| The Last Sentence (Dom över död man) | |
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| Directed by | Jan Troell |
| Written by | Jan Troell Klaus Rifbjerg |
| Produced by | Francy Suntinger |
| Starring | Jesper Christensen Pernilla August Ulla Skoog Björn Granath |
| Cinematography | Mischa Gavrjusjov Jan Troell |
Production company | Filmlance International |
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| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Budget | 43 million kr |
| Box office | $327,297[1] |
The Last Sentence (Swedish: Dom över död man; Judgement on the dead) is a 2012 Swedish film, directed by Jan Troell and starring Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Björn Granath and Ulla Skoog. It is set between 1933 and 1945, and focuses on the life and career of Torgny Segerstedt, a Swedish newspaper editor who was a prominent critic of Hitler and the Nazis during a period when the Swedish government and monarch were intent on maintaining Sweden's neutrality and avoiding tensions with Germany. The film also deals with Segerstedt's relations with his wife, his mistress, and his mistress's husband (who was a close friend of Segerstedt).
The film's Swedish title, Dom över död man, comes from a line in the Old Norse poem Hávamál: "Cattle die, kinsmen die, thou wilt also die; but I know one thing that never dies: the judgment on the dead".[2]
- ^ "The Last Sentence".
- ^ Hávamál, verse 77 Linked 2013-05-18