Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem Explained
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem |
Director: | Jan Troell |
Producer: | Göran Setterberg |
Starring: | Antti Reini Maria Heiskanen |
Cinematography: | Jan Troell |
Runtime: | 110 minutes |
Country: | Sweden Finland Germany |
Language: | Finnish Swedish |
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (Swedish: Il Capitano) is a 1991 Swedish-Finnish biographical drama film directed by Jan Troell about the 1988 Åmsele murders in which a family of three was murdered by Juha Valjakkala over a stolen bicycle.
Antti Reini stars as Valjakkala, renamed Jari in the film, and Maria Heiskanen as his girlfriend Marita Routalammi, renamed Minna. Being released so soon after the actual event, the film was very controversial and received highly-mixed reviews, with some critics praising it for the difficult choice of subject and others condemning it for the same reason.[1]
Cast
- Antti Reini as Jari
- Maria Heiskanen as Minna
- Berto Marklund as Police
- Antti Vierikko as Jari age 13
- Harri Mallenius as Teacher
- Marjut Dahlström as Teacher
- Eva Stellby as Post-Mortem Dissector
- Matti Dahlberg as Father
- Christina Frambäck as Priest
Awards and nominations
Notes and References
- http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-film/Filmdatabasen/?itemid=16172&type=MOVIE&iv=Comments&ref=/templates/SwedishFilmSearchResult.aspx?id%3d1225%26epslanguage%3dsv%26searchword%3dil+capitano%26type%3dMovieTitle%26match%3dBegin%26page%3d1 Summary/comment
- Web site: Berlinale: 1992 Prize Winners . 2011-05-22 . berlinale.de.
- Web site: Il Capitano (1991) . Swedish Film Institute . 17 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140411193713/http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=16172&iv=Awards . 11 April 2014 .