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Original title Tårtgeneralen
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Average rating 3,11 / 5
Director
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Screenplay
Original work
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Production company
Awards
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 2018-03-07

Cast

Tomas von Brömssen
Ivar Sjöman

Jens Ohlin
Lars Hammar

Joel Wallón
Pelle Sjöman

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Plot summary

The Cake General is based on a true story and the book ”The Cake General” by ...

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Screenplay
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Line Producer
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Cast

Mikael Persbrandt Hasse P
Helena Bergström Dyr-Gunilla
Agnes Lindström Bolmgren Åsa Sjöman
Tomas von Brömssen Ivar Sjöman
Jens Ohlin Lars Hammar
Joel Wallón Pelle Sjöman
Cecilia Frode Ulrika Lütsche
Elina du Rietz Agnetha Berg
Tim Earle (as Timothy Earle) Ian Richards
Jesper Barkselius Birger Sjöberg
Jan Mybrand helikopterpilot
Ben Lundqvist lilla Filip Hammar
Ulrica Sandell Tiina Hammar
Sara Breznik Linda Hammar
Peter Apelgren Disco-Peter
Anki Larsson Ingrid
Dee Ayuba Jerry Baskerville
Andreas Trygg Andreas Trygg
Lennye Osbeck Lennye Osbeck

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Plot summary

The Cake General is based on a true story and the book ”The Cake General” by Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson.

1984 the TV-show Rekord-Magazinet appoints Köping to be the most boring city in Sweden. While the countryside becomes paralyzed by the news a man Hasse - A newcomer - decides to refute the "Stockholm bastards" by baking the worlds longest layer cake.

Swedish censorship / rating

Certificate number 205186
Date 2018-02-20
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Grounds for decision Framställningen bedöms sakna inslag som kan vara till skada för välbefinnandet för barn.


Technical specifications

Sound type Sound
Colour type Colour
Length in minutes 101 min
Dialogue


Original work

Production location

2017 2017
Köping Sweden

Release dates

Release in Sweden 2018-03-07 Sweden
TV showing 2020-05-23 SVT1 Sweden
2020-06-12 SVT1 Sweden
2021-01-05 SVT1 Sweden
2022-03-14 SVT1 Sweden
2023-09-15 SVT1 Sweden
VOD release 2023-09-15 SVT Play Sweden Antal dagar på SVT Play 30

Awards

Nominated for the Guldbagge Award Stockholm 2019 Best Actor in a Leading Role Mikael Persbrandt
Stockholm 2019 Best Make-up Eva von Bahr
Stockholm 2019 Best Make-up Love Larson
The Guldbagge Award Stockholm 2019 Best Costume Ingrid Sjögren
Guldbagge Audience Award Stockholm 2019

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Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title Tårtgeneralen


Holdings Scripts

Script type För- och eftertexter
Extent 37 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Musiklista
Extent 2 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 54 s.
Language English


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 50 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Original title Tårtgeneralen
Extent 113 s.
Language Swedish



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