''The White Cat'' (Swedish: ''Den vita katten'' is a 1950 Swedish

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directed by

Hasse Ekman Hasse Ekman (born Hans Gösta Ekman; 10September 191515February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and Film producer, producer for film director, film, Theatre director, stage and television director, television. Biography Hasse Ekman ...

and starring

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Eva Henning Eva Henning (born Eva Wetlesen; 10 May 1920 – 18 April 2016) was a Swedish stage and movie actress. Career Born in Newark, New York, US, Henning was trained at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school (1938–40) in Sweden and made her fi ...

and

Sture Lagerwall Sture Lagerwall (13 December 1908 – 1 November 1964) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1931 and 1963. He was born in Stockholm, and died in Limhamn, Sweden, in 1964. Selected filmography ...

.Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland p.56 The film's sets were designed by the

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Bibi Lindström. It was shot on location around

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Plot

A man arrives one night by train to Stockholm Central Station. The man has lost his memory. Newspapers report about an escaped insane sex offender, and the man dreads that it might be him. In a café at the train station the man meets a waitress named Auri. She realizes that the man has no money and no place to go. He tells her about his situation. She offers to pay for his food and to take him home with her. The man, who calls himself X, and Auri start to trace his repressed memories and past life, while he dreads to find out why and what he fled.

Main cast

as "X", The man without identity *

as Auri Rautila, waitress *

as Elias Sörbrunn, artist * Gertrud Fridh as "Pax" * Hugo Björne as "Väglusen" * Ingrid Borthen as Ingeborg Eksell *

Gunnar Björnstrand Knut Gunnar Johanson (13 November 1909 – 24 May 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer and director Ingmar Bergman. Biography Björnstrand was born Knut Gunnar Johanson in Stockholm as son of actor Oscar Johanson and ...

as Jarl Eksell * Gull Natorp as Otti Patkull * Doris Svedlund as Girl in the school house * Gösta Gustafson as Filip - the girls' father * Margit Andelius as Ebba Patkull * Stig Järrel as Algot *

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as Jerker *

Arne Ragneborn Arne Ragneborn (13 July 1926 – 5 January 1978) was a Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 23 films between 1944 and 1976. Ragneborn starred in the film '' Leva på 'Hoppet, which won the Silver Bear (Comedies) ...

as Thief at the Central station * Alf Östlund as Ticket collector

References

Bibliography

* Per Olov Qvist & Peter von Bagh. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1950 films Films directed by Hasse Ekman 1950s Swedish-language films 1950s mystery drama films Films set in Stockholm Swedish mystery drama films 1950 drama films Swedish black-and-white films 1950s Swedish films {{1950s-Sweden-film-stub