A Swedish Defence

Nov 17, 2021

0h 20m

★ 0.0

It's hard being a weapons engineer if your daughter is an anti-war-activist.

Overview

In this satirical drama, an international arms deal is interrupted by teenage protesters. A Swedish engineer tries to prevent his activist daughter from embarrassing him at work and ruining Sweden's relations with Turkey.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Stockholm University of the Arts

A Swedish Defence Trailers

Cast

Josef

Torkel Petersson

Nadia

Omeya Lundqvist-Simbizi

Annika

Jessica Liedberg

General Berkan

Mahmut Suvakci

Security Guard Magnus

Jakob Fahlstedt

Zerya

Hanna Rizgar

Member of the Swedish Delegation

Christian Kinell

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