Lågor i dunklet (1942)

Director
Hasse Ekman

Main cast
Edvin Adolphson; Stig Järrel; Inga Tidblad; Hugo Björne; Linnea Hillberg

Genres
Drama

Description
Stig Järrel plays the mentally disturbed Latin teacher Birger Sjögren at Ringsala boarding school. 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? Plot by Mattias Thuresson.


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