''Executive Protection'' ( sv, Livvakterna, meaning "The Bodyguards") is a Swedish
action film from 2001 directed by
Anders Nilsson. It is the second film in the series about police officer
Johan Falk
''Johan Falk'' is a Swedish film series about a fictional police officer named Johan Falk, played by Jakob Eklund. It consists of 20 films that were released between 1999 and 2015. Fifteen of these films were released directly on DVD.
The last ...
(
Jakob Eklund).
Plot summary
Sven Persson (Samuel Fröler), who owns a
textile company
A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of people, whether Natural person, natural, Legal person, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common p ...
in
Estonia, hires Nikolaus Lehman (Christoph M. Ohrt) to take care of local
gangsters who are attempting to pressure Persson into paying 'protection' money. To Persson's surprise and shock, Lehman takes care of the problem by killing the gangsters and demands a share of the company's profit. A threatened Persson seeks out his old friend and
police officer Johan Falk (Jakob Eklund), who has been assigned a desk job as a disciplinary action by his superiors.
Falk realizes that the police can't do anything to protect Persson and his family, and seeks out a
security company run by Mårtenson (Krister Henriksson) and Pernilla (Alexandra Rapaport). They agree to help Persson and Falk is offered a job at the company, which he quickly accepts.
Cast (partial)
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Jakob Eklund as Johan Falk
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Samuel Fröler as Sven Persson
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Alexandra Rapaport as Pernilla
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Lia Boysen
Lia Marika Boysen (born 6 April 1966) is a Swedish actress. She has been married to Anders Ekborg and they have two daughters. In 2006 she received a Guldbagge Award for her role in the film ''Sök''. She has also narrated audiobooks, among th ...
as Jeanette Persson, Sven Persson's wife
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Christoph M. Ohrt
Christoph M. Ohrt (born 30 March 1960, in Hamburg) is a German film and television actor. One of his best known roles was the portrayal of Felix Edel on the German television series '' Edel & Starck''
Life
Ohrt grew up in Hamburg and attended ...
as Nikolaus Lehman
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Marie Richardson as Helén, Johan Falk's girlfriend
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Krister Henriksson as Mårtenson
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Fredrik Dolk as Kroon
External links
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2001 films
Police detective films
Swedish detective films
Swedish action thriller films
2001 action thriller films
2000s Swedish-language films
2000s Swedish films
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