| The Assignment | |
| Director: | Mats Arehn |
| Screenplay: | Mats Arehn Ingemar Ejve Lars-Magnus Jansson |
| Story: | Per Wahlöö |
| Producer: | Ingemar Ejve |
| Starring: | Thomas Hellberg Christopher Plummer Carolyn Seymour |
| Cinematography: | Lennart Carlsson |
| Runtime: | 96 minutes |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Language: | Swedish |
The Assignment (Swedish: Uppdraget ) is a 1977 Swedish drama film directed by Mats Arehn and starring Christopher Plummer, Thomas Hellberg and Carolyn Seymour.[1] A Swedish foreign office official travels to South America on a peace-making mission. It was based on the novel Uppdraget by Per Wahlöö.