
The White Cat (1950)
Margit Andelius
Sweden
Best movies:
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
Crisis (1946)
The White Cat (1950)
Ellika Mann
Sweden
Best movies:
Shame (1968)
The White Cat (1950)
Mannequin in Red (1958)