The Swedish Torpedo (2024)

- Original title
- Den svenska torpeden
- Directed by
- Frida Kempff
- Genre
- drama film, historical film
- Country
- Sweden
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- K-12
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Swedish woman trains to swim across the English Channel in the 1930s. The film follows her grueling preparation and the social pressures she faces as a female athlete.
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What happens
The Swedish Torpedo (Swedish: Den svenska torpeden) is a 2024 biographical sports drama film directed by Frida Kempff starring Josefin Neldén as Sally Bauer, a Swedish long distance swimmer who swam the English Channel in 1939. The film premiered in the Centrepiece section of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
Trailer
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