The Call-up

Feb 23, 1979

1h 25m

★ 5.7

Overview

It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Ri-Film

Europa Film

Viking Film

The Call-up Trailers

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Cast

Oskar Löfgren

Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson

Helge Jonsson

Lasse Åberg

Börje Larsson

Ted Åström

Hans Öberg

Lasse Haldenberg

Tore Tallroth

Weiron Holmberg

Jonas Gustafsson

Lennart Skoogh

Captain 'Beethoven'

Ingvar Andersson

Bea

Lena-Maria Gårdenäs-Lawton

Chief Editor

Lars Amble

Doris

Monica Dominique

Doris' Friend

Lottie Ejebrant

HQ radio operator

Örjan Ramberg

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