Gustav III

Apr 8, 1974

1h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

Based on play by famous swedish author/playwright August Strindberg adapted for swedish TV in 70's. It's about the real life assassination on swedish king Gustav III who was killed by a lieutenant Jacob Johan Anckarström who acted on behalf of a group conspirators.

Genres

Drama

History

TV Movie

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Cast

Gustav III

Gösta Ekman

Armfelt

Tomas Bolme

Schröderheim

John Harryson

Pechlin

Stig Järrel

Horn

Ingvar Hirdwall

Ribbing

Ulf Brunnberg

Anckarström

Håkan Serner

Fersen

Gunnar Björnstrand

De Geer

Lars Lind

Munck

Per Ragnar

Taube

Jan Bergquist

Liljensparre

Sven Lindberg

The film takes place in the Swedish capitol Stockholm during the year 1809. War has ravaged Europe continuously for the last seventeen years. The common citizens of Stockholm live in misery as poverty, violence and death dominate the shadowy alleys. A coup feels inevitable and the coming dissolvement of the nation is what's on everyone's lips. In a beautiful salon six nobles are hiding away from it all by partying and socializing. One night the hostess Charlotte reveals to her five guests that she will be forced to sign over her property to one of them, for fear of otherwise losing it to the rebelling antigustavians. A game begins in the candlelit salon. A game of covert intentions, manipulation and mind games as five nobles attempt to find out who of them is best suited to take over the beautfiul estate. Time passes as they're all constantly driven towards their own personal abysses. All meanwhile the sounds of gunshots and yelling echo from beyond the gilded window sills.

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