Afsporet

Afsporet
Front cover of the Danish DVD
Directed by	Bodil Ipsen
Written by	Sven Rindom Karl Schlüter (play)
Produced by	Aage Stentoft Henning Karmark
Starring	Illona Wieselmann Ebbe Rode Johannes Meyer Ib Schønberg
Cinematography	Rundolf Frederiksen Alf Schnéevoigt
Edited by	Marie Ejlersen
Music by	Sven Gyldmark Peter Deutsch
Distributed by	ASA Film
Release date	1942 (1942)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

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.

Cast

Actor	Role
Poul Reumert	Professor Bøgh
Illona Wieselmann	Esther Berthelsen
Ebbe Rode	Janus Jensen
Johannes Meyer	Organisten 'Bessefar'
Ib Schønberg	Jammerherren
Tove Grandjean	Jenny 'Bælam' Sørensen
Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen	Lotte Cloc
Lise Thomsen	Misse Lillebil
Sigurd Langberg	Detective Lønberg
Jørn Jeppesen	Detective
Bjarne Forchhammer	Erik Berthelsen
Eigil Reimers	Mogens Berner
Jeanne Darville	Mrs. Berner
Preben Lerdorff Rye	Willy Hansen
Aage Winther-Jørgensen	Policeman

External links

• Afsporet at IMDb
• Afsporet at Den Danske Film Database (in Danish)
• Afsporet at Det Danske Filmistitut (in Danish)