''Hajen som visste för mycket'' (''The Shark Who Knew Too Much'') is a 1989 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
Galenskaparna och After Shave is the collaborative name of two Sweden, Swedish comedy groups, Galenskaparna and After Shave, from Gothenburg.
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Plot
The rich builder Samuel Plottner (
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.Anders Eriksson) write a newspaper article entitled "Eternit sheets makes you slimmer". The headline makes Eternit sheet manufacturer Davidsson & Locks shares skyrocket and everyone wants to know what Joakim knows.
Joakim claims that the whole thing was a printing error, the article was about cooking and that the title would be "Lasagna sheets makes you slimmer". But he also has a secret. He and his two brothers, Alexander and Lukas are really the same person, something that only he and their mother, Desiree knows.
The "shark" in the title is alluding to "finance sharks" (sly and dishonest business men).
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.Kerstin Granlund as Dixie Hopper
* Jan Rippe as Helge Lock
* Peter Rangmar as Lennart CumberlandasBrons
* Per Fritzell as Benny Hörnsteen
* Knut Agnred as Reverend Himmler
* Håkan Johannesson as Jorgen Lycke
* Charlotte Strandberg as Cilly CumberlandasBrons
* Rolf Allan Håkansson as The Architect
* Laila Westersund as The lady on the street
* Charles Falk as High Guard
Tenacious trial
In 2007, a lingering lawsuit was settled regarding the film ''Hajen som visste för mycket''. Claes Eriksson reported TV4 when they found advertising in his film without his permission. Eriksson won over TV4, but the TV channel continued appeal until the matter was taken up by the
Supreme Court
In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...
. Eriksson won even there when the court said that TV4 violated Claes Eriksson through commercials.
See also
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Galenskaparna och After Shave
Galenskaparna och After Shave is the collaborative name of two Sweden, Swedish comedy groups, Galenskaparna and After Shave, from Gothenburg.
* The movie soundtrack ''Hajen som visste för mycket''