The Man from Majorca
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| Swedish | Mannen från Mallorca |
| Directed by | Bo Widerberg |
| Produced by | Göran Lindström |
| Written by | Bo Widerberg |
| Screenplay by | Bo Widerberg |
| Based on |
Pig Party by Leif G.W. Persson |
| Starring |
Sven Wollter Tomas von Brömssen |
| Music by | Björn J:son Lindh |
| Edited by | Bo Widerberg |
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Drakfilm Produktion, Swedish Film Institute, SF Studios, Sveriges Television, Filmhuset, Crone Film Sales ApS
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| Distributed by | SF Studios, Europafilm, Swedish Film Institute |
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Running time
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102 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Budget | 500 000 SEK |
| Box office | 15 million SEK |
The Man from Majorca (Swedish: Mannen från Mallorca) is a 1984 Swedish crime thriller film directed by Bo Widerberg. It is based on the novel The Pig Party by Leif G. W. Persson. The film stars Sven Wollter and Tomas von Brömssen.
The plot follows the policemen Bo Jarnebring and Lars Martin Johansson, which are the first polices on the scene in a post-office robbery in Stockholm. Shortly after, two persons die and it is clear that these incidents has something to do with the robbery. Meanwhile it seems that there is a cover-up going on.
The novel has big similarities with the Geijer affair (a rumor that the Swedish minister of justice had been with prostitutes, that the Swedish police had knowledge of it and had informed the prime minister). Leif G.W. Persson lost his job at the police because talking to a journalist about his knowledge about the Geijer case, but denied in the preface of the book (Grisfesten) which he wrote soon after, that it had any connections to the affair.
Widerberg took inspiration from the 1971 American film The French Connection, and The Man from Majorca share similarities with his previous thriller film: The Man on the Roof (1976).
Sven Wollter won the award for Best Actor at the 20th Guldbagge Awards.
A robber calmly holds up a post-office in at Saint Lucy's Day December 13. The policemen Johansson and Jarnebring are the first on the scene and they chase the robber, who escapes. Shortly after, someone dies in a car accident and a dead body is found at a graveyard. After a while it is clear that these incidents has something to do with the robbery, and when the policemen are investigating further, they are beginning to reveal a bigger scandal. Meanwhile it seems that there is a cover-up going on.
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