While the City Sleeps
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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.
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Cast
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Sven-Eric Gamble
Jompa
Known for
Thirst
Port of Call
Inga Landgré
Iris Lindstrom
Known for
The Seventh Seal
Crisis
Oscar Rosander
Lars-Eric Kjellgren
Per Anders Fogelström
Adolf Jahr
Iris' Father
Also in
'Swing It' Teacher
Just a Trumpeter
Ingmar Bergman
Known for
The Rite
Torment
Nils Svenwall
Elof Ahrle
Manager at Lind Bilservice
Also in
100 dragspel och en flicka
Song of Stockholm
Martin Bodin
John Elfström
Jompa's father
Known for
A Lesson in Love
Music in Darkness
Hilding Gavle
Fencer
Also in
Hemsöborna
The Talk of the Town
Lars-Eric Kjellgren Director · Ingmar Bergman Screenplay Per Anders Fogelström Author
First release September 8, 1950 · Produced in Sweden · Original title Medan staden sover
Production
SF Studios
Production
Sweden
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Languages
Original title
Medan staden sover
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · September 8, 1950
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
March 8, 1956
Denmark
August 16, 1951
Finland
April 20, 1956
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