A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
August 23, 1985
Original Title:
Svindlande affärer
Genres:
Comedy | Crime
Production Companies:
Cinema Art
FilmTeknik
Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión
SF Studios
Production Countries:
Cuba | Sweden
Ratings / Certifications:
SE: 7|Btl
Runtime: 100
Gösta Eriksson, a hairdresser, buys a car from used-car dealer Bertil Planåker. But Gösta soon discovers that the car is a wreck. Planåker won't give him his money back, in fact he denies ever having seen Gösta. Gösta's brother Rolle is released from prison and promises to help him. They form an investment company, Parabola, and convinces Planåker to invest a lot of money in it. Planåker has a lot of shady business colleagues who also invest their money. Gösta's and Rolle's scam becomes much bigger than they had bargained for.
Cinematography:
Dan Myhrman
Costume Design:
Inga Britt Adriansson
Director:
Peter Schildt
Jonas Frick
Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson
Editor:
Sylvia Ingemarsson
Makeup Artist:
Gisela Timoneda
Music:
Bengt Palmers
Producer:
Christer Abrahamsen
Production Design:
Eric L:son Johnson
Songs:
Pernilla Wahlgren
Sound:
Anders Ingemarsson
Bo Persson
Sound Editor:
Jan Alvermark
Peter Eklund
Sound Mixer:
Hans-Eric Ahrn
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