Executive Protection

2001 1h 52m SV

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 63

ActionThrillerCrime

Synopsis

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After causing a commotion with his last assignment, Falk has been given a desk job, which hardly agrees with his personality, and he ends up accepting an offer from an old friend to buy into a private investigation agency. Another friend of Falk's, Sven, purchased a business in Estonia, and when local gangsters attempted to pressure him into paying protection money, Sven retained the services of Nikolaus Lehmann, a burly private eye, to throw them off his trail. However, Lehmann does his job all too well, murdering the racketeers, and then threatening Sven and his family. With no where else to turn, Sven asks Falk to help him deal with the crazed Lehmann; Falk agrees, but soon realizes he's dealing with a more dangerous man than he imagined when Lehmann kidnaps Falk's wife Jeanette, and then releases her with a time bomb locked around her neck, demanding that Falk hand over ownership of his detective agency to Lehmann.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jakob Eklund
Johan Falk
Samuel Fröler
Sven Persson
Alexandra Rapaport
Pernilla
Marie Richardson
Helén Andersson
Per Burell
Torbjörn
Krister Henriksson
Mårtenson
Christoph M. Ohrt
Nikolaus Lehman
Lia Boysen
Jeanette Persson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anders Nilsson
Writers: Joakim Hansson, Anders Nilsson
Languages: English, Estonian, Swedish, German
Countries: Sweden

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Estonian, Swedish, German.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Johan Falk Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Darek Hodor shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jakob Eklund and Samuel Fröler and Alexandra Rapaport carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0220623 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 63 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Anders Nilsson directs. Darek Hodor cuts. Produced in Sweden. Dialogue in English, Estonian, Swedish, German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Estonian, Swedish, German.
3Part of the "Johan Falk Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Editor Darek Hodor shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Jakob Eklund and Samuel Fröler and Alexandra Rapaport carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0220623 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 63 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "police", "bomb", "kidnapping", "gangster".