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The Man from Majorca

The Man from Majorca

19846.51h 42m

Overview

On 13 December (St Lucy's Day), a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Vice cops Johansson and Jarnebring, the first to the scene of the crime, pursue all leads and identify a suspect, an arrogant member of the elite secret police, assigned to guard the country's Minister of Justice. Just as they think they've tightened the noose around the suspect, loose ends appear, witnesses lose certainty, alibis arise, and even the cops doubt what they've seen. Who's protecting the suspect and why?

Directed by Bo Widerberg
Written by Leif G.W. Persson, Bo Widerberg
Produced by Göran Lindström
Box OfficeBudget: $59KRevenue: $1.8M

Top Cast

Sven Wollter

Sven Wollter

Bo Jarnebring

Tomas von Brömssen

Tomas von Brömssen

Lars Martin 'Johan' Johansson

Håkan Serner

Håkan Serner

Andersson

Ernst Günther

Ernst Günther

M. Dahlgren

Thomas Hellberg

Thomas Hellberg

Berg

Ingvar Hirdwall

Ingvar Hirdwall

Fors

N

Niels Jensen

Roger 'Rogge' Jansson

Tommy Johnson

Tommy Johnson

Rundberg

Rico Rönnbäck

Rico Rönnbäck

Kjell Göran Hedberg

Hans Villius

Hans Villius

The Justice Minister

Themes & Keywords

robberycorruptionbased on novel or bookswedeninvestigationpost officesecret policenordic noir

About The Man from Majorca

The Man from Majorca is a thriller, crime film released in 1984 exploring themes of robbery, corruption, based on novel or book, sweden, investigation, post office. Directed by Bo Widerberg, it stars Sven Wollter, Tomas von Brömssen, Håkan Serner. On 13 December (St Lucy's Day), a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Vice cops Johansson and Jarnebring, the first to the scene of the crime, pursue all leads and identify a suspect, an arrogant member of the elite secret police, assigned to guard the country's Minister of Justice. Just as they think they've tightened the noose around the suspect, loose ends appear, witnesses lose certainty, alibis arise, and even the cops doubt what they've seen. Who's protecting the suspect and why?

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