1990
5.2 (8 votes)
1h 48m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Filmhuset AS
Mekano Pictures AB
SVT Drama
Sandrews
Svenska Filminstitutet
Mekano Pictures AB
SVT Drama
Sandrews
Svenska Filminstitutet
The Guardian Angel (Skyddsängeln)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Suzanne Osten
Writer: Suzanne Osten, Etienne Glaser, Madeleine Gustafsson
