Vita frun (1962)

Avaliação/utilizador:

6,2/10   

Diretor:

Arne Mattsson

Roteirista:

Folke Mellvig (writer)

Data de Lançamento:

2 Julho 1962 (Sweden)

Gênero:

Mistério | Suspense

Chamada:

Senaste Hillman-filmen - en riktig R-Y-S-A-R-E

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Sequel | Private Detective

Comentários dos utilizadores:

Spooky fun!

Elenco

Nils Asther	...	Simon Ek
Anita Björk	...	Helen G:son Lundberg
Jan Malmsjö	...	Roger von Schöffer
Karl-Arne Holmsten	...	John Hillman
Sif Ruud	...	Eivor Jansson
Nils Hallberg	...	Freddy Sjöström
Lena Granhagen	...	Sonja Svensson
Elisabeth Odén	...	Agneta
Tor Isedal	...	Torbjörn Strand
Hjördis Petterson	...	Julia Rask
Gio Petré	...	Eva von Schöffer
Margit Carlqvist	...	Maria
Britta Brunius	...	Selma Rask
Elisabet Falk	...	Maud Bergstedt
Olle Björklund	...	Rune Ahlgren

Conhecido como:

Lady in White (International: English title)

Duração:

109 min

País:

Sweden

Língua:

Sueco

Cor:

Preto e Branco

Aspect Ratio:

1,37 : 1

Som:

Mono

Certificação:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Locais de filmagem:

Leufsta Bruk, Uppsala län, Sweden

Companhia :

Sandrews

Conexões:

Seguido por Den gula bilen (1963)

Spooky fun!

While it's not really a part of the Hillman-movies, "Vita frun" features Holmsten as the detective Hillman and along for the ride is also regulars Hallberg and Granhagen. The plot is simple enough: A ghost, called "vita frun" (The White Lady) ,is blamed for the strange deaths that occur at a country manor. But is it really a ghost? This film manages to be quite unintentionally hilarious at times, when Mattsson tries to give his old-fashioned ghost story a sense of true pathos and a "Bergmanesque" sense of doom. The actors mostly play the whole silly plot commendably straight, but that sometimes makes supposedly serious lines like "You want to die, Eivor! You want to drown in the swamp!" an unexpected comedic delight. The downside of "Vita frun" are some very talky scenes that could have been omitted (or better developed) and the character Freddy, as the (so-called) comic sidekick with a stutter, who is 100% annoying. But Mattssons sense for visuals does manage to make an impression during the course of the movie, creating suspense by using lights and shadows and weird camera angles. There is one TRULY creepy scene and several others that are genuinely eerie. And it's all shot in glorious black-and-white, adding a lot of atmosphere, by Hilding Bladh who also lensed the pre-giallo "Mannekäng i rött". Sweden has never had a director like Arne Mattsson who often put style before content and was ridiculed in the 50's and 60's for being totally politically incorrect, but today we can appreciate his movies for what they are: somewhat slow-moving at times, unnecessarily theatrical, but pure entertainment