''Gentlemen'' is a 2014

romantic thriller A romantic thriller is a narrative that involves elements of the romance and thriller genres. A good thriller provides entertainment by making viewers uncomfortable with moments of suspense, the heightened feeling of anxiety and fright. A thril ...

film directed by

Mikael Marcimain Mikael Marcimain (born 17 March 1970) is a Swedish film and television director. Marcimain has primarily directed advertisements and television dramas, for which he has received several awards. Notable in his filmography are the serials ''Laserma ...

, based on the novel of the same name by

Klas Östergren Klas Östergren (born 20 February 1955) is a Swedish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and translator. Östergren had a breakthrough with his fourth novel '' Gentlemen'' in 1980. He has been awarded numerous Swedish literary prizes, ...

. The film was nominated for the 2015

Nordic Council Film Prize The Nordic Council Film Prize is an annual film prize administered by the Nordic Council. The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is the funding body that administers the prize. History The first award was handed out in 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's ...

Cast

David Dencik Karl David Sebastian Dencik (born 31 October 1974) is a Danish-Swedish actor. He has acted in both Swedish and Danish films, and has also had major roles in English-language films and series including ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2011), ''The G ...

as Henry Morgan *

Ruth Vega Fernandez Ruth Vega Fernandez (née Ruth Fernández Martín; born 12 April 1977 on Canary Islands) is a Spanish-Swedish actress. She is known for her roles in ''Call Girl (2012 film), Call Girl'' and ''Gentlemen (2014 film), Gentlemen''. She has studied a ...

as Maud * Sverrir Gudnason as Leo Morgan * David Fukamachi Regnfors as Klas Östergren *

Pernilla August Pernilla August (; born Mia Pernilla Hertzman-Ericson; 13 February 1958) is a Swedes, Swedish actor, actress, film director, director and screenwriter. Being one of Sweden's leading actresses and a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergm ...

as Greta *

Peter Carlberg Peter Sigvard Carlberg (born 8 December 1950) is a Swedish actor. He was educated at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting. Filmography Feature films *2012 - ''Call Girl'' *2011 - ''Avalon'' *2010 - '' Trust Me'' *2008 - '' Let the ...

as Birger *

Magnus Krepper Rolf Magnus Krepper (born 10 January 1967 in Norrköping, Sweden) is a Swedish actor, dancer, singer, and magician. He is a member of ''Moderna Illusionisters Cirkel''. In 2006, Krepper received the Guldbagge Award for best male role in the 2 ...

as Stene Forman *

Magnus Roosmann Nils Magnus Roosmann (born ''Bjurström''; 11 June 1963 in Söder in Stockholm (grew up in Lessebo)) is a Swedish actor. Roosmann studied at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting and after that he has been engaged at Wasa Theatre in ...

as Jazzbaronen * Sven Nordin as Franzén * Boman Oscarsson as Wilhelm Sterner *

Amanda Ooms Amanda Francisca Ooms (born 5 September 1964) is a Dutch-Swedish actress and writer. She has acted in both film and TV in Sweden and internationally. She was born in Kalmar. Ooms participates in season 10 of ''Stjärnorna på slottet'' which wa ...

as Hälardrottningen *

Staffan Göthe Lars ''Staffan'' Göthe (born 20 December 1944, in Luleå), is a Swedish playwright, actor and director.DramaDirectory He is also a professor at Malmö Theatre Academy (Teaterhögskolan i Malmö) at Lund University. He graduated from the Goth ...

as Hogarth * Sonja Richter as Tove * Liv Mjönes as Vivi * Louise Peterhoff as Nina * Anders Beckman as Knegarn *

Per Myrberg Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland Mat ...

as Sailorn * Lars Green as Willis *

Björn Andersson Björn Andersson (born 20 July 1951) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best remembered for representing Bayern Munich and was part of their European Cup victory in 1975. A full international between 1 ...

as Conny *

Dag Malmberg Dag Åke Sigvard Malmberg (born 18 January 1953) is a Swedish actor and director, best known internationally for his role as Hans Petterson in '' The Bridge''. Biography Dag Malmberg was born January 18 1953 in Gävle, Sweden. Malmberg studie ...

as Cigarrhandlare * Christopher Wagelin as Verner * Jennie Silfverhjelm as Kerstin * Per Burell as Jansen *

Lil Terselius Lil Poldi Terselius (5 November 1944 – 26 October 2021 Retrieved 27 October 2021 ) was a Swedish stage and film actress. At the 14th Guldbagge Awards she won the award for Best Actress for her role in ''Games of Love and Loneliness''. She wo ...

as Maud's mother

Production

''Gentlemen'' was shot in Stockholm,

Scania Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne ...

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

and

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

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