''While the Attorney Is Asleep'' ( da, Mens sagføreren sover) is a 1945 Danish

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Johan Jacobsen Johan Jacobsen (born 14 March 1912 in Aarhus – died 7 July 1972 in Copenhagen) was a Danish film director. His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865-1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886-1968). From the 1940s Jacobsen dir ...

and starring

Gunnar Lauring Gunnar Lauring (31 October 1905 – 21 February 1968) was a Danish stage and film actor. He was the brother of the writer Palle Lauring (1909–1996). Filmography * ' – 1935 * '' Week-End'' – 1935 * ''Panserbasse'' – 1936 * '' Blaavan ...

Cast

as Erik Jessen *

Beatrice Bonnesen Beatrice Bonnesen (21 October 1906 – 19 January 1979) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 21 films between 1926 and 1974. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark. She was the daughter of mathematician Tommy Bonnesen ...

as Else Jessen *

Christian Arhoff Christian Hansen Arhoff (26 January 1893 in Horsens – 9 August 1973) was a Danish stage and film actor. Arhoff joined the National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark in 1941. Selected filmography *'' Talende film'' - 1923 *''Kraft og skønh ...

as Magnus Stripp *

Elith Pio Viggo Elith William Pio (3 July 1887 – 10 February 1983) was a Danish actor of stage, screen, radio and television. He is most noted for starring roles in films such as Carl Theodor Dreyer's '' Leaves from Satan's Book'', Johan Jacobsen's '' J ...

as Robert Jensen *

Gerda Neumann Gerda Neumann (14 December 1915 – 26 January 1947) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in nine films between 1936 and 1947. She was born in Copenhagen and died in the 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen airplane crash in Copenhagen, Denm ...

as Lilian Berner *

Sam Besekow Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictio ...

as Takituki *

Poul Reichhardt Poul David Reichhardt (2 February 1913 – 31 October 1985) was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies. Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also starred in '' Huset på Christiansh ...

as Charlie *

Freddy Albeck Freddy or Freddie may refer to: Entertainment *Freddy (comic strip), a newspaper comic strip which ran from 1955 to 1980 *Freddie (Cromartie), a character from the Japanese manga series''Cromartie High School'' *Freddie (dance), a short-lived 1960 ...

as Joe *

Gunnar Lemvigh Gunnar Lemvigh (28 March 1909 – 16 November 1979) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 52 films between 1939 and 1977. Filmography * '' Familien Gyldenkål vinder valget'' (1977) * '' Agent 69 Jensen i Skorpionens tegn'' (1977) * '' ...

as Mike *

Per Gundmann Per Gundmann (30 January 1906 – 6 October 1967) was a Danish stage and film actor. Filmography *''Fem raske piger'' – 1933 *'' Kidnapped'' – 1935 *'' Week-End'' – 1935 *''Snushanerne'' – 1936 *'' Frøken Møllers jubilæum'' – 1937 ...

as Sam *

Valdemar Skjerning Valdemar Skjerning (31 October 1887 – 19 August 1970) was a Danish stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the th ...

as Mr. Jorgensen *

Knud Heglund Knud Heglund (10 July 1894 – 1 September 1960) was a Danish stage and film actor. Filmography *''Tretten år'' (1932) *''De blaa drenge'' (1933) * '' Flight from the Millions'' (1934) *'' Under byens tage'' (1938) *''En pige med pep'' (194 ...

as Tardini

External links

* 1945 films 1940s Danish-language films 1945 crime films Danish black-and-white films Films directed by Johan Jacobsen Danish crime films {{1940s-crime-film-stub