''Morianna'' (Swedish: ''Morianerna'') is a 1965 Swedish

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

Arne Mattsson Arne Mattsson (2 December 1919 – 28 June 1995) was a Swedish film director. Biography Born in Uppsala, the early films of Mattsson were mostly comedies. His biggest success was '' Hon dansade en sommar'' (1951, aka. ''One Summer of Happiness ...

and starring

Anders Henrikson Anders Henrik Henrikson (13 June 1896 – 17 October 1965) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1965. He also directed 30 films between 1933 and 1956. Selected filmography Actor * ''The ...

Eva Dahlbeck Eva Elisabet Dahlbeck (8 March 1920 – 8 February 2008) was a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film ''Brink of Life'' (1958). Dahlbeck retired ...

and

Elsa Prawitz Elsa Prawitz (1932–2001) was a Swedish film actress, film and stage actress. Goble p.374 Selected filmography * ''Divorced (1951 film), Divorced'' (1951) * ''The Road to Klockrike'' (1953) * ''Salka Valka'' (1954) * ''Enchanted Walk'' (1954) * ...

.Qvist & Von Bagh p.61 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Per-Olav Sivertzen-Falk. It was based on the 1964 novel of the same title by

Jan Ekström Jan Ekström (born 11 October 1937) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and ...

Cast

as Verner Vade *

as Anna Vade *

Heinz Hopf Heinz Hopf (19 November 1894 – 3 June 1971) was a German mathematician who worked on the fields of topology and geometry. Early life and education Hopf was born in Gräbschen, Germany (now , part of Wrocław, Poland), the son of Elizabeth ( ...

as Boris *

as Agda Ahlgren *

Erik Hell Erik Hell (11 August 1911 – 11 March 1973) was a Swedish actor. Hell was born in Kalliokoski, Finland, to a Norwegian father and a Finnish mother. He moved to Sweden with his family in 1918 during the Finnish Civil War. He married the actre ...

as Ragnar Synnéus *

Tor Isedal Tor Isedal (20 July 1924 – 18 February 1990) was a Swedish actor on stage, screen and television. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1952 and 1990. One of his sons is Swedish actor Ola Isedal. Partial filmography * ''She Came Like ...

as Valter Velin *

Lotte Tarp Lotte Tarp (14 February 1945 – 24 October 2002) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1962 and 1990. She was born in Århus to the Danish composer, Svend Erik Tarp and died in Copenhagen. Partial filmography * ''Cr ...

as Rita *

Julia Cæsar Julia Maria Vilhelmina Cæsar (28 January 1885 – 18 July 1971) was a Swedish actress. Her acting career spanned from 1905 until 1968, during which time she appeared in a large number of revues, plays, and films. Early life Cæsar was bor ...

as Elderly Lady *

Elsa Ebbesen Elsa Ebbesen (7 July 1890 – 21 December 1977) was a Swedish stage actress, stage and film actress.Paietta p.139 A character actress she appeared in Swedish films and later television programmes over the course of several decades. Selected filmo ...

as Mrs. Durell * Olle Andersson as Det. Supt. Durell * Hans Bendrik as Det. Ass. *

Curt Ericson Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...

asJanitor * Ella Henrikson as Monica Vade * Walter Norman as Jonas Kellen *

Elisabeth Odén Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...

as Ms. Nilsson *

Ove Tjernberg Sten Ove Filip Tjernberg (27 December 1928 – 7 March 2001) was a Swedish actor. He was engaged at Gothenburg City Theatre. Selected filmography *1996 - '' Jägarna'' *1994 - '' Läckan'' (TV) *1982 - ''Polisen som vägrade svara'' (TV) *197 ...

as Bengt Ahlgren

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1965 films Swedish thriller films 1960s thriller films 1960s Swedish-language films Films directed by Arne Mattsson Films based on Swedish novels 1960s Swedish films {{1960s-Sweden-film-stub