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Damen i svart (English: The Lady in Black) is a 1958 Swedish thriller film directed by Arne Mattsson. The film is the first film in director Arne Mattsson's Hillman-series of five thriller films, all containing a colour in the title: Damen i svart (1958), Mannequin in Red (1958), Ryttare i blått (~ Rider in Blue) (1959), Lady in White (1962), and The Yellow Car (1963).

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Damen i svart
Directed by	Arne Mattsson
Screenplay by	Folke Mellvig, Lars Widding
Produced by	Rune Waldekranz
Starring	Karl-Arne Holmsten Annalisa Ericson Nils Hallberg Anita Björk Sven Lindberg Isa Quensel Lena Granhagen Sif Ruud
Music by	Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist
Production company	Sandrews
Release date	1 February 1958 (1958-02-01) (Sweden)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Plot summary

Private detectives John and Kajsa Hillman are visiting friends on Holmfors mill when several people disappear mysteriously. A young lady disappears one night at the mill. She was seen going off to post a letter, and then just vanishes. That same night, the "family ghost" The Lady in Black was visible, a bad omen. Many people at the mill and its surroundings have their motives and many have also behaved mysteriously.

Cast

• Karl-Arne Holmsten as John Hillman, private detective
• Annalisa Ericson as Kajsa Hillman, his wife
• Nils Hallberg as Freddy Sjöström, Hillmans assistant
• Anita Björk as Inger von Schilden
• Sven Lindberg as Christian von Schilden, her husband
• Isa Quensel as Cecilia von Schilden, his sister
• Lena Granhagen as Sonja Svensson, a model
• Sif Ruud as Aina Engström, a sculptor
• Lennart Lindberg as Björn Sandgren
• Torsten Winge as Hansson, the mysterious man
• Åke Lindman as David Frohm

External links

• Damen i svart at IMDb
• Damen i svart at the Swedish Film Institute Database

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