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The Call-up

The Call-up

19795.71h 25m

Overview

It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him.

Directed by Lasse Åberg
Written by Bo Jönsson, Lars Molin, Lasse Åberg
Produced by Bo Jönsson
Box Office0Revenue: $7.5M

Top Cast

Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson

Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson

Oskar Löfgren

Lasse Åberg

Lasse Åberg

Helge Jonsson

Ted Åström

Ted Åström

Börje Larsson

Lasse Haldenberg

Lasse Haldenberg

Hans Öberg

Weiron Holmberg

Weiron Holmberg

Tore Tallroth

Lennart Skoogh

Lennart Skoogh

Jonas Gustafsson

Ingvar Andersson

Ingvar Andersson

Captain 'Beethoven'

L

Lena-Maria Gårdenäs-Lawton

Bea

Lars Amble

Lars Amble

Chief Editor

Monica Dominique

Monica Dominique

Doris

Themes & Keywords

military servicereunionplatoonswedish armyconscriptssignal corps

About The Call-up

The Call-up is a comedy film released in 1979 exploring themes of military service, reunion, platoon, swedish army, conscripts, signal corps. Directed by Lasse Åberg, it stars Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson, Lasse Åberg, Ted Åström. It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him.

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