The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)

After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.

Director:

Felix Herngren

Writers:

Felix Herngren (screenplay), Hans Ingemansson (screenplay)

Stars:

Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Gustafsson	...	Allan Karlsson
Mia Skäringer	...	Gunilla
Iwar Wiklander	...	Julius
David Wiberg	...	Benny Ljungberg
Jens Hultén	...	Gäddan
David Shackleton	...	Herbert Einstein
Ralph Carlsson	...	Chief Inspector Göran Aronsson
Georg Nikoloff	...	Iouli Popov
Alan Ford	...	Pim
Simon Säppenen	...	Bulten
Sven Lönn	...	Hans Claesson aka Hinken
Bianca Cruzeiro	...	Caracas
Gustav Deinoff	...	Ricky Claesson
Tumba	...	Sonja the Elephant
Sonja	...	Sonja the Elephant

Storyline

Based on the internationally best-selling novel by Jonas Jonasson, the unlikely story of a 100-year-old man who decides it's not too late to start over. For most people it would be the adventure of a lifetime, but Allan Karlsson's unexpected journey is not his first. For a century he's made the world uncertain, and now he is on the loose again.

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Plot Keywords:

black comedy | nonlinear timeline | escape | soviet union | cold war | 

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Taglines:

Det är som det är och det blir som det blir.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Original literary work:

• "Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann", novel by Jonas Jonasson, Piratförlaget Publishing, Stockholm, 2009, 394 p., ISBN: 978-91-64202-96-3.

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Goofs

In the movie, when Allan meets Truman during the Trinity Test, Truman is the Vice President and FDR dies shortly thereafter. In reality FDR died several months earlier and Truman was president well before the test.

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Quotes

Allan Karlsson: If you want to kill me, you'd better hurry, because I'm 100 years old.

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Connections

Featured in The Oscars (2016)

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Soundtracks

Twisted basterdz
Performed by Sound Chefs feat. Dirty Teddy

User Reviews

What a delight

A centenarian in an elderly home decides to walk out moments they were about to host party for his 100th birthday.

On the surface, how eventful an event could this be? Well you would be surprised. He goes to the bus station and with the little money he had buys a one way ticket out of town. A stranger asks him to look out for his luggage and though he agreed he decided to steal it and little did he know that it was filled with money which made him a wanted man.

From then on, we follow this centenarian who tries to avoid the elderly home who sent for him, the gang who owned the stolen money as well as the police. His action plan: none! He took it a step at a time and the audience were treated to en ever ending hilarious situations all the way to the end.

Clever plot, well made in a way that actually made it somewhat believable (unlike the Hollywood tendency to go way over the top) this was an unexpected treat.

Details

Country:

Sweden Russia UK France Spain Germany

Language:

Swedish German English Spanish French Russian

Release Date:

8 May 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Centenarian Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Filming Locations:

Sweden

Box Office

Budget:

SEK63,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$944,193

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$51,167,572

Company Credits

Production Co:

NICE FLX Pictures, FLX, Nice Drama

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1