Ride Tonight!

Ride Tonight! (Swedish: Rid i natt) is a 1942 Swedish historical drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Lars Hanson, Oscar Ljung, Gerd Hagman and Eva Dahlbeck. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel Ride This Night by Vilhelm Moberg. The film, like the original novel, alluded directly to events in occupied Europe during the Second World War and helped to bolster anti-Nazi sentiment in neutral Sweden.[1]

Ride Tonight!
Eva Dahlbeck during filming
Directed byGustaf Molander
Produced byHarald Molander
Written byVilhelm Moberg (novel)
Gustaf Molander
StarringLars Hanson
Oscar Ljung
Gerd Hagman
Eva Dahlbeck
Hilda Borgström
Music byJules Sylvain
CinematographyÅke Dahlqvist
Edited byOscar Rosander
Production
company
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
23 November 1942
Running time
106 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Synopsis

In 17th century Southern Sweden, a peasant uprising takes place against German landowners.

Partial cast

References

  1. Winkel & Welch p.271

Bibliography

  • Winkel, Roel Vande & Welch, David. Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of the Third Reich. Palgrave MacMillan, 2011.


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