Sista kontraktet (1998)

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 | Police | Sweden

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:

When Kjell Sundvall was set to direct, he was drowning in letters from people that wanted to share their theories of the actual murder of Olof Palme. This led to a decision to not slip any information about the shooting of the film to the public.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

References Goldfinger (1964)

A refreshing action film.

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 being always the evil guys and sort of) all I can say about this one is that it recaptures the original meaning of detective movies, and shows us at the same time a new perspective (the troubles by keeping the detective job secret from the family, the unusual emotional ties between the assassin and a journalist, the passive role of the government in the crime, etc).

A very well time-paced movie with a intelligent and mature plot rarely seen in detective and action movies this days. I strongly recommend it.