God afton, Herr Wallenberg
Encyclopedia
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg 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 Guldbagge Award
s: 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
.
1990 in film
The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
film about Swedish World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
diplomat Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish businessman, diplomat and humanitarian. He is widely celebrated for his successful efforts to rescue thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary from the Holocaust, during the later stages of World War II...
, who was instrumental in saving the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
. He is played by Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist,...
.
The film won four Guldbagge Award
Guldbagge Award
The Guldbagge Award is an official Swedish film award awarded annually since 1964 by the Swedish Film Institute.-Etymology:Guldbagge is the Swedish name for Cetonia aurata, a beetle also known as rose chafer. The name of the award could also be interpreted as a play on the Swedish word skalbagge,...
s: Best Film (Katinka Faragó), Best Direction (Kjell Grede
Kjell Grede
Kjell Grede is a Swedish film director. He directed nine films between 1967 and 2003. He was married to actress Bibi Andersson from 1960 to 1973. His film Harry Munter was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. In 1991, his film Good Evening, Mr...
), Best Screenplay (Kjell Grede), and Best Cinematography (Esa Vuorinen). It was also entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival
41st Berlin International Film Festival
The 41st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 15 to 26, 1991.-Jury:* Volker Schlöndorff * Chantal Akerman* Laurie Anderson* José Luis Borau* Judith Godrèche* Yuri Klepikov* Renate Krößner* Gillo Pontecorvo...
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Cast
- Stellan Skarsgård as Raoul Wallenberg
- Katharina ThalbachKatharina ThalbachKatharina Thalbach is a German actress and film director.- Life and work :Katharina Thalbach comes from a particularly artistic-oriented family. Her father Benno Besson was a director, her mother Sabine Thalbach was an actress. Her late husband Thomas Brasch was an author. Her daughter Anna and...
as Mária - Károly Eperjes as László Szamosi
- Miklós Székely B. as Ferenc Moser
- Erland JosephsonErland JosephsonErland Josephson is a Swedish actor and author. He is best known to international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Theodoros Angelopoulos.-Biography:...
as Rabbi - Franciszek PieczkaFranciszek PieczkaFranciszek Pieczka is a Polish film and stage actor. A graduate of the Theatrical Academy in Warsaw, he first made his debut in the theatre in Jelenia Góra...
as Papa - Jesper ChristensenJesper ChristensenJesper Christensen is a Danish actor. A veteran of European cinema, he has more recently made the transition to English language projects, including The Interpreter and Revelations. He has also appeared as the mysterious villain Mr...
as Officer at Watteau - Ivan DesnyIvan DesnyIvan Nikolai Desnitskij was a Russian actor born in China who worked for most of his life in Germany.-Career:Desny was a film/movie actor. He acted in more than 150 films, most of them German...
as General Schmidthuber (a portrayal of real-life Pál SzalaiPál SzalaiPál Szalai also spelled Pál Szalay and anglicized as Paul Sterling was a high ranking member of the Budapest police force and the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party during World War II....
) - Géza BalkayGéza BalkayGéza Balkay was a Hungarian television and film actor. He appeared in 46 films and television shows between 1976 and 2006. He starred in The Summer Guest, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-External links:...
as Gábor Vajna - Percy BrandtPercy BrandtPercy Brandt was a Swedish film and television actor.Brandt was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. His father, Erik Brandt, a Swede of German and Dutch ancestry, and his mother, Aminah Hussain, was Pakistani....
as Swedish Ambassador - Tamás Jordán as member of the Jewish Council
- Andor Lukáts as Father at the train
- Gábor ReviczkyGábor ReviczkyGábor Reviczky is a Hungarian actor.-Selected filmography:* Paths of Death and Angels * The Summer Guest -References:...
as Officer at the Gate - László Soós as Adolf Eichman