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The Guardian Angel

The Guardian Angel

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 18, 1990

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Drama

User Score

52%

Original Title

Skyddsängeln

Production Companies

Filmhuset AS, Mekano Pictures AB, SVT Drama, Sandrews, Svenska Filminstitutet

Director

Suzanne Osten

Description

An unspecified European country ca 1912 in the throws of political upheaval. A man only dressed in black (Jacob, played by Philip Zandén) is hired to assassinate the Interior Minister Joel Birkman (Etienne Glaser) after a particular brutal strike down of a student protest. He takes up work as the minister's bodyguard at his summer residence, and get's entangled in the affairs and politics of the Birkman family.