The Man from Majorca

Infobox Film
name = The Man from Majorca


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director = Bo Widerberg
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writer = Bo Widerberg
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distributor = AB Svensk Filmindustri
released = 1984
runtime = 102 min
country = Sweden, Denmark
language = Swedish
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imdb_id = 0087677

"The Man from Majorca" (Swedish : "Mannen från Mallorca") is a 1984 Swedish film directed by Bo Widerberg.

A chilly robber is robbing a post-office in Stockholm at Saint Lucy's Day december 13. The policemen Johansson and Jarnebring are the first on the set 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 into the case, they are beginning to reveal a bigger scandal. Meanwhile it seems that there is a cover up going on.

The movie is based on the novel “Grisfesten” by Leif GW Persson. The novel is partly based on the Geijer-affair where there was a rumour that some politicians and other powerful people in Sweden had been with prostitutes, a network organized by Doris Hopp. There was however no evidence of this, and the case was closed. But there are still those who believe that this wasn’t enough investigated, and the debate has continued to this very day.

Trivia

*Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt was originally chosen for the role of Dahlgren but was replaced by Ernst Günther due to illness just after three days of shooting.
*Some scenes were filmed without permission from the Stockholm police, like scenes in the subway, because Widerberg was impatient to wait for the permit. There were some disputes with the police during the helicopter crash scene in the last thriller The Man on the Roof at Odenplan (also seen in this movie) and for that the film team had to borrow cars from the Solna police instead.
*The movie was shot mainly on mondays due to the schemes of Sven Wollter who played theatre in Gävle and Tomas von Brömssen who played theatre in Gothenburg. Mondays were the only days that both were free.
*Bo Widerberg wanted more realistic scenes with a nerve for the car chase scene and took some additional scenes with the actors against real traffic.

Cast

*Sven Wollter - Jarnebring
*Tomas von Brömssen - Johansson
*Ernst Günther - Dahlgren
*Håkan Serner - Andersson
*Ole Ränge - Anderssons assistent
*Tommy Johnson - Rundberg
*Thomas Hellberg - Berg at SÄK
*Ingvar Hirdwall - Bergs assistent
*Rico Rönnbäck - Kjell Göran Hedberg at SÄK
*Gert Fylking - Öst, Hedbergs colleague
*Niels Jensen - Roger "Rogge" Jansson
*Marie Delleskog - Janssons fiancee
*Hans Villius - Minister of Justice
*Nina Gunke - Eva Zetterberg
*Margreth Weivers - mrs Wiström, witness at Skogskyrkogården
*Gun Karlsson - mrs Forsberg, witness to the postoffice robbery
*Carl-Olof Alm - Sven Roland Martinson, prisoner on the run
*Karin Bergstrand - mrs Wahlberg, Eva Zetterbergs neighbour
*Ann-Christin Santesson - Johanssons ex-wife
*Johan Widerberg - Johanssons son
*Jerry Martinger - prosecutor
*Tord Nordlund - Vindeln, alcoholic at Odenplan
*Sten Lonnert - Erik Harald Olsson, alcoholic and former sportjournalist

External links

*imdb title|id=0087677|title=The Man from Majorca