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The Last Contract
''The Last Contract'' ( sv, Sista kontraktet) is a 1998 Swedish thriller film directed by Kjell Sundvall. It is a work of fiction about the circumstances surrounding the actual murder of the Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister Olof Palme on 28 February 1986. A Swedish police officer (played by Mikael Persbrandt) discovers the plan to assassinate Palme and tries to prevent it. The film also stars Pernilla August, Reine Brynolfsson and Cecilia Ljung. The film is based on a novel by an anonymous writer, who used the pseudonym "John W. Grow", which suggests that a British professional assassin (played by Michael Kitchen) was hired to kill Olof Palme. Plot The film suggests that a British professional hit-man was hired by the CIA to assassinate the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, because of Palme's stance on nuclear weapons in Scandinavia. The hit-man (Michael Kitchen) works for money alone and is very careful. He finds a Norwegian man ( Bjørn Floberg) that hates the Swedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjell Sundvall
Kjell Gösta Sundvall (born 31 March 1953) is a Swedish director/producer. Sundvall has directed a series of films about the police officer Martin Beck (played by Peter Haber). Selected filmography *2015 - ''Prästen i paradiset'' *2015 - ''I nöd eller lust'' *2011 - '' Jägarna 2'' *2008 - '' Livet i Fagervik'' (TV series) *2008 - ''Ulvenatten'' *2007 - '' Beck – Gamen'' *2006 - ''Beck – Advokaten'' *2005 - '' Vinnare och förlorare'' *2004 - '' Hotet'' *2002 - ''Grabben i graven bredvid'' from the book by Katarina Mazetti *2002 - '' Beck – Enslingen'' *2002 - '' Beck – Kartellen'' *2001 - ''Beck – Hämndens pris'' *1999 - ''Tomten är far till alla barnen'' *1998 - ''c/o Segemyhr'' *1998 - '' Sista Kontraktet'' (The Last Contract) *1997 - '' Beck – Pensionat Pärlan'' *1996 - '' Jägarna'' (Hunters) *1986 - '' I lagens namn'' *1983 - ''Lyckans ost'' *1981 - ''Inget att bråka om, Johansson'' (TV film) *1980 - '' Vi hade i alla fall tur med vädret'' (TV film) *1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Floberg
Bjørn Floberg (born 12 September 1947) is a Norwegian actor of film, television and theatre. He is particularly noted for playing unsympathetic authority figures, but he has also had success playing other types of roles. Career Theatre Floberg joined Det Norske Teatret (The Norwegian Theatre) in 1972, appearing in such plays as ''The Caretaker'', ''When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?'', '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', and ''Saint Joan of the Stockyards''. Particularly notable roles include Molière in Mikhail Bulgakov's ''The Cabal of Hypocrites'', the title role in ''Volpone'', and Jean in ''Miss Julie''. In recent years he has played various roles at Nationaltheatret, including Devlin in '' Ashes to Ashes'' and Professor Kroll in ''Rosmersholm''. Floberg is particularly fond of Harold Pinter. In an interview with ''Aftenposten'', he said: " inter'stexts are like butter in my mouth", and added that Pinter's plays are distinguished by "character disintegration". On different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Crime Thriller Films
Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language * Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity ** A national or citizen of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden ** Culture of Sweden * Swedish cuisine See also * * Swedish Church (other) * Swedish Institute (other) * Swedish invasion (other) * Swedish Open (other) Swedish Open is a tennis tournament. Swedish Open may also refer to: *Swedish Open (badminton) * Swedish Open (table tennis) *Swedish Open (squash) *Swedish Open (darts) The Swedish Open is a darts tournament established in 1969, held in Malmà ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Swedish-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In 1985
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Kjell Sundvall
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Crime Thriller Films
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghanistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Films
The year 1998 in film involved many significant films, including '' Shakespeare in Love'' (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), '' Saving Private Ryan'','' Armageddon'' (which was the top grossing film of the year in the United States), '' American History X'', '' The Truman Show'', ''Primary Colors'', '' ''Rushmore'''', ''Rush Hour'', '' There's Something About Mary'', '' The Big Lebowski'', and Terrence Malick's directorial return in '' The Thin Red Line''. DreamWorks SKG released its first two animated films: '' Antz'' and ''The Prince of Egypt''. The ''Pokémon'' theatrical film series started with '' Pokémon: The First Movie''. Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary. The year saw two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids, '' Armageddon'' and ''Deep Impact'', becoming box office success, with ''Armageddon'' becoming the more popular of the two. It was also the highest grossing film of 1998 worldwide. Highest-grossing films The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasse Petterson
Lasse Petterson (born ''Lars Anders Pettersson''; 8 April 1935 in Östersund – 30 March 2019) was a Swedish actor. Filmography Film *''91:an Karlsson muckar (tror han)'' (1959) *''Barna från Blåsjöfjället'' (1980) *''Höjdhoppar'n'' (1981) *''Råttornas vinter'' (1988) *'' Roseanna'' (1993) *''Sommaren'' (1995) *''En liten julsaga'' (1999) *''Om inte'' (2001) *''Grabben i graven bredvid'' (2002) *''As It Is in Heaven ''As It Is in Heaven'' ( sv, Så som i himmelen) is a 2004 Swedish musical film directed by Kay Pollak and starring Michael Nyqvist and Frida Hallgren. It was a box office hit in Sweden and several other countries. It was nominated for Best Fore ...'' (2004) *''One Step Behind'' (2005) Television *''Kråsnålen'' (1988) *''Den vite riddaren'' (1994) References External links *http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=115543 * People from Östersund 2019 deaths 1935 births Swedish male actors {{Sweden-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Andrée
Leif Allan Andrée (born Leif Allan Johansson 29 January 1958 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actor. Andrée has been engaged at Teater Galeasen, Riksteatern, Chinateatern, Stockholm City Theatre and Unga Riks. Films *'' Kvinnorna på taket'' (1989) * 1989 – ''1939'' *''The Rabbit Man'' (1990) * 1990 – ''Blackjack'' *'' "Harry Lund" lägger näsan i blöt!'' (1991) *''Mord och passion'' (1991) *''Luigis Paradis'' (1991) * 1992 – '' Blueprint'' *''Min store tjocke far'' (1992) * 1993 – '' Chefen fru Ingeborg'' * 1994 – ''Den vite riddaren'' *'' Sommaren'' (1995) *'' Kalle Blomkvist - Mästerdetektiven lever farligt'' (1996) * 1997 – '' Pelle Svanslös'' *'' The Last Contract'' (1998) * 1998 – '' Pip-Larssons'' *1998 - ''S:t Mikael'' *1998 - '' Rederiet'' * 1999 – ''Eva & Adam'' *''Tomten är far till alla barnen'' (1999) *' (2000) *'' Hur som helst är han jävligt död'' (2000) *''Pelle Svanslös och den stora skattjakten'' (2000) *'' Once in a Lifetime'' (2000) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Ekborg
Jon Anders Ekborg (born 9 October 1960) is a Swedish actor and singer who has performed the roles of Karl Oskar in ''Kristina från Duvemåla'' and Freddie Trumper in ''Chess'', two musicals that were written by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. He has also acted in many Swedish-language versions of musicals, such as Jekyll and Hyde, ''Evita'' and ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. He has been married to the actress Lia Boysen. Ekborg also toured extensively throughout Sweden, mostly accompanied by Bengt Magnusson and Anders Lundqvist. He has released one album in his own name; ''Äkta Vara'' (2006). Additionally, he has appeared in numerous gala concerts including Rhapsody in Rock. In 2007 he appeared in two huge arena shows; Queen - Another kind of magic and The Christmas Show. In 2008 he performed the role of Warrior in London - the Musical, and 14 July he took part in the birthday celebration of the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria. In 2009 Ekborg did The Spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Ragnar
Per Ragnar, ''Per-Erik Ragnar'' (born 29 May 1941), is a Swedish actor, director and author. Biography Ragnar was born in Kalmar, Sweden and is the son of district manager Hans Ragnar and the postal clerk Karin, née Pettersson. Ragnar trained at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in 1962-65. The following year he got a job as director's assistant to Ingmar Bergman (on his stage production of Peter Weiss' play ''The Investigation''), where Ragnar states he learned a lot on the art of acting and directing from "the master", just by watching and listening when Bergman worked with his actors and the script. In 1968 Per Ragnar had his breakthrough as an actor, earning much critical acclaim and audience praise for his performances in the Arnold Wesker "trilogy" staged that year in Sweden: ''Hönssoppa med korngryn (Chicken Soup with Barley)'', ''Rötter (Roots)'' and ''Jag talar om Jerusalem (I'm talking about Jerusalem)''. The same year he also made his film-breakthrough with '' Korri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
