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Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes25%
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Suzanne OstenDirector
- Suzanne OstenWriter
- Etienne GlaserWriter
- Madeleine GustafssonWriter
Cast
- Philip ZandénJacob
- Etienne GlaserJoel Birkman, Home Secretary
- Malin EkLivia Birkman, his wife
- Björn KjellmanWelja, his son
- Gunilla RöörKatja, his daughter
- Lena NylénJessica, his daughter
- Hanna HartlebHanna
- Pia BäckströmMaria Demodov
- Tuncel KurtizIvar
- Sven LindqvistPolice minister
- Reuben SallmanderKonstantin
- Lars WiikSecretary
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Themes
woman director