Flames in the Dark
(1942)
★ 6.3 IMDb · 3 votes
Year: 1942
Runtime: 94 мин
Country: Sweden
Director: Hasse Ekman
Cast: Edvin Adolphson, Stig Järrel, Inga Tidblad, Hugo Björne, Linnéa Hillberg, Hasse Ekman, Agneta Lagerfeldt, Hilda Borgström, Mimi Pollak, Bengt Ekerot
Plot
Latin teacher Birger Sjögren at Ringsala boarding school threatens his possesive and chronically ill mother that he will get married. She gets a stroke and dies. Sjögren is affected by feelings of guilt, envy and hatred towards the surroundings. A series of mysterious fires have taken place around the school the last few months. One of the students has seen Sjögren setting fire to a barn. But can he convince the trusted biology teacher Nordmark, expert of the criminal mind?