{{short description|1944 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Melody of Murder | image = Mordets Melody.jpg
| caption = Front Cover of the Danish DVD | director = Bodil Ipsen | producer = | writer = {{ubl|Fleming Lynge|Tavs Neiiendam (radio play)}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Gull-Maj Norin|Poul Reichhardt|Angelo Bruun|Ib Schønberg}} | music = Erik Fiehn | cinematography = Valdemar Christensen | editing = Valdemar Christensen | distributor = Nordisk Film | released = {{Film date|1944}} | runtime = 100 mins | country = Denmark | language = Danish | budget = }}
'''''The Melody of Murder''''', (Original Title: '''''Mordets Melodi'''''), is a 1944 Danish suspense/horror film directed by Bodil Ipsen and starring Gull-Maj Norin and Poul Reichhardt.
== Plot == The dark tale revolves around a sexually ambiguous serial killer, whose crimes are committed to a French cabaret song. The police suspect a chanteuse who sings the same tune during her performances.
== Cast == *Gull-Maj Norin ... Cabaret Singer Odette Margot / Sonja *Poul Reichhardt ... Emcee Max Stenberg *Angelo Bruun ... Hypnotist Louis Valdini *Peter Nielsen ... Detective Baunsø *Else Petersen ... Mrs. Baunsø *Karen Poulsen ... Wardrobe Lady Flora Kristiansen *Ib Schønberg ... Theater Director Perm *Petrine Sonne ... Landlady Sonja Bohman *Charles Wilken ... Pensionist *Anna Henriques-Nielsen ... Salesgirl Sonja Neie *Lili Heglund ... Baker Lise Rasmussen *Valsø Holm ... *Per Buckhøj ... *Helga Frier ... Cleaning Lady Nielsen *Lis Løwert ... Maid Poula
== Reception == Produced during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II, the film was praised by critics for its "stylish cinematography, thematic intensity, and dark vision of Copenhagen;"<ref>[http://timessquare.com/Events/Film_Events/Nordisk_Films_of_all_Ages_Visit_from_Denmark,_Stay_at_Scandinavia_House/ ''The Melody of Murder'' (1944)]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Nordisk Films of all Ages Visit from Denmark, Stay at Scandinavia House, Times Square Crossroads, 2007, retrieved 2008-06-13</ref> and was considered one of the most influential Danish films of that period.
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== External links == *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122619/ IMDb] *[http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnffuldvis&p_parmlist=filmid=878 Det Danske Fiminstitut] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711120023/http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnffuldvis&p_parmlist=filmid=878 |date=2007-07-11 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Melody Of Murder}} Category:1944 films Category:1944 crime films Category:1940s serial killer films Category:Danish crime films Category:1940s Danish-language films Category:1944 Danish films Category:Films directed by Bodil Ipsen Category:Danish black-and-white films Category:Film noir
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