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Monopol
Directed byClaes Eriksson
Written byClaes Eriksson
Produced byWaldemar Bergendahl, Anne Otto
Starring
Music byClaes Eriksson
Production
company
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
106 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish
BudgetSEK 16,000,000 (US$1.3 million)

Monopol (Monopoly) is a 1996 Swedish comedy film directed by Claes Eriksson and the fifth to feature the members of Galenskaparna och After Shave.

Plot

Egil (Knut Agnred), a middle-aged man living a simple life, is a regular painter. One day, when he is about to paint a fence, the film team of Långa näsan (Long nose), one of Sweden's most popular television programs, including the host Hacke Häger (Per Fritzell), suddenly shows up. Egil becomes the victim of a candid-camera prank, which will be aired on television. But, to Häger's surprise, Egil does not want to sign the broadcast permit required to broadcast the footage. However, Häger, under pressure to make a good television episode, broadcasts the footage anyway, against Egil's wishes. Egil portrays the small crowd of Swedish people who do not want to be on TV and become famous.

Sune Finåker (Peter Rangmar), Häger's employee, has a near-monopoly on Swedish TV and radio, besides the state-owned channels, owning 12 television channels. Hungry for more power, he plans to buy them soon. All of Sweden has been passivated in the hands of Finåker, with the slogan Förströelse och lätt underhållning (Amusement and easy entertainment). He has captivated the Swedish people in front of their TV sets. Through a grand gala evening on his TV channels, he intends to win the election via a majority vote and become prime minister, promising easy entertainment for everybody in the future, then he will finally get their monopoly.

Egil, along with Clary Blomstedt (Kerstin Granlund), an intellectual middle-aged teacher, and the incumbent government form a resistance group, trying to get Finåker and his monopoly plans to fail by ending his plans to become prime minister.

Cast

Galenskaparna och After Shave:

Other actors:

External links

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