When Darkness Falls
A film with atmosphere and condensed mystery.
1960 · 1h 53m · N/A
Crime
Directed by
Arne Mattsson
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.
Director and cast
- Arne Mattsson Director
- Karl-Arne Holmsten as Christer Wijk
- Nils Asther as Tord Ekstedt
- Birgitta Pettersson as Elisabeth Rydén
- George Fant as Arne Sandell
- Elsa Prawitz as Barbara Sandell
- Adolf Jahr as Connie Lundgren
- Mimi Nelson as Hjördis Holm
- Sif Ruud as Frideborg Jansson
- Hjördis Petterson as Tekla Motander
- Bengt Brunskog Cast
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