The Apple War

The Apple War (1971)

Äppelkriget

A German businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of Deutschland and Disneyland). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically talented Lindberg family, and work to frustrate the development plans.

Date of release
1971-12-18
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (47)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Director
Tage Danielsson

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 3 · Nominations: 0. Including: Guldbagge Award for Best Film; Guldbagge Award for Best Director; Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

The Apple War is a 1971 Swedish comedy-drama film directed by Tage Danielsson, starring Gösta Ekman, Hans Alfredson, Tage Danielsson, Monica Zetterlund and Max von Sydow. The political theme of the film is the battle between nature on the one hand and commercialisation and industrialisation on the other set to exploit and ultimately destroy land and natural resources. The film can also be seen as an early criticism of globalisation as it depicts foreign, and large scale, capitalist investors and entrepreneurs as exploiters working side by side with domestic, small scale, capitalists.

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