When Darkness Falls
movie

A film with atmosphere and condensed mystery.
Released December 26, 1960
Genres:
Overview
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.
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
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Eva Sjöström
as
Susanne Motander

Sigge Fürst
as
Docent Ahlgren
Crew

Arne Mattsson
as
Director

Bibi Lindström
as
Production Design

Rune Waldekranz
as
Producer

Lennart Wallén
as
Editor

Hilding Bladh
as
Director of Photography
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Torbjörn Lundquist
as
Original Music Composer
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David Norberg
as
Location Manager
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Bertil Wiktorsson
as
Camera Operator
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Alvar Granström
as
Costume Designer

Lars Lalin
as
Production Sound Mixer

Maria Lang
as
Novel

Maria Lang
as
Screenplay