When Darkness Falls

A film with atmosphere and condensed mystery.

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Crime

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.

Keywords

christmas
murder
whodunit
criminal investigation

Details

Status: Released
Release date: December 26, 1960
Original language: Swedish
Spoken languages: Swedish
Countries: Sweden
Production: Sandrews
Cast: Eva Sjöström,Anita Lindohf,Birgitta Pettersson,Karl-Arne Holmsten,Maritta Marke,Adolf Jahr,Sven-Erik Jacobsson,Marrit Ohlsson,Mimi Nelson,Anna-Maria Giertzand 11 more
Director: Arne Mattsson
Writer: Maria Lang
Producer: Rune Waldekranz
Cinematography: Hilding Bladh
Music: Torbjörn Lundquist
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0054132