''Cockpit'' is a 2012 Swedish film directed by

Mårten Klingberg Tomas Mårten Klingberg (born 1 April 1968) is a Swedish actor, screenwriter and director. Klingberg is best known for his role as Nick in the films about the police detective Martin Beck. Selected filmography *'' Beck – Rum 302'' (2015) *'' ...

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Plot

After getting fired from his job as a pilot and dumped by his wife, Valle seeks to find a new job. Out of desperation on the job market he disguises himself as a woman in order to get a job from Silver, a company seeking a female pilot. The lines between his female and male life, as well as his personal and love life, starts to become a blur. Valle gets drawn deeper into the conspiracy when he accidentally becomes a national hero after a successful emergency landing. "She" is dubbed "an angel in the cockpit". Media celebrate "her" image as a role model for girls and a living proof that women handle mentally demanding jobs just as well as men. The bubble is popped when Valle's co-pilot comes forward, claiming that "the angel in the cockpit" panicked so bad that "she" had to be knocked unconscious in order for the plane to be landed safely. Black box recording confirms this version. The incident quickly becomes the topic of a heated debate concerning women's rights, abilities, and affirmation policies. Feeling that he owes it to the women he's inadvertently endangered, Valle, still dressed as a woman, reveals his real identity in order to make the public understand that his failure was not a gender issue, but simply the fault of a human being.

Cast

Jonas Karlsson Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author. Karlsson was born in Salem. He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie ''Details''. He published his first book, a collection of short stories, in ...

as Valle *

Björn Gustafsson Lars Björn Gustafsson (born 19 February 1986) is a Swedish comedian and actor. He is known from TV shows such as ''Parlamentet'' and '' Stockholm Live''. Early and personal life Gustafsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He studied at the C ...

as Albin *Björn Andersson as Harald *

as Jens *

Chatarina Larsson Ingrid Chatarina Larsson is a Swedish actress born on 2 April 1947 in Stockholm. Career Larsson's first appearance was with her father, in Lisebergsteatern in 1964, in the variety show ''Far i luften''. She studied at drama school in Malmö ...

as Susanna *

Sofia Ledarp Sofia Marianne Ledarp (born 8 April 1974) is a Swedish actress. Born in the Stockholm suburb Hägersten, she studied at Luleå Theatre Academy 1996–2000. In January 2008, she received the Guldsolen and Guldbagge Awards for her role as L ...

as Annika *

Gustav Levin Tor Gustav Ebbe Levin (born 10 September 1952 in Sigtuna, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. He studied at Skara Skolscen and later at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting. Filmography Film * ''Pillertrillaren'' (1994) * ''The Christmas Ora ...

as Peter *Karin Lithman as Caroline *

Tanja Lorentzon Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Lorentzon (née Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Koukonen; born 25 September 1971), previously known as Tanja Svedjeström, is a Sweden-Finnish actress and dramatist of Finnish descent. Internationally, she is probably best known for he ...

* Ellen Mattsson as Maria * Marie Robertson as Cecilia *Måns Westfelt as Gunnar *Carina Söderman as Rakel *Sonny Johnson as Pacient

References

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* * 2012 films 2012 comedy films 2010s Swedish-language films Films directed by Mårten Klingberg Swedish comedy films Cross-dressing in film 2010s Swedish films {{2010s-Sweden-film-stub