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Director:

Peter Dalle

Writer:

Peter Dalle (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

25 December 2003 (Sweden) more

Genre:

Comedy | Thriller more

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations more

User Comments:

Excellent slapstick comedy in black and white. more (15 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gustaf Hammarsten ... Gunnar
Magnus Roosmann ... Henry
Anna Björk ... Marie
Kristina Törnqvist ... Karin
Robert Gustafsson ... Soldier
Peter Dalle ... Conductor
Lena Nyman ... Märit
Gösta Ekman ... Pompe
Lars Amble ... Sixten
Jakob Stefansson ... Kyparen
Claes Ljungmark ... Bartendern
Lakke Magnusson ... Hovmästaren
Marie Göranzon ... Nun 1
Hanna Ekman ... Young nun (as Hanna Fred Ekman)
Ella Bjurling ... Flicka i vit kappa
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Illusive Tracks (International: English title)
Skenbart (Sweden) (short title)
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Runtime:

Sweden:100 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Black and White | Color (final scene)

Sound Mix:

DTS


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Peter Dalle (the director) didn't want to do any acting in the movie, but after "some certain people" (Dalle's own words) thought he should act, he agreed to be the Conductor. more

Goofs:

Continuity: When Gunnar is talking to Sixten and Pompe, Sixten lays his newspaper on the table. It's folded and the header is upward. In the next shot the paper is up-side-down with the header downwards. more

Quotes:

Sixten: Just give me a bucket of Absinthe and a straw... more

Movie Connections:

References Braindead (1992) more


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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent slapstick comedy in black and white., 17 January 2004
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Author: Fabian Lidman (fabianl) from Gothenburg, Sweden

Skenbart takes place in the 1940s, right after the second world war. Main character Gunnar (Gustav Hammarsten) quits his job to get a chance to "make a difference" in the bombed-out postwar Europe. He packs a book by his favourite philisopher, Ludwig Witgenstein, and embarks on a trip which will eventually prove Witgenstein's famous statement true: Nothing is what it seems.

There are two main plots, and several subplots, to this film, which takes place on a train bound for Berlin. Writer/Director Peter Dalle (also playing the role as the conductor of the train) has assembled an impressive cast including swedish legends Lena Nyman, Gösta Ekman and Robert Gustafsson. Overall, the acting is excellent.

Skenbart offers some rather twisted slapstick comedy combined with more subtle black humor (like the nun who loses her faith and starts cursing violently). It's like Killinggänget meets Peter Jackson (Braindead, Bad Taste) in Schindler's List. I laughed during most of the film, and when i woke up the next morning i laughed even more. An intelligent film for fans of Swedish comedy.

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