The Assignment

Name: The Assignment
Director: Mats Arehn
Released: 1977-01-01

1977 film by Mats Arehn

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Also known as Assignment

Released: 1977
Director: Mats Arehn
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Screenwriter: Mats Arehn
Cast: Thomas Hellberg
, Christopher Plummer
, Carolyn Seymour
, Fernando Rey
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Runtime: 97 min
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Genre: thriller film
Country of origin: Sweden
Original language: Swedish

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The Assignment is a 1977 Swedish drama film directed by Mats Arehn and starring Christopher Plummer, Thomas Hellberg and Carolyn Seymour. A Swedish foreign office official travels to South America on a peace-making mission. It was based on the novel Uppdraget by Per Wahlöö.

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Title: Uppdraget
Director of photography: Lennart Carlsson
Film editor: Ingemar Ejve
Has characteristic: film based on a novel

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