Why it may be worth watching
- When Darkness Falls combines Crime elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Karl-Arne Holmsten, Nils Asther, Birgitta Pettersson.
Movie
When Darkness Falls
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
Karl-Arne HolmstenChrister Wijk
Nils AstherVicar Tord Ekstedt
Birgitta PetterssonElisabeth Rydén
George FantArne Sandell
Elsa PrawitzBarbara Sandell
Adolf JahrConnie Lundgren
Mimi NelsonHjördis Holm
Sif RuudFrideborg Jansson
Hjördis PettersonTekla Motander
Bengt BrunskogMårten Gustavsson
Eva SjöströmSusanne Motander
Sigge FürstDocent Ahlgren
Maritta MarkeAlice Broman
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Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Crime.
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Themes and topics
murderwhodunitcriminal investigationchristmas
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