In 1942, a Swedish foreign ministry bureaucrat (Henrik Dorsin) learns about systematic killing of Jews in Nazi Germany and decides that rules need to be bro… well, bent at least.

The directors’ feature film debut was based on real events, but chooses a daring path, adding a lot of humor to the bureaucratic maneuvers that helped Jewish refugees into Sweden at a time when the country was afraid of rocking the boat in its relationship with Hitler’s regime.

Follows a formula, but stays on the right side of corny; Dorsin is good as a diplomat finding his voice.

2026-Sweden. 102 min. Color. Widescreen. Written and directed by Thérèse Ahlbeck, Marcus Olsson. Cast: Henrik Dorsin (Gösta Engzell), Sissela Benn (Rut Vogl), Jonas Karlsson (Staffan Söderström), Marianne Mörck, Jonas Malmsjö, Carl Jacobson, Johan Glans, Oscar Töringe, Simon Norrthon, Loa Falkman, Figge Norling.

Trivia: Original title: Den svenska länken.