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When Darkness Falls

5.619601h 53mMovieCrime

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…

DirectorArne Mattsson
WriterMaria Lang
ProducerRune Waldekranz

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Cast · Directed by Arne Mattsson

KHKarl-Arne Holmsten
Karl-Arne Holmsten
Christer Wijk
NANils Asther
Nils Asther
Vicar Tord Ekstedt
BPBirgitta Pettersson
Birgitta Pettersson
Elisabeth Rydén
GFGeorge Fant
George Fant
Arne Sandell
EPElsa Prawitz
Elsa Prawitz
Barbara Sandell
AJAdolf Jahr
Adolf Jahr
Connie Lundgren
MNMimi Nelson
Mimi Nelson
Hjördis Holm
SRSif Ruud
Sif Ruud
Frideborg Jansson
HPHjördis Petterson
Hjördis Petterson
Tekla Motander
BBBengt Brunskog
Bengt Brunskog
Mårten Gustavsson
ES
Eva Sjöström
Susanne Motander
SFSigge Fürst
Sigge Fürst
Docent Ahlgren

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