The Swedish Torpedo
Frida Kempff (2024)
It’s the summer of 1939 and the shadow of war hangs over Europe… but Sally Bauer cannot tear herself away from the sea and her longing to swim the English Channel
Inspired by a true story, Frida Kempff’s The Swedish Torpedo is an intense yet intimate drama about defying family and societal norms in the pursuit of an obsession
Info & Credits
Director
Frida Kempff
Scriptwriter
Frida Kempff, Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
Cast
Josefin Neldén, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lisa Carlehed, Arthur Sörbring, Gunnel Fred
Producer
Erik Andersson, David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski
Co-producers
Riina Sildos, Elina Litvinova, Klaus Heydemann, Sebastian Schelenz, Kristina Börjesson, Anna Croneman, Charlotta Denward, Piodor Gustafsson, Emil Wiklund, David Claikens, Alex Verbaere, Tanguy Dekeyser
Length
Feature film
Genre
Fiction
With support from
The Swedish Film Institute, Norrköping Film Fund, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Region Västmanland, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Estonian Film Institute, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Film Estonia, Viru Film Foundation, Film Fund of Estonian Islands, Finnish Film Foundation, YLE (The Finnish Broadcasting Company, Cinema and Visual Centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Creative Europe – Media Programme of the European Union
Produced with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government