When Darkness Falls
5.8
“A film with atmosphere and condensed mystery.”
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.
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Cast
21 people
Karl-Arne Holmsten
Christer Wijk
Known for
Waiting Women
Nils Asther
Vicar Tord Ekstedt
Known for
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Bluebeard
Birgitta Pettersson
Elisabeth Rydén
Known for
The Virgin Spring
The Magician
George Fant
Arne Sandell
Also in
The Phantom Carriage
Snapphanar
Elsa Prawitz
Barbara Sandell
Also in
The Doll
Sadist
Adolf Jahr
Connie Lundgren
Also in
'Swing It' Teacher
Just a Trumpeter
Mimi Nelson
Hjördis Holm
Known for
Port of Call
Thirst
Sif Ruud
Frideborg Jansson
Known for
Wild Strawberries
The Magician
Hjördis Petterson
Tekla Motander
Known for
It Rains on Our Love
A Ship to India
Bengt Brunskog
Mårten Gustavsson
Known for
The Brothers Lionheart
Eva Sjöström
Susanne Motander
Also in
Dirty Fingers
Det är hos mig han har varit
Sigge Fürst
Docent Ahlgren
Known for
Shame
Summer with Monika
Arne Mattsson Director · Maria Lang Screenplay Torbjörn Lundquist Composer
First release December 26, 1960 · Produced in Sweden · Original title När mörkret faller
Production
Sandrews
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
När mörkret faller
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · December 26, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
March 26, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Sweden
May 1, 1996 · TV · Kanal 5
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