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The Swedish Connection

This is a Swedish story of an unknown hero, Gösta Engzell, a down-prioritised bureaucrat at the Swedish Foreign Ministry during the 2nd World War who saved thousands of lives and turned the so-called neutral Sweden into a moral superpower along the way.

2026 |1h 40m |  Drama, History, War

Cast

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Henrik Dorsin

Gösta Engzell

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Sissela Benn

Rut Vogl

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Jonas Karlsson

Staffan Söderström

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Johan Glans

Göran Von Otter

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Olle Jansson

Christian Günther

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Oscar Töringe

Nils Erik Eklund

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Loa Falkman

Marcus Ehrenpreis

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Marianne Mörck

Stina Johansson

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Rakel Benér

Maria Bondy

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Figge Norling

Claes Westring

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Christoffer Nordenrot

Dag Hammarskjöld

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Per Lasson

Per-Albin Hansson

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Jonas Malmsjö

Svante Hellstedt

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Richard Ulfsäter

Erik Von Post

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Stefan Gödicke

Arvid Richert

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Simon Norrthon

Robert Paulsson

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Eva Westerling

Mrs. Jönsson

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Magnus Schmitz

Border controller

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Robert Holik

Journalist

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Status

Post Production

Language

German, Swedish

Budget

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