When Darkness Falls (1960)

12/26/1960 (SE) • 1h 53m

Crime

A film with atmosphere and condensed mystery.

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

Swedish

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

murder

whodunit

criminal investigation

christmas

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