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When Darkness Falls
When Darkness Falls
Crime

When Darkness Falls

“A film with atmosphere and condensed mystery.”

5.4/ 10(9 votes)
1h 53m
December 26, 1960
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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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Directed byArne Mattsson

Cast (21)

Karl-Arne Holmsten

Karl-Arne Holmsten

Christer Wijk

Nils Asther

Nils Asther

Vicar Tord Ekstedt

Birgitta Pettersson

Birgitta Pettersson

Elisabeth Rydén

George Fant

George Fant

Arne Sandell

Elsa Prawitz

Elsa Prawitz

Barbara Sandell

Adolf Jahr

Adolf Jahr

Connie Lundgren

Mimi Nelson

Mimi Nelson

Hjördis Holm

Sif Ruud

Sif Ruud

Frideborg Jansson

Hjördis Petterson

Hjördis Petterson

Tekla Motander

Bengt Brunskog

Bengt Brunskog

Mårten Gustavsson

Eva Sjöström

Eva Sjöström

Susanne Motander

Sigge Fürst

Sigge Fürst

Docent Ahlgren

Maritta Marke

Maritta Marke

Alice Broman

John Melin

John Melin

Cantor

Björn Gustafson

Björn Gustafson

Forensic investigator

Anna-Maria Giertz

Anna-Maria Giertz

Lotta Ekstedt

Sven-Erik Jacobsson

Sven-Erik Jacobsson

Carl Sixten

Stig Ternström

Stig Ternström

Bailiff

Marrit Ohlsson

Marrit Ohlsson

Anna-Greta

Curt Löwgren

Curt Löwgren

Train conductor

Anita Lindohf

Anita Lindohf

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