There's a Fire Burning

There's a Fire Burning (Swedish: Det brinner en eld) is a 1943 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Inga Tidblad, Lars Hanson and Victor Sjöström.[1] It was made at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. Location shooting took place in Jämtland County. It was set in a thinly-disguised version of German-occupied Norway. This was part of a wider wartime strategy of setting films in unnamed countries adopted by the film industry in neutral Sweden.[2] Molander directed a further film on a similar topic The Invisible Wall the following year.

There's a Fire Burning
Cinema showing the film in 1943.
Directed byGustaf Molander
Written byKarl Ragnar Gierow
Gösta Stevens
Gustaf Molander
StarringInga Tidblad
Lars Hanson
Victor Sjöström
CinematographyÅke Dahlqvist
Edited byOscar Rosander
Music byLars-Erik Larsson
Production
company
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 23 August 1943 (1943-08-23)
Running time
107 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Synopsis

A diplomat from a foreign country is in a relationship with the leading actress of the national theatre and is well liked by other members of the company. However, this all changes when his country invades and occupies their nation.

Cast

References
  1. Qvist & Von Bagh p.12
  2. Nordic National Cinemas p.143

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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