The Last Contract


The Last Contract is a 1998 Swedish thriller film directed by Kjell Sundvall. It is a work of fiction about the circumstances surrounding the actual murder of the Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister Olof Palme on 28 February 1986. A Swedish police officer discovers the plan to assassinate Palme and tries to prevent it. The film also stars Pernilla August, Reine Brynolfsson and Cecilia Ljung.
The film is based on a novel by an anonymous writer, who used the pseudonym "John W. Grow", which suggests that a British professional assassin was hired to kill Olof Palme.

Plot

The film suggests that a British professional hit-man was hired by the CIA to assassinate the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, because of Palme's stance on nuclear weapons in Scandinavia. The hit-man works for money alone and is very careful. He finds a Norwegian man that hates the Swedish P.M. He also sets up a man to become a scapegoat. The Norwegian man kills Palme just as his wife notices Christer Pettersson. Soon afterwards the hitman kills the killer, and all traces pointing to the professional hitman are gone.

Cast

  • Mikael Persbrandt... Roger Nyman, the secret police
  • Michael Kitchen... John Gales alias Ray Lambert, the professional who assassinates the hit-man in order to clean up.
  • Pernilla August... Nina Nyman, Roger Nyman's wife
  • Reine Brynolfsson... Bo Ekman, police officer and Roger Nyman's best friend
  • Bjørn Floberg... Tom Nielsen, the Palme assassin, who is then killed himself by John Gales alias Ray Lambert.
  • Jacqueline Ramel... Helene Salonen, of the secret police
  • Cecilia Ljung... Lisa Holmgren, journalist
  • Joakim Forslund... Markus Nyman, Roger's child
  • Julia Brådhe-Dehnisch... Josefin Nyman
  • Agnes Granberg... Sara Nyman, Roger's child
  • Johan Lindell... Bernhard Lange, of the secret police
  • Mathias Henrikson... Peter Bark
  • Donald Högberg... Appelqvist, of the secret police
  • Per Ragnar... kg, of the secret police
  • Paul Birchard... Bertram Norris
  • Anders Ekborg... Bengt Löfgren
  • Leif Andrée... Max Berg, the corrupt journalist
  • Ola Isedal... Karl Larsson, the drug addict
  • Stephen Webber... Wilson, the American
  • Stig Engström... Bartender at the press club
  • Emil Forselius... The Robber
  • Claudia Galli... Shop Assistant
  • Tshamano Sebe... Ery Sontanga, the African
  • Faith Maqoqa... Judy Sontanga, the African
  • Bankole Omotoso... Luwamba
  • Dipuo Huma... Lambert's cleaning lady
  • Stephan Karlsén... Arkivman
  • Sven-Åke Wahlström... Palmehatare
  • Lasse Petterson... Palmehatare
  • Berndt Östman... Portier
  • Roger S. Karlsson... Guard
  • Bo Bertil Lundqvist... Statsministern