While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps (1950)

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Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafés and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, Jompa becomes indebted to the criminal Kalle Lund. Of course, Jompa is unable to pay, but Kalle gives him a tip: an old fetcher has always a lot of money at home, and if Jompa could get his hands on the money, his troubles would disappear... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Date of release
1950-09-08
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Lars-Eric Kjellgren

Casting

Interesting facts

While the City Sleeps, 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.

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