When Darkness Falls
A film with atmosphere and condensed mystery.
Dec 26, 1960 · 1h 53m · Crime
⭐ 5.4· 9 votes
Director Arne Mattsson
Writer Maria Lang
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Overview
Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.
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Cast
Karl-Arne Holmsten
Christer Wijk
Nils Asther
Vicar Tord Ekstedt
Birgitta Pettersson
Elisabeth Rydén
George Fant
Arne Sandell
Elsa Prawitz
Barbara Sandell
Adolf Jahr
Connie Lundgren
Mimi Nelson
Hjördis Holm
Sif Ruud
Frideborg Jansson
Hjördis Petterson
Tekla Motander
Bengt Brunskog
Mårten Gustavsson
Eva Sjöström
Susanne Motander
Sigge Fürst
Docent Ahlgren
Maritta Marke
Alice Broman
John Melin
Cantor
Björn Gustafson
Forensic investigator
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