Crime
When Darkness Falls
"A film with atmosphere and condensed mystery."
User Score9 votes
54%5.4/10
Release1960→
Runtime1H 53M
LanguageSwedish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
Media3
Backdrops
Director
Arne Mattsson
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Keywords
murderwhodunitcriminal investigationchristmas
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Countries:Sweden
Production:Sandrews