When Darkness Falls

When Darkness Falls

113 mins | Crime | Dec. 26, 1960

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.

When Darkness Falls

113 mins | Crime | Dec. 26, 1960

When Darkness Falls
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Sandrews
Original title När mörkret faller
Directors Arne Mattsson
Writers Maria Lang

Cast

Karl-Arne Holmsten

as Christer Wijk

Nils Asther

as Vicar Tord Ekstedt

Birgitta Pettersson

as Elisabeth Rydén

George Fant

as Arne Sandell

Elsa Prawitz

as Barbara Sandell

Adolf Jahr

as Connie Lundgren

Mimi Nelson

as Hjördis Holm

Sif Ruud

as Frideborg Jansson

Hjördis Petterson

as Tekla Motander

Bengt Brunskog

as Mårten Gustavsson

Eva Sjöström

as Susanne Motander

Sigge Fürst

as Docent Ahlgren

Maritta Marke

as Alice Broman

John Melin

as Cantor

Björn Gustafson

as Forensic investigator

Anna-Maria Giertz

as Lotta Ekstedt

Sven-Erik Jacobsson

as Carl Sixten

Stig Ternström

as Bailiff