''Breaking Out'' (Swedish title: ''Vägen ut'') is a 1999 Swedish comedy-drama film directed by

Daniel Lind Lagerlöf Daniel Lind Lagerlöf (6 February 1969 – missing since 6 October 2011) is a Swedes, Swedish film director, director, screenwriter and film producer, producer who is presumed dead. Career Lagerlöf began his work in television as an assistan ...

Plot

The film is about stage actor Reine who quits his job because he is tired of his boss messing people around. He takes a job at the

Kumla Prison Kumla Prison () is a prison facility in Kumla Municipality, Sweden. It was opened in 1965 and is Sweden's largest prison. Kumla is one of three high security prisons in Sweden holding risk inmates (security class 1). On 18 March 2009, a new sup ...

in hope that he can set up a play acted by the prisoners. The prisoners are not very interested until five of them realize that if they agree to do the play, they can escape while at a theatre. As the plot evolves, the actors are to various degrees forced to weigh this to their strengthening desire to do the play.

Cast

Björn Kjellman John Björn Sture Kjellman (born 4 June 1963) is a Swedish actor and singer. Kjellman was born in Östra Grevie, Scania. He played roles in Swedish movies like '' Klassfesten'' and '' Livet är en schlager'', in which he plays a Melodifestiva ...

as Reine *

Shanti Roney Shanti Grau Roney (born 24 November 1970) is a Swedish actor. While his film credits include nearly twenty movies, most of these have been limited to a domestic or Scandinavian release. One notable exception is Lukas Moodysson's film ''Together' ...

as Glenn *

Peter Haber Peter Alexander Haber (born 12 December 1952) is a Swedish actor. His father was German, his mother Swedish. He grew up in Skåne, Sweden, and in Remscheid, Germany. In 1987 he was hired by the Stockholm City Theatre where he was active until ...

as Jakobsson *

Viveka Seldahl Viveka Kristina Seldahl (15 March 1944 – 3 November 2001) was a Swedish actor. Born in Överammer, Jämtland, she was partner with the Swedish actor Sven Wollter from 1971 to 2001, they have the son Karl Seldahl. Besides doing television s ...

as Hillevi *

Michael Nyqvist Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist (; 8 November 1960 – 27 June 2017) was a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known for playing police officer Banck in the 1997–1998 Martin Beck TV series and for his leading role ...

as Diego *

Thomas Hanzon Sven Thomas Hanzon (born 20 June 1962) is a Swedish actor, stage actor at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and former footballer. He has worked with Ingmar Bergman in both movies and on stage. Biography Early life and football career H ...

as Ekman *

Göran Ragnerstam Göran Axel Ragnerstam (born 7 November 1957 ) is a Swedish actor. Ragnerstam was born in Stockholm; he grew up in Södermalm and later in Vällingby. His father was interested in theatre and acted out for his children. He encouraged Ragnersta ...

as Heikki * Oliver Loftéen as Andrej *

Lamine Dieng Lamine Dieng (3 February 1951 – 7 December 2021) was a Senegalese football manager. Biography Dieng was born in 1951 in Saint-Louis. During his childhood, he was impassioned with sport, particularly football, which led him to briefly play pro ...

as Kostas

References

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1999 films 1999 comedy-drama films Swedish comedy-drama films Films directed by Daniel Lind Lagerlöf 1990s Swedish-language films 1990s Swedish films {{1990s-Sweden-film-stub