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The Man from Majorca is a film of genre Thriller directed by Bo Widerberg with Sven Wollter
The Man from Majorca (1984)
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Add to a movie listThe Man from Majorca (Swedish: Mannen från Mallorca) is a 1984 Swedish film directed by Bo Widerberg. The film is based on the novel Grisfesten by Leif G. W. Persson. The novel has big similarities with the Geijer affair (a rumor that the Swedish minister of justice had been with prostitutes, that the Swedish police had knowledge of it and had informed the prime minister). Leif G.W. Persson lost his job at the police because talking to a journalist about his knowledge about the Geijer case, but denied in the preface of the book (Grisfesten) which he wrote soon after, that it had any connections to the affair. Sven Wollter won the award for Best Actor at the 20th Guldbagge Awards.
^ "Mannen från Mallorca (1984)". Swedish Film Institute. 9 March 2014.
Synopsis
A robber calmly holds up a post-office in Stockholm at Saint Lucy's Day December 13. The policemen Johansson and Jarnebring are the first on the scene and they chase the robber, who escapes. Shortly after, someone dies in a car accident and a dead body is found at a graveyard. After a while it is clear that these incidents has something to do with the robbery, and when the policemen are investigating further, they are beginning to reveal a bigger scandal. Meanwhile it seems that there is a cover up going on.Actors
Sven Wollter
(Bo Jarnebring)
Tomas von Brömssen
(Lars Martin 'Johan' Johansson)
Håkan Serner
(Andersson)
Ernst Günther
(M. Dahlgren)
Gert Fylking
(Öst)
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