Sista kontraktet (1998)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Kjell Sundvall

Writers:

John W. Grow (novel)
Mats Arehn (writer) ...

Release Date:

6 March 1998 (Sweden)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Sveavägen/Tunnelgatan. 28 februari 1986. Kl. 23.21

Plot:

Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Assassin | Prime Minister | Sweden | Police

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Mikael Persbrandt	...	Roger Nyman, the secret police
Michael Kitchen	...	John Gales alias Ray Lambert, the assasin
Pernilla August	...	Nina Nyman, Roger Nyman's wife
Reine Brynolfsson	...	Bo Ekman, policeofficer and Roger Nyman's best friend
Bjørn Floberg	...	Tom Nielsen, the hitman
Jacqueline Ramel	...	Helene Salonen, the secret police
Cecilia Ljung	...	Holmgren, Lisa, journalist
Joakim Forslund	...	Markus Nyman, Roger's child
Julia Brådhe-Dehnisch	...	Josefin Nyman (as Julia Dehnisch)
Agnes Granberg	...	Sara Nyman, Roger's child
Johan Lindell	...	Bernhard Lange, the secret police
Mathias Henrikson	...	Peter Bark
Donald Högberg	...	Appelqvist, the secret police
Per Ragnar	...	KG, the secret police
Paul Birchard	...	Bertram Norris

Also Known As:

Den siste kontrakten (Norway)
The Last Contract
Viimeinen sopimus (Finland)

Runtime:

Argentina:115 min | Australia:109 min | France:114 min | Japan:110 min | Sweden:107 min

Country:

Sweden | Norway | Finland

Language:

Swedish | English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Eurimages

Trivia:

This movie was originally in pre-production in 1993 when producer Börje Hansson led hands on the still un-released novel but wasn't able to find a proper director.

Quotes:

Roger Nyman, the secret police: You don't kill prime ministers in this country!

Movie Connections:

References Goldfinger (1964)

A cross between "Day of the Jackal" and "JFK"

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 the threads. Swedish policeman Roger Nyman is promoted to the Special Branch/Secret police. He stumbles across the information that an international hitman is in Sweden. What is he up to? As Nyman uncovers the chilling truth, his investigation is ignored, if not directly hampered by his superiors.

The movie shows an interesting and vivid account of Sweden in the mid-eighties, and in a way accuses the Swedish general public of allowing an atmosphere to arise, in which the assassination became possible. But it also works as an exciting thriller, even if you have never heard the name Olof Palme before. A cross between "The Day of the Jackal" and Oliver Stone's "JFK" springs to mind. This movie deserves a larger audience than, as a Swedish film, it is probably going to get.