Drama · Sweden · 1990 · 1h 48m

The Guardian Angel

Skyddsängeln

Director

Cast

Philip Zandén as Jacob Etienne Glaser as Joel Birkman, Home Secretary Malin Ek as Livia Birkman, his wife Björn Kjellman as Welja, his son Gunilla Röör as Katja, his daughter Lena Nylén as Jessica, his daughter

Crew

Göran Nilsson — Director of Photography Michał Leszczyłowski — Editor Suzanne Osten — Writer Etienne Glaser — Writer Madeleine Gustafsson — Writer Ricarda Huch — Novel

Synopsis

An unspecified European country ca 1912 in the throws of political upheaval. A man only dressed in black (Jacob, played by Philip Zandén) is hired to assassinate the Interior Minister Joel Birkman (Etienne Glaser) after a particular brutal strike down of a student protest. He takes up work as the minister's bodyguard at his summer residence, and get's entangled in the affairs and politics of the Birkman family.

Mood & Themes

woman director

Key Collaborators

Suzanne Osten Director Göran Nilsson Director of Photography Michał Leszczyłowski Editor Suzanne Osten Writer Etienne Glaser Writer Madeleine Gustafsson Writer Ricarda Huch Novel Anders Birkeland Producer Mona Theresia Forsén Production Design Mona Theresia Forsén Costume Design

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