Acknowledgements Introduction: The Iron Curtain effect: Nordic Eastern noir Chapter 1: Borders: Russia and Eastern Europe as a crime scene Chapter 2: Boundaries: Infiltrated identities Chapter 3: The Baltic boundary Chapter 4: Guilt and shame in (trans)national spaces Chapter 5: Embodying the fear of Russia: The militarised body Chapter 6: Polish spectres in our house: Revisiting the Nordic metaphor of the home Afterword: Beyond Eastern noir: Toward a new (cinematic) space Bibliography Filmography