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Tight 29-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Once Upon a Time in Franketown
2004 0h 29m SV
ActionComedyFantasy
Synopsis
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Tony is a gambler who loses everything he owns to an evil gangster. He makes one last bet and tries to win it all back. But he makes a bad call and loses his soul. Now he has 24 hours to give the gangster some money. Or he will become his slave forever.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jonas Rimeika
Tony
Anna Persson
Jenny
Maria Kulle
Mother
Jan Ericson
Nwanga
Gorki Glaser-Müller
Franke
Caisa-Stina Forssberg
Svetlana
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Alain Darborg
- Writers
- Mikael Emtinger
- Countries
- Sweden
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Alain Darborg directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Sweden.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 29-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 22 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Jonas Rimeika and Anna Persson and Maria Kulle carry the top of the cast.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 29 min · 0h 29m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- SV
Also by
Alain Darborg
Production companies
Who made it
- FA
FantomFilm Produktion
SE
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2004-07-19
Also known as
International titles
- Ett skjul av furu träSE
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