The Last Sentence

The Last Sentence Swedish Dom ver dd man Judgement on the dead is a Swedish film from 2012, directed by Jan Troell and starring Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Bjrn Granath and Ulla Skoog. It is set between 1933 and 1945, and focuses on the life and career of Torgny Segerstedt, a Swedish newspaper editor who was a prominent critic of Hitler and the Nazis during a period when the Swedish government and monarch were intent on maintaining Swedens neutrality and avoiding tensions with Germany. The film also deals with Segerstedts relations with his wife, his mistress, and his mistresss husband who was a close friend of Segerstedt.

After finishing his previous feature film, Everlasting Moments from 2008, director Jan Troell has said that he felt an emptiness and wondered whether he ever would get to make another film. Around that time he received a phonecall from the writer Kenne Fant, who in 2007 had published a biography about Torgny Segerstedt, an early and outspoken critic of Adolf Hitler, who before and during World War II had been the editorinchief of the newspaper Gteborgs Handels och Sjfartstidning. Fant wondered whether Troell would be interested in making a film based on Segerstedts life. Troell accepted the offer when his friend Klaus Rifbjerg, a Danish writer, was enthusiastic about the project and wanted to be Troells cowriter. Initially, Troell had problems finding an approach for the films narrative, but soon read another biography about Segerstedt, written by his secretary Estrid Ancker. Troell also read Anckers research material for the book, which included interviews with more than 300 people connected to Segerstedt. Through this material Troell found out more about Segerstedt on a personal level, including his personal motivations and private relationships. The director then chose to make a film which focuses on Segerstedt as a human being more than as a public figure. According to Troell it took a couple of years to form the narrative and write the screenplay with Rifbjerg.Production was led by Filmlance International. Coproducers included Film i Vst, Filmpool Nord, Sveriges Television, Nordisk Film and companies in Norway. The project received eleven million kronor in support from the Swedish Film Institute and 450,000 euros from Eurimages, as well as funding from the Norwegian Film Institute and Nordisk Film amp TV Fond. The production involved a total budget of 43 million kronor. ........

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