While the City Sleeps (1950)

Original title

Medan staden sover

Directed by

Lars-Eric Kjellgren

Genre

drama film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man gets drawn into Stockholm's criminal underworld. The film follows his choices and their consequences in the city's streets.

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What happens

While the City Sleeps (Swedish: Medan staden sover), is a 1950 Swedish crime drama film directed by Lars-Eric Kjellgren and starring Sven-Eric Gamble, Inga Landgré and Adolf Jahr. It is based on the novel Ligister ( "Gangsters") by Per Anders Fogelström, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. The well-known Swedish director Ingmar Bergman provided some input on the film. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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