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Kalabaliken i Bender (1983)

Directed by Mats Arehn

Overview

The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village of Bender for the Turkish sulton to help him defeat his arch enemy, the czar of Russia, Peter the Great. But the Turks think he’s an expensive guest and want him out of Turkey. However, he refuses. The sultan then decides to send Karl XII a princess to marry him, to get him out of the country (a bride for a bribe). The two Swedish soldiers Lagercrona and Kruus are to escort the princess. They experience many different adventures on their way to Bender, namely because other Swedish soldiers and agents try to stop them from ever reaching the village, because they don’t want Karl XII to leave Turkey. After their long adventure to get there and a few misunderstandings, the famous “kalabalik” of Bender, where the Turks decide to drive Karl XII out of Turkey by force, begins.

Length 97 minutes

Actors

Sten Ljunggren | Axelle Axell | Walter Gotell | Tuncel Kurtiz | Brasse Brännström | Donald Arthur | Gösta Ekman | Lasse Åberg | Sven Melander | Johannes Brost | Åke Lindman | Lars Amble | Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt | Göthe Grefbo | Charlie Elvegård | Ann-Sofie Kylin | István Szilágyi | Kaj Nuora | Tom Younger | Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray | Sture Hovstadius | Nils Ahlroth | Károly F. Nagy | Ayten Kuyululu | Rozita Auer | Tamás Pintér | Astrid Filén | Gábor Erszó | Imre Timar | Tage Winberg | Göte Wirström