Film

Kalabaliken i Bender

1983 · 1h 37m · Comedy · Drama · War

IMDb

2.7

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.

Gösta Ekman

Karl XII

Lasse Åberg

Fänrik Lagercrona

Brasse Brännström

Kruus

Ayşe Emel Mesçi

Sirene

Sten Ljunggren

Överste Grothusen

Lars Amble

Pastor Agrell

Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt

Taffeltäckare Hultman

Sture Hovstadius

General Lagercrona

Nils Ahlroth

Doktor Skragge

Donald Arthur

Ambassadör Poniatowski

Walter Gotell

Storvesiren

Rozita Auer

Belly dancer

Ann-Sofie Kylin

Elin

Ayten Kuyululu

István Szilágyi

Axelle Axell

• Mats ArehnDirector
• Rolf BörjlindWriter
• Bo JönssonProducer
• Sylvia IngemarssonEditor

Release date

August 26, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

Swedish

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

7

Genres

Comedy, Drama, War