Deadline (2001 film)

Deadline
Directed by	Colin Nutley
Produced by	Maritha Norstedt
Written by	Liza Marklund (novel) Colin Nutley (screenplay) Anna Fredriksson (screenplay) Johanna Hald (screenplay)
Starring	Helena Bergström Niklas Hjulström Örjan Ramberg Reine Brynolfsson Pernilla August
Release date(s)	24 October 2001 (2001-10-24)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Deadline is a 2001 Swedish thriller. It was released un the U.S. as The Bomber which is a direct translation of its original Swedish title Sprängaren which is the same as the novel by Liza Marklund from which it has been adapted. It stars Helena Bergström, Örjan Ramberg, Ewa Fröling and Pernilla August amongst others.^[1] Colin Nutley was the director, and he is also married to the lead actress Helena Bergström.

Plot

Annika Bengtzon, an upcoming young newsreporter on Kvällspressens newspaper, is called to the scene of a possible terrorist attack on the new Olympic Arena, Victoria stadion in Stockholm where the northern part of the arena has been blown to pieces. Bengtzon finds out that the Swedish Olympic ambassador Christina Furhage was killed in the attack. Soon Annika Bengtzon find out that the attack could have been personal against Christina Furhage and not a terrorist attack. Soon more Olympic Arenas around Stockholm are attacked with more victims, with just months away from the Summer Olympics. A bomber with a personal agenda is on the loose.

About

The script of the film is based on the book The Bomber (Swedish: Sprängaren) by Swedish author Liza Marklund. The script for the film was written by Anna Fredriksson, Johanna Hald and Colin Nutley.

Cast

• Helena Bergström - Annika Bengtzon
• Niklas Hjulström - Thomas Samuelsson
• Örjan Ramberg - Anders Schyman
• Reine Brynolfsson - Spiken
• Brasse Brännström - Nils Langeby
• Ewa Fröling - Berit
• Pernilla August - Beata Ekesjö
• Tomas Pontén - Evert Danielsson
• Maria Lundqvist - Eva-Britt Qvist
• Tilde Fröling

References

1. ^ "Sprängaren (2001)" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?itemid=47020&type=MOVIE. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 

External links

• Deadline at the Internet Movie Database