Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975)

Original title

Släpp fångarne loss - det är vår!

Directed by

Tage Danielsson

Genre

comedy film, musical film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

12

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A break-in expert named Harald Hansson meets Frida and learns to bake cookies. He considers changing his career when he falls in love with Flora, a judge's daughter.

playfulwhimsicalwarmlightheartedmusicalcomedicoffbeatoptimistic

What happens

Släpp fångarne loss, det är vår! is a 1975 Swedish comedy film directed by Tage Danielsson. At the 12th Guldbagge Awards the film won the awards for Best Film and Best Actress (Margaretha Krook). The film stars Ernst-Hugo Järegård as the prisoner Harald Hansson, a break-in expert, who one day meets Frida and her friend and learns how to bake cookies. He considers a career change, especially when he falls in love with Flora, the daughter of a city judge. The film is a cult comedy by Hasseåtage. Memorable scenes in the film are the car chase with Järegård, the musical show number in the cell performed by Jan Malmsjö, and the show number carried out simultaneously in the exercise yard by Järegård, Malmsjö and Urban Sahlin; and practically every scene with Ekman as the prison governor. The film was meant to comment on the criminal system and view of criminals in society (both in Sweden and worldwide). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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