On a Bench in a Park


On a Bench in a Park is a 1960 Swedish thriller film written and directed by Hasse Ekman. He also stars, together with Sigge Fürst, Bengt Ekerot and Lena Granhagen. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location around the city including at the Central Station and Vasa Theatre.

Plot

Sam Persson, previously worked as a musician but has lived for several years in a mental hospital. When he is discharged he reads in the newspaper that his childhood friend Stig Brender has become a big name in the theatre.
Persson believes that Brender is the cause of all accidents that happen to him. He finds Brender at the Royal Theatre one evening and tries to kill him with a hammer; instead Persson himself falls to the floor, dead. Brender avoids calling the police, afraid of becoming a suspect; instead, he places the corpse on a bench in a park.

Cast