At dawn on June 22, 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. On the same morning, Germany demanded permission from the Swedish government to transport 18,000 German soldiers from Norway to Finland across Sweden by railway. This was a difficult problem for the Swedish government. On one hand remaining friendly with Germany at the height of its power, on the other maintaining a strict neutrality. The Swedish cabinet meet in Stockholm to decide upon the best reply to the German demands.
Acting
Ernst-Hugo Järegård's trembling hands say everything.
Direction
Olle Häger turns cabinet meetings into existential horror.
Director
Olle Häger
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Per-Albin Hansson
Sven Lindberg
Christian Günter
Helge Skoog
Ernst Wigforss
Per Sjöstrand
Gösta Bagge
Lars-Erik Berenett
Erik Boheman
Bertil Norström
Frithiof Domö
Axel Düberg
Ivan Pauli
Carl Billquist
Per Edvin Sköld
Allan Svensson
KG Westman
Stefan Sauk
Signalspanaren
Tomas Bolme
Intervjuaren
Hans Villius
Himself
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was shot in the actual cabinet room where the 1941 meetings occurred; actors reported feeling 'haunted by bad decisions.'
Released during Sweden's 1988 reckoning with wartime neutrality, it helped crack open decades of national silence about German troop transits.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
SE
