Film

While the City Sleeps

1950 · 1h 42m · Drama · Crime

IMDb

6.5

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.

Sven-Eric Gamble

Jompa

Inga Landgré

Iris Lindstrom

Adolf Jahr

Iris' Father

Elof Ahrle

Manager at Lind Bilservice

John Elfström

Jompa's father

Hilding Gavle

Fencer

Carl Ström

Hansson, janitor

Ulf Palme

Kalle Lund

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs

Rutan

Märta Dorff

Iris' mother

Ilse-Nore Tromm

Jompa's mother

Ulla Smidje

Asta

Hans Sundberg

Knatten Gustafsson

Lennart Lundh

Gunnar 'Slampen' Lindström

Hans Dahlberg

Sven-Erik 'Lång-Sam' Samuelsson

Åke Hylén

Per 'Pekå' Knutsson

• Lars-Eric KjellgrenDirector · Writer
• Ingmar BergmanScreenplay
• Per Anders FogelströmNovel
• Martin BodinDirector of Photography
• Stig RybrantOriginal Music Composer
• Oscar RosanderEditor

Release date

September 8, 1950

Status

Released

Original language

Swedish

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama, Crime