The Invisible Wall (1944 film)

The Invisible Wall (Swedish: Den osynliga muren) is a 1944 Swedish war drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Inga Tidblad, Irma Christenson and Karl-Arne Holmsten. It was made at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm with location shooting around Kävlinge in Scania. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. It is based on the 1942 novel Assassination in Paris (Attentat i Paris) by Marika Stiernstedt. It was part of a group of films that dealt with the ongoing theme of the German occupation of Norway and Denmark while being set in a notionally unnamed country.[1]

The Invisible Wall
Directed byGustaf Molander
Written byEdwin Martin
Gösta Stevens
Based onAssassination in Paris by Marika Stiernstedt
StarringInga Tidblad
Irma Christenson
Karl-Arne Holmsten
CinematographyÅke Dahlqvist
Edited byOscar Rosander
Music byLars-Erik Larsson
Production
company
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
21 August 1944
Running time
105 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Synopsis

A young woman working in a travel agency is in a relationship with an officer of the forces occupying her country. However, she also has a friend who is part of a clandestine resistance movement that help smuggle people out of the country who are wanted by the authorities. She becomes involved in this movement, helping Jews and a young woman who killed one of the occupiers and is now being hunted down by them.

Cast

References
  1. Wright p.77

Bibliography
  • Iverson, Gunnar, Soderbergh Widding, Astrid & Soila, Tytti. Nordic National Cinemas. Routledge, 2005.
  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
  • Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.


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