Overview
Lake of the Dead (Norwegian title: , also known as Lake of the Damned) is a 1958 Norwegian mystery horror film directed by Kåre Bergstrøm. The film stars Henki Kolstad, Henny Moan and Georg Richter. In 2019, a remake named Lake of Death was released written and directed by Nini Bull Robsahm.
Plot
The film takes place 20–23 August 1958. Crime Author Bernhard Borge and his wife Sonja, psychoanalyst Kai Bugge, magazine editor Gabriel Mørk, lawyer Harald Gran and his fiancée Liljan Werner are six Oslo people who will visit Bjørn Werner (Liljan brother) in his cabin deep in the Østerdal forests. But, when the guests arrive, Werner is missing and his dog is found dead at a pond nearby.
It's not long before they begin to ponder the old legend that is associated with the place: a man is said to have killed his sister and her lover and then drowned himself in the lake. It is said that everyone who stays in the house—the murder's cabin—would be possessed by a strange attraction: They would be forced to drown themselves in the pond.
The company decides to solve the mystery, but soon it appears that they are exposed to the mysterious, fascinating powers that are tied to the lake.
Cast
André Bjerke as Gabriel Mørk
Bjørg Engh as Sonja, Bernhard's wife
Henki Kolstad as Bernhard Borge, crime writer
Per Lillo-Stenberg as Bjørn Werner, Liljans brother
Erling Lindahl as Kai Bugge, psychologist
Henny Moan as Liljan Werner
Øyvind Øyen as Bråten, policeman
Georg Richter as Harald Gran
Leif Sommerstad as Tore Gruvik, the ghost
Inger Teien as Eva, Bjørn's girlfriend
Production
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