on 3/19/2025, 11:42 am, in reply to "NORDEN NOIR at Cinema Ritrovato this summer..."
Your wiah is my command. Let’s stretch the “classic” era of Nordic noir from the late 30s to the mid 60s , and here is what I’ve come up. It’s far from an authoritative list, but at least we know these have English subtitles. Don may be able to fill in some other titles, but these are films that range from fully noir to noir-tinged melodramas and thriller/suspense/mystery categories.
DENMARK -
Afsporet (1942)
Mordets Melodi (1944)
Café Paradis (1950)
Lyntoget (1951)
2 Minutter For Sent (1952)
Farlig Ungdom (1953)
Bundfald (1957)
A Stranger Knocks (1959)
Death Comes At High Noon (1964)
FINLAND –
Stolen Death (1938)
The Callbird (1946)
Restless Blood (1946)
Cross Of Love (1946)
Passionate Power (1947)
Rapids Of Hell (1949)
Eyes In The Dark (1952)
Kuollut Mies Kummittelee (1952)
Woman Of Crime (1952)
Jealousy (1953)
You Have Gone Into My Blood (1956)
Blood On Our Hands (1958)
Rakkaus Kahleissa (Love In Chains,1955)
The Scarlet Dove (1961)
NORWAY –
The Secret Apartment (1948)
Death is a Caress, (1949)
To Mistenkelige Persone (Two Suspicious People, 1950)
Ung Frue Forsvunnet (Young Woman Missing, 1953)
Det Brenner I Natt (Fire In The Night (1955)
Lake Of The Dead (1958)
Venner (1960)
Kalde Spor (Cold Tracks, 1962)
Clocks By Moonlight (1964)
SWEDEN –
A Woman’s Face (1938)
Ett Brott (1940)
Torment (1944)
Crime And Punishment (1945)
A Guest Is Coming (1947)
Den Vita Katten The White Cat, 1950)
Girl With Hyacinths (1950)
High Tension (1950)
While The City Sleeps (1950)
Blonde In Bondage (1957)
The Lady In Black (1958)
Mannequin In Red (1958)
The Die Is Cast (1960)
When Darkness Falls (1960)
The Heist (1961)
Ljuvlig Ar Sommarnatten (1961)
Lady In White (1962)
Nightmare (1965)
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