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The Swedish Torpedo (2024)

The Swedish Torpedo poster
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)

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