Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990)

Original title

God afton, herr Wallenberg

Directed by

Kjell Grede

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film, historical film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

15

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Swedish diplomat in World War II Budapest works to protect Hungarian Jews from Nazi deportation. The film follows his efforts and the dangerous conditions he faced.

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What happens

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (Swedish: God afton, Herr Wallenberg – En Passionshistoria från verkligheten) is a 1990 film about Swedish World War II diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who was instrumental in saving the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust. He is played by Stellan Skarsgård. The film won four awards at the 26th Guldbagge Awards: Best Film (Katinka Faragó), Best Direction (Kjell Grede), Best Screenplay (Kjell Grede), and Best Cinematography (Esa Vuorinen). It was also entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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