Mannekäng i rött (1958)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Arne Mattsson

Writers:

Folke Mellvig (novel)
Folke Mellvig (screenplay)

Release Date:

19 December 1958 (Sweden)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Hillmanthrillern nr. 2

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Sequel | Based On Novel

Cast

Anita Björk	...	Birgitta Lindell
Lillebil Ibsen	...	Thyra Lennberg
Nils Hallberg	...	Freddy Sjöström
Gio Petré	...	Gabriella von Hook
Bengt Brunskog	...	Johan Robert 'Bobbie' Nordahl
Lena Granhagen	...	Sonja Svensson
Lennart Lindberg	...	Rickard von Hook
Kotti Chave	...	Sune Öhrgren, police inspector
Lissi Alandh	...	'Peter' Morell
Kerstin Dunér	...	Anette
Torsten Winge	...	Lindkvist, janitor
Anita Lindblom	...	Monika, model at the fashion house
Eivor Landström	...	Lady with cat
Elsa Prawitz	...	Katja Sundin, the murdered model
Maritta Marke	...	Elsa Magnusson, Lennberg's housemaid

Also Known As:

Mannequin in Red (International: English title)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Gävle Theater, Gävle, Gävleborgs län, Sweden

Company:

Sandrews

Movie Connections:

Followed by Vita frun (1962)

Ahead of its time!

This is not necessarily a good movie, with a creaky storyline (along with the old lady's wheelchair), some stiff and some overplayed performances and silly "funny" moments. Still, I am very fond of this. It has several suspenseful sequences, a few on-the-spot performances and, above all, a gorgeus photography. It predates all the giallos of the sixties and seventies in its appearance with at least 4-5 years and some chunks could have been lifted from this movie to "Blood and black lace", Mario Bavas tour-de-force in giallo and the start of a whole trend. These films also share its environment, a fashion-salon. The murders are not gruesome by todays standards of course, the atmosphere is right!! Two thumbs up!!