A Swedish Defence

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A Swedish Defence

"It's hard being a weapons engineer if your daughter is an anti-war-activist."

2021

0h 20m

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In this satirical drama, an international arms deal is interrupted by teenage protesters. A Swedish engineer tries to prevent his activist daughter from embarrassing him at work and ruining Sweden's relations with Turkey.

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7 members

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Torkel Petersson

Josef

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Omeya Lundqvist-Simbizi

Nadia

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Jessica Liedberg

Annika

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Mahmut Suvakci

General Berkan

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Jakob Fahlstedt

Security Guard Magnus

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Hanna Rizgar

Zerya

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Christian Kinell

Member of the Swedish Delegation

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