Stockholmsnatt is a 1987 Swedish

Cinema of Sweden

Swedish cinema is known as producing many critically acclaimed movies, and during the 20th century was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of the directors Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, and more recently Lasse Hallström and Lukas...

 drama

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 film directed by Staffan Hildebrand. The film is loosely based on a true story about Paolo Roberto

Paolo Roberto

Paolo Roberto is a Swedish ex-boxer, actor, and TV host of partial Italian descent.-Outside boxing:...

, later a professional boxer and TV presenter. Because of his Italian roots, Paolo is dealing with an identity crisis. With an admiration of kung fu films and with his teenage aggressions, the kung fu films have a negative impact on him, which tempts him to practice violence on innocent citizens in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

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The films takes place in Kungsträdgården

Kungsträdgården

Kungsträdgården is a park in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is colloquially known as Kungsan.The park's central location and its outdoor cafés makes it one of the most popular hangouts and meeting places in Stockholm. It also hosts open-air concerts and events in summer, while offering an ice...

, which normally is a popular meeting place, but is shown differently in the film because it has been occupied by violent teenage gangs. The film was shown amongst students during the late 1980s in order to prevent future violence between rival gangs. However, the film had an opposite effect on the youth who identified with Roberto, and became influential on the violent "kickers" subculture. It is today regarded as one of the most important cult film

Cult film

A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...

s in Sweden.

Cast

• Paolo Roberto
  Paolo Roberto
  Paolo Roberto is a Swedish ex-boxer, actor, and TV host of partial Italian descent.-Outside boxing:...
  
   as Paolo
• Enzo Roberto as Paolo's father
• Ellen Roberto as Paolo's mother
• Ian Roberto as Ian
• Quincy Jones III
  Quincy Jones III
  Quincy Delightt Jones III is a British-born Swedish/African-American composer, music producer, film producer, and author...
  
   as Quincy
• Camilla Lundén as Nillan
• Jonas Rasmusson as Ziggy
• Niklas Dahlqvist as Dizzy
• Liam Norberg as Mange (Credited as Magnus Ellertsson)