| Vendetta | |
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| Directed by | Mikael Håfström |
| Written by | Thomas Borgström Lars Bill Lundholm |
| Based on | Vendetta by Jan Guillou |
| Produced by | Ingemar Leijonborg Hans Lönnerheden |
| Starring | Stefan Sauk |
| Cinematography | Erling Thurmann-Andersen |
| Edited by | Sofia Lindgren |
| Music by | Francis Shaw |
| Distributed by | SF International Sales |
Release date |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | English |
Vendetta is a 1995 Swedish film directed by Mikael Håfström and starring Stefan Sauk as the Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton and as his adversary Don Tommaso, Ennio Fantastichini.[1] It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 10 February 1995.[2] A television miniseries was filmed at the same time. It aired as six episodes of 50–60 minutes each.
Plot[edit]
Carl Hamilton is assigned to go to Sicily to free two Swedish businessmen who are held captive by a local villain named Don Tommaso. The Don wants a Swedish naval robot system in exchange for his hostages. In the beginning Hamilton acts merely as a negotiator, but when he cannot accept the demands of his counterpart, the situation escalates.
Hamilton stands up against Don Tommaso, while abduction and murder becomes the language of negotiation. A classical vendetta is initiated, as narcotics from Colombia and the Italian intelligence community become involved.
Cast[edit]
- Stefan Sauk as commander Carl Hamilton, naval officer and intelligence operative
- Ennio Fantastichini as Don Tommaso
- Luigi Di Fiori as Giulio, Don Tommaso's brother
- Erland Josephson as the grey eminence of Swedish intelligence, "DG"
- Roland Hedlund as Samuel Ulfsson, Naval Commodore, and Chief of the Military Intelligence Service's operative department OP5
- Mats Långbacka as captain Åke Stålhandske, Swedish marine officer and intelligence operative
- Per Graffman as captain Joar Lundwall, Swedish marine officer and intelligence operative
- Antonio Di Ponziano as lieutenant Luigi Bertoni-Svensson, Swedish marine officer and intelligence operative
- Orso Maria Guerrini as lieutenant general Giuseppe Cortini
- Oliver Tobias as colonel Gustavo Da Piemonte
- Marika Lagercrantz as Eva-Britt Hamilton, Carl's wife
- Malin Lagerhem as Johanna-Louise Hamilton, Carl's daughter
- Paolo Maria Scalondro as Nitto Stradella, don Tommaso's bodyguard
- Stig Engström as Johan Carlemar, Technical Manager, Swedish Armament
- Claes Ljungmark as Gustav Hansson, Sales Manager, Swedish Armament
- Pasquale Anselmo as Enrico
- Leonardo De Carmine as Roberto
- Ralf Wolter and Carlo Barsotti (the voice) as Don Giovanni
- Marcello Tusco as Don Salvatore
- Renato Carpentieri as Aldo Sabatini
References[edit]
- ^ "Vendetta (1995) - | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ^ "Vendetta" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 10 February 1995. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
External links[edit]
- Vendetta at IMDb
- Vendetta at the TCM Movie Database
- Vendetta at the Swedish Film Institute Database
