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While the Door Was Locked
Directed by	Hasse Ekman
Written by	Hasse Ekman
Produced by	Europafilm
Starring	Tollie Zellman Olof Winnerstrand Inga Landgré Marianne Löfgren Hasse Ekman Gunn Wållgren Gunnar Björnstrand Gösta Cederlund
Music by	Miff Görling Nathan Görling
Release date	1946
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

While the Door Was Locked (Swedish:Medan porten var stängd) is a 1946 Swedish drama film directed by Hasse Ekman.

Plot summary

In an apartment building at an address in Östermalm, Stockholm the residents and their guests each play their part in a night full of drama, while the door is locked.

Cast

Tollie Zellman as Cora Anker, actress
Olof Winnerstrand as Hugo Sjöwall
Inga Landgré as Birgit Ström
Marianne Löfgren as fröken Bojan Olsson, prostitute
Hasse Ekman as Torsten "Totte" von Breda, Captain
Gunn Wållgren as Marianne Sahlén, flight attendant
Gunnar Björnstrand as Erik Sahlén
Gösta Cederlund as Karl-Otto Rosander
Nils Kihlberg as Anders Holmkvist
Hjördis Petterson as Frida Johansson, the porter's wife
Douglas Håge as Emil Johansson, the porter
Hampe Faustman as Tomas Ekberg, journalist
Stig Järrel as Bojan's customer
Tord Stål as Kastgren, police
Gunnar Öhlund as Erlandson, police

External links

Hasse Ekman

Hasse Ekman
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Films written	Thunder and Lightning (1938) Hjältar i gult och blått (1940) Swing it, magistern! (1940) The Teachers on Summer Vacation (1941) Men of the Navy (1943) Life and Death (1943) Love Goes Up and Down (1946) The Kiss on the Cruise (1950) Resan till dej (1953) You Are My Adventure (1958) Swinging at the Castle (1959)
Television	Niklasons (1965)
Lyrics	"Swing it, magistern!" "Regntunga skyar"