''Leif'' is a 1987 Swedish comedy film directed by
Claes Eriksson
Claes Ingvar Eriksson (born 27 July 1950) is a Swedish people, Swedish film director, director, screenwriter, Revue, revue artist, comedian, actor and composer.Galenskaparna och After Shave.
Plot
Gunnar Volt ( Anders Eriksson), the head of the weapons factory Kanoner & Krut ("Cannons & Gunpowder") in the small community of Rotum plans for the upcoming demonstration of a new weapon called "The Fighting Egg". However, this is interrupted by an article in the local newspaper where the signature Leif claims that the company engaged in the illegal arms trade. The name Rotum spelled backwards is mutor, which is the Swedish word for bribes. When Inspector Mård (
Peter Rangmar
Johan Peter Mikael Rangmar (November 10, 1956 – May 25, 1997) was a Swedish comedian, actor, baritone, writer and television personality who was best known as a member of Galenskaparna och After Shave.
Biography
Born in Annelund, Rangmar atte ...
) and his assistant Nilsson ( Jan Rippe), two police officers from
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
, comes to the town hell breaks out. At the same time two Iranians arrives to the office to close a deal, when the police knocks at the door. Volt, the deputy directors Max Kroger (
Claes Eriksson
Claes Ingvar Eriksson (born 27 July 1950) is a Swedish people, Swedish film director, director, screenwriter, Revue, revue artist, comedian, actor and composer.Knut Agnred) flees through the window with the Iranians. After stealing some clothes they head to Volt's brother Håkan ( Per Fritzell), which operates in the entertainment industry.
Later, after a series of incidents like Volt's wife Doris (
Kerstin Granlund
Kerstin Marianne Granlund Wedin (born 17 June 1951) is a Swedish revue artist, comedian and actress, who grew up in Trollhättan. She is primarily known as a member of the comedy group Galenskaparna och After Shave.
She is married to Liseber ...
) giving birth to their son, they decide to confront Leif at the demonstration of their latest weapons. After a car chase between the main characters and the Iranians, Volt finds out that he is Leif. The film ends with Volt quitting the weapons industry to start selling Japanese dance bands.
Kerstin Granlund
Kerstin Marianne Granlund Wedin (born 17 June 1951) is a Swedish revue artist, comedian and actress, who grew up in Trollhättan. She is primarily known as a member of the comedy group Galenskaparna och After Shave.
She is married to Liseber ...
- Doris Volt / Florence Hasselback
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Claes Eriksson
Claes Ingvar Eriksson (born 27 July 1950) is a Swedish people, Swedish film director, director, screenwriter, Revue, revue artist, comedian, actor and composer.Knut Agnred - Sven "Rambo" Larsson / Tommy Backman
* Per Fritzell - Niklas Kortnoj / Håkan Volt/ Assarsson
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Peter Rangmar
Johan Peter Mikael Rangmar (November 10, 1956 – May 25, 1997) was a Swedish comedian, actor, baritone, writer and television personality who was best known as a member of Galenskaparna och After Shave.
Biography
Born in Annelund, Rangmar atte ...
The film's story proved to compare fairly well with reality. Around the same time as it was filmed media uncovered the
Bofors scandal
The Bofors scandal was a major weapons-contract political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Indian National Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, a ...
. Regarding this, one can amuse themselves with reading the place name backwards, as it says mutor which is Swedish for bribes.
At the start of the film there is an animation that seems to be inspired by the animated introduction to
Monty Python
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's ''
Life of Brian
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