In December 1945 a Swede sets out for Europe. Writer Gunnar Wern leaves everything behind when he heads for Berlin to help rebuild war-torn Europe. He doesn’t find time for the Wittgenstein he was planning to read on the rain, for his attention is taken up by his fellow travelers. There’s the bickering elderly gay couple, the cynical doctor conspiring with his mistress to murder his wife, the wounded soldier who seems to injure himself even more every time Gunnar sets eyes on him, the group of Baltic refugees and, last but not least, the pedantic sleeping – guard. Not all of them will make it to Berlin alive… With a touch of slapstick and dark wit, it has all the elegance of „Murder on Orient Express“. It is also a brilliant illustration of Wittgenstein’s assertion that „nothing is necessarily what it appears to be“.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 37 min.
- Country, year
- Sweden, 2003
- Genre
- Thriller, Comedy
- Language
- Swedish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Peter Dalle
- Screenplay
- Peter Dalle
- Cinematography
- Göran Hallberg
- Cast
- Gustaf Hammarsten, Magnus Roosmann, Robert Gustafsson, Gösta Ekman, Peter Dalle, Kristina Törnqvist, Anna Björk, Lena Nyman, Lars Amble
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Peter Dalle
Peter Dalle, born in 1956, is a director, scriptwriter and actor. He works for the Royal theatre in Stockholm as well as for TV and cinema. He created one of the Sweden’s most popular TV series of all time with his comedy „Lorry“. His early cinema films such as „The dream house“, „Yrrol: an enormously well thought out movie“, and „Unmarried couples: a comedy that will break you up“ were box office hits.
