Leif

Leif (1987)

A banger of a movie.

In the small working community, the entry in the local newspaper hits like a bomb. The signature "Leif" claims that the town's large arms company Rotum exports weapons illegally. Gunnar Volt, CEO of Rotum, gets a shock. Imagine that someone has the audacity to say that about the community's pride Rotum - even if it now happens to be true. He immediately gathers the management and everyone agrees: Leif must be found - and stopped. But who is this mysterious Leif?

Date of release
1987-06-26
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (26)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Claes Eriksson

Casting

Interesting facts

Leif is a 1987 Swedish comedy film directed by Claes Eriksson and the first to star the members of Galenskaparna och After Shave.

Trivia

The film's story proved to compare fairly well with reality. Around the same time as it was filmed media uncovered the Bofors scandal. Regarding this, one can amuse themselves with reading the place name backwards, as it says mutor which is Swedish for bribes.

At the start of the film there is an animation that seems to be inspired by the animated introduction to Monty Python's Life of Brian. The name "Brian", is replaced with "Leif".

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