Sista kontraktet (1998)

Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.

Director:

Kjell Sundvall

Writers:

Mats Arehn (screenplay), Johan Bogaeus (screenplay)

Stars:

Mikael Persbrandt, Michael Kitchen, Pernilla August

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mikael Persbrandt	...	Roger Nyman
Michael Kitchen	...	Ray Lambert
Pernilla August	...	Nina Nyman
Reine Brynolfsson	...	Bo Ekman
Bjørn Floberg	...	Tom Nielsen
Jacqueline Ramel	...	Helene Salonen
Cecilia Ljung	...	Lisa Holmgren
Joakim Forslund	...	Markus Nyman
Julia Dehnisch	...	Josefin Nyman
Agnes Granberg	...	Sara Nyman
Johan Lindell	...	Bernhard Lange
Mathias Henrikson	...	Peter Bark
Donald Högberg	...	Appelqvist
Per Ragnar	...	KG
Paul Birchard	...	Bertram Norris

Storyline

Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1985 | year 1986 | title appears in writing | security police | reference to james bond | 

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Taglines:

This time the world did not ask why.

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Sweden Norway Finland

Language:

Swedish English

Release Date:

6 March 1998 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

The Last Contract

Filming Locations:

Gröndalstudion, Gröndal, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Box Office

Budget:

SEK24,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,899

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmlance International AB, Yellow Cottage A/S, Kinoproduction

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Kjell Sundvall was set to direct, he was drowning in letters from people that wanted to share their theories of the actual murder of Olof Palme. This led to a decision to not slip any information about the shooting of the film to the public.

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Goofs

The assassin's villa is said to be in Valetta on Malta but from the surrounding mountains seen across the bay this is obviously incorrect and appears to be Cape Town, South Africa.

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Quotes

Roger Nyman, the secret police: You don't kill prime ministers in this country!

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Connections

References Bröderna Mozart (1986)

User Reviews

A cross between "Day of the Jackal" and "JFK"

On 28 February 1986, the Swedish prime minister, Olof Palme, was assassinated in Stockholm. The assassin has never been found. This movie tells the story of how the killing _might_ have happened, without pointing any fingers at who were pulling the threads. Swedish policeman Roger Nyman is promoted to the Special Branch/Secret police. He stumbles across the information that an international hitman is in Sweden. What is he up to? As Nyman uncovers the chilling truth, his investigation is ignored, if not directly hampered by his superiors.

The movie shows an interesting and vivid account of Sweden in the mid-eighties, and in a way accuses the Swedish general public of allowing an atmosphere to arise, in which the assassination became possible. But it also works as an exciting thriller, even if you have never heard the name Olof Palme before. A cross between "The Day of the Jackal" and Oliver Stone's "JFK" springs to mind. This movie deserves a larger audience than, as a Swedish film, it is probably going to get.