Afsporet

{{short description|1942 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Afsporet

| image = Afsporet.jpg

| caption = Front cover of the Danish DVD

| director = Bodil Ipsen

| producer = Aage Stentoft
Henning Karmark

| writer = Sven Rindom
Karl Schlüter (play)

| narrator =

| starring = Illona Wieselmann
Ebbe Rode
Johannes Meyer
Ib Schønberg

| music = Sven Gyldmark
Peter Deutsch

| cinematography = Rundolf Frederiksen
Alf Schnéevoigt

| editing = Marie Ejlersen

| distributor = ASA Film

| released = {{Film date|1942}}

| runtime = 106 minutes

| country = Denmark

| language = Danish

| budget =

}}

Afsporet (English: Derailed) is a 1942 Danish erotic thriller drama film directed by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr. Starring Ebbe Rode and Illona Wieselmann. The psychological drama revolves around the intense erotic relationship between a wealthy married woman suffering from amnesia and a paroled petty thief entangled with organized crime. Afsporet was Ipsen's directorial debut and is considered the first true Danish film noir.{{cite book | last=Jørholt | first= Eva | editor=Peter Schepelern | title=100 Års Dansk Film | publisher= Rosinante | year=2001 | page= 131 | ISBN=9788762101579}}

Cast

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! Actor !! Role

Poul ReumertProfessor Bøgh
Illona WieselmannEsther Berthelsen
Ebbe RodeJanus Jensen
Johannes MeyerOrganisten 'Bessefar'
Ib SchønbergJammerherren
Tove GrandjeanJenny 'Bælam' Sørensen
Sigrid Horne-RasmussenLotte Cloc
Lise ThomsenMisse Lillebil
Sigurd LangbergDetective Lønberg
Jørn JeppesenDetective
Bjarne ForchhammerErik Berthelsen
Eigil ReimersMogens Berner
Jeanne DarvilleMrs. Berner
Preben Lerdorff RyeWilly Hansen
Aage Winther-JørgensenPoliceman

References

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