Stronger Than the Law

Stronger Than the Law
Directed byBengt LogardtArnold Sjöstrand
Written byBernhard Nordh
Based onStronger Than the Law by Bernhard Nordh
StarringMargareta FahlénBengt LogardtMargit Carlqvist
CinematographyRune Ericson
Edited byLennart Wallén
Music bySven Sköld
Productioncompany
Sandrews
Distributed bySandrew-Baumanfilm
Release date
  • 15 October 1951 (1951-10-15)
Running time
96 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Stronger Than the Law (Swedish: Starkare än lagen) is a 1951 Swedish historicaldrama film directed by Bengt Logardt and Arnold Sjöstrand and starring Margareta Fahlén, Bengt Logardt and Margit Carlqvist.[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art directorP.A. Lundgren.

Synopsis

The film is set in the 1870s in a remote community in the mountains of Northern Sweden. A strange man from the south arrives, and interacts with the strait-laced Anna and the bubbly Mimmi who openly flouts convention. Eventually it turns out that he has killed a man and is on the run.

Cast

References

  1. ^Wright p.121

Bibliography

  • Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.