De Dødes tjern (1958)

Country of Origin: Norway
Year of Production: 1958
Running Times: 76 mins
Length: 2100 metres
Format: 35mm/Agascope
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Norsk Film A/S
Production Manager: Bjarne Stokland

SCRIPT
Script: Kåre Bergstrøm
Novel: Bernhard Borge (real name: André Bjerke)

DIRECTION
Directed by: Kåre Bergstrøm
Script Supervisor: Grethe Dahl

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ragnar Sørensen
Gaffer: Kaare Løwing
Assistant Camera: Hans Nord

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Olav Engebretsen
Colour Grader (Restored Version): Andrzej Kiwala

MUSIC
Music by: Gunnar Sønstevold

SOUND
Sound: Arne Holm

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Ingwall Bredangen

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: H.C. Hansen, Grethe Hejer
Props: Thorleif Tranby

CAST
André Bjerke (Gabriel Mørk, writer)
Bjørg Engh (Sonja, Bernhard's wife)
Henki Kolstad (Bernhard Borge, crime writer)
Per Lillo-Stenberg (Bjørn Werner, Liljans brother)
Erling Lindahl (Kai Bugge, psychologist)
Henny Moan (Liljan Werner)
Øyvind Øyen (Bråten, policeman)
Georg Richter (Harald Gran)
Leif Sommerstad (Tore Gråvik, the ghost)
Inger Teien (Eva, Bjørn's girlfriend)

PLOT SUMMARY

A group of friends on a trip to a remote cabin are menaced by a madman who screams in the night.

AVAILABILITY

Norway
Rating: 16; 15 (re-rating)

TIMELINE

1958
December
17: Norway - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Lake of the Dead - English language title

KEYWORDS

birds, book into film, cabins, crows, curses, drowning, forests, ghosts, hypnosis, incest, lakes, psychopaths, suicide, telepathy

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008