A Swedish Defence

It's hard being a weapons engineer if your daughter is an anti-war-activist.

2021•20m

DramaComedy

In this satirical drama, an international arms deal is interrupted by teenage protesters. A Swedish engineer tries to prevent his activist daughter from embarrassing him at work and ruining Sweden's relations with Turkey.

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Stockholm University of the Arts

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Status

Released

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Cast

Torkel Petersson

Josef

Omeya Lundqvist-Simbizi

Nadia

Jessica Liedberg

Annika

Mahmut Suvakci

General Berkan

Jakob Fahlstedt

Security Guard Magnus

Hanna Rizgar

Zerya

Christian Kinell

Member of the Swedish Delegation

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