- Release Date: 1998
- Runtime: 115 min
- Genre: Crime, Thriller
- Starring: Mikael Persbrandt, Michael Kitchen, Pernilla August, Reine Brynolfsson ... see all
- Director: Kjell Sundvall
- Plot: Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.
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A brilliant movie, with a standard but good and complex plot that changes all the time.
Jan 10, 2004
Arno Mong Daastoel - imdb.com
Jan 10, 2004Arno Mong Daastoel - imdb.com
A brilliant movie, with a standard but good and complex plot that changes all the time. (Even better than any of the Swedish Hamiton and also the Beck movies where the main actor Mikael Persbrandt plays a main support role.)... Full review
An intriguing take on history
Apr 22, 2003
Jon Sturgess - imdb.com
Apr 22, 2003Jon Sturgess - imdb.com
Much has been written and speculated about this sad part of Swedish history. This movie presents an interesting view on how things may have unfolded. Almost 20 years and numerous investigations and commissions later still the whole truth has not... Full review
An excellent film which grips from start to finish
Apr 10, 2001
maralex - imdb.com
Apr 10, 2001maralex - imdb.com
This is an excellent film with high production values and the two leading actors are superb. Don't be put off by the subtitles, a lot of it is in English with Michael Kitchen doing all his own speaking in English,... Full review
A refreshing action film.
Jan 13, 2001
Bern Soto - imdb.com
Jan 13, 2001Bern Soto - imdb.com
Being tired of watching U.S. detective and spy movies, with all their over used cliches (the spy who falls in love and must not, as in "The Saint", the nice looking hero who saves the free world, the Russians as... Full review
A cross between "Day of the Jackal" and "JFK"
Feb 26, 1999
Barend - imdb.com
Feb 26, 1999Barend - imdb.com
On 28 February 1986, the Swedish prime minister, Olof Palme, was assassinated in Stockholm. The assassin has never been found. This movie tells the story of how the killing _might_ have happened, without pointing any fingers at who were pulling... Full review
Ever wondered why someone would kill the Swedish Prime Minister?
Oct 15, 1998
Barnaby J Beere - imdb.com
Oct 15, 1998Barnaby J Beere - imdb.com
An excellent, intelligent film, well written and played. Michael Kitchen is superb as the cold-blooded assassin, much more believable than some indestructable beefcake "actor". The closest comparison I can think of is to the original "Day of the Jackal" film.... Full review
A dark, well-played/directed, movie.
Aug 10, 1998
Henrik Skanfors - imdb.com
Aug 10, 1998Henrik Skanfors - imdb.com
This is the story about the killing of one of the greatest politicians in Swedish history, Olof Palme. Like the murder of JFK, many questions has popped up if involvment stretches as high as up to the government. Mikael Persbrandt... Full review
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