When Darkness Falls

Name: When Darkness Falls
Genre: Crime
Released: 1960-12-26
Cast: Karl-Arne Holmsten, Nils Asther, Birgitta Pettersson, George Fant, Elsa Prawitz

A film with atmosphere and condensed mystery.

19601h 53mMovie

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.

Crime
Murder
Whodunit
Criminal Investigation
Christmas

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Cast

Karl-Arne HolmstenChrister Wijk
Nils AstherVicar Tord Ekstedt
Birgitta PetterssonElisabeth Rydén
George FantArne Sandell
Elsa PrawitzBarbara Sandell
Adolf JahrConnie Lundgren
Mimi NelsonHjördis Holm
Sif RuudFrideborg Jansson
Hjördis PettersonTekla Motander
Bengt BrunskogMårten Gustavsson
Eva SjöströmSusanne Motander
Sigge FürstDocent Ahlgren
Maritta MarkeAlice Broman
John MelinCantor

Details

Director: Arne Mattsson
Writers: Maria Lang
Release date: December 26, 1960
Runtime: 1h 53m
Original language: Swedish
Studios: Sandrews

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Platform	Score	Points
IMDb237 votes	5.8	5 pts
Rotten Tomatoes	not available	skipped
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Platform	Score	Points
IMDb237 votes	5.8	5 pts
Rotten Tomatoes	not available	skipped
Metacritic	not available	skipped
Letterboxd	not available	skipped