While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

102 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 8, 1950

Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafés and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, Jompa becomes indebted to the criminal Kalle Lund. Of course, Jompa is unable to pay, but Kalle gives him a tip: an old fetcher has always a lot of money at home, and if Jompa could get his hands on the money, his troubles would disappear... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

While the City Sleeps

102 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 8, 1950

While the City Sleeps
Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafés and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, Jompa becomes indebted to the criminal Kalle Lund. Of course, Jompa is unable to pay, but Kalle gives him a tip: an old fetcher has always a lot of money at home, and if Jompa could get his hands on the money, his troubles would disappear... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Svensk Filmindustri
Original title Medan staden sover
Directors Hugo Bolander, Lars-Eric Kjellgren
Writers Per Anders Fogelström, Lars-Eric Kjellgren, Ingmar Bergman

Cast

Sven-Eric Gamble

as Jompa

Inga Landgré

as Iris Lindstrom

Adolf Jahr

as Iris' Father

Elof Ahrle

as Manager at Lind Bilservice

John Elfström

as Jompa's father

Hilding Gavle

as Fencer

Carl Ström

as Hansson, janitor

Ulf Palme

as Kalle Lund

Märta Dorff

as Iris' mother

Ilse-Nore Tromm

as Jompa's mother

Ulla Smidje

as Asta

Hans Sundberg

as Knatten Gustafsson

Lennart Lundh

as Gunnar 'Slampen' Lindström

Hans Dahlberg

as Sven-Erik 'Lång-Sam' Samuelsson

Åke Hylén

as Per 'Pekå' Knutsson

Arne Ragneborn

as Richard 'Sune' Sundberg