When Darkness Falls (1960)
1h 53m
Running Time
December 26, 1960Release Date
When Darkness Falls (1960)
1h 53m
Running Time
December 26, 1960Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Nils Asther
Tord Ekstedt, Vicar
Karl-Arne Holmsten
Christer Wijk
Birgitta Pettersson
Elisabeth Ryden
Elsa Prawitz
Barbara Sandell
Adolf Jahr
Connie Lundgren
Mimi Nelson
Hjördis, Housekeeper
George Fant
Arne Sandell
Sif Ruud
Frideborg Jansson
Hjördis Petterson
Tekla Motander
Bengt Brunskog
Mårten Gustavsson
Anna-Maria Giertz
Lotta
Eva Sjöström
Susanne Motander
Arne Mattsson
Director
Sigge Fürst
Docent Ahlgren
Maria Lang
Writer
Maritta Marke
Alice Broman
Details.
Release DateDecember 26, 1960
Original NameNär mörkret faller
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Genres
Wiki.
When Darkness Falls (Swedish: När mörkret faller) is a 1960 Swedish thriller film directed by Arne Mattsson. The film is based on Maria Langs 1954 novel Tragedi på en lantkyrkogård. The film stars Nils Asther, Karl-Arne Holmsten, Birgitta Pettersson, Elsa Prawitz, Adolf Jahr, Mimi Nelson and George Fant. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Barbro Lindström. It was followed by a sequel Lovely Is the Summer Night in 1961.