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While the City Sleeps (1950) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1950 · 102 mins · Swedish
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- Directed by
- Lars-Eric Kjellgren
- Starring
- Harriet Andersson, Inga Landgré, John Elfström, Meta Velander, Hans Sundberg, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Jompa, an unemployed young man still living with his exasperated parents, spends his nights drifting between clubs, cafés and small‑time crimes with his friends. A poker game leaves him in debt to the local thug Kalle Lund, who promises a way out: steal the cash hoarded by an elderly pensioner. If Jompa succeeds, his troubles could vanish. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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