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The White Cat (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The White Cat' (Swedish: 'Den vita katten' is a 1950 Swedish mystery drama film directed by Hasse Ekman and starring Alf Kjellin, Eva Henning and Sture Lagerwall.Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland p.56
The film's sets were designed by the art director Bibi Lindstrm. It was shot on location around Stockholm.
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 caf 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
*Alf Kjellin as "X", The man without identity
*Eva Henning as Auri Rautila, waitress
*Sture Lagerwall as Elias Srbrunn, artist
*Gertrud Fridh as "Pax"
*Hugo Bjrne as "Vglusen"
*Ingrid Borthen as Ingeborg Eksell
*Gunnar Bjrnstrand as Jarl Eksell
*Gull Natorp as Otti Patkull
*Doris Svedlund as Girl in the school house
*Gsta Gustafson as Filip - the girls' father
*Margit Andelius as Ebba Patkull
*Stig Jrrel as Algot
*Peter Blitz as Jerker
*Arne Ragneborn as Thief at the Central station
*Alf stlund as Ticket collector
References
Bibliography
* Per Olov Qvist & Peter von Bagh. 'Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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