The Girl in a Swing (film)

The Girl in a Swing is a 1988 American supernatural thriller film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Meg Tilly, Rupert Frazer, Nicholas Le Prevost, and Elspet Gray. Based on the 1980 novel The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams, the film is about an English antique dealer who travels to Copenhagen where he meets and falls in love with a mysterious Germanborn secretary, whom he marries. Knowing nothing about her family or background, he soon discovers a darker side to his new bride.

Alan returns to England and meets with his mother, who expresses concern that they know very little about Karins family or background. When Karin arrives, Alan begins to notice her strange behaviorfrightened by the sound of children and fearful of the dark. As they prepare for their wedding, Karin states she cannot be married in a church. Karins playful sensuality, however, overwhelms and enchants Alan. Alan and Karin soon travel to the United States on holiday and get married in a civil ceremony in Florida, where they spend their honeymoon. While swimming in a lake, Karin sees a body beneath the water, but Alan confirms its only an old log.When Alan and Karin return to England, she continues to captivate him and their entire social circle, engaging in discussions of philosophy and religion. At one dinner party, she asks Alans best friend and vicar, Can anything be forgiven? He tells her yes, if a person truly wants to be forgiven. Alan suspects there is something deep and troubling in hersome dark secret or hidden guilt. ........

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