In a Norwegian region where daylight is constant, the brutal murder of a teenage woman defies the local police. They sent for a Swedish expert to lead the investigation. He sets a trap for the criminal but makes a deadly mistake during an operation to catch him.
Intelligently plotted and competently directed criminal thriller. Crime as a result of mental confusion is the central theme; the sun has a central role (cp. Camus' The Stranger). There is still enough of a moral distinction between the hunter (policeman) and the hunted (novelist), but the film's point is that the policeman's mental mechanism is hardly distinguishable from the novelist's. The central performance is excellent. I found this version preferrable over the remake, which is also good.
Rating: 68
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