The Cake General (2018)
Table of contents
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
Media (3)
| Original title | Tårtgeneralen |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
| Average rating | 3,11 / 5 |
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| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
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| Swedish release | 2018-03-07 |
Cast
Plot summary
The Cake General is based on a true story and the book ”The Cake General” by ...
Links and resources
Titles
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Crew
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Cast
| Mikael Persbrandt | Hasse P | ||
| Helena Bergström | Dyr-Gunilla | ||
| Agnes Lindström Bolmgren | Åsa Sjöman | ||
| Tomas von Brömssen | Ivar Sjöman | ||
| Jens Ohlin | Lars Hammar | ||
| Joel Wallón | Pelle Sjöman | ||
| Cecilia Frode | Ulrika Lütsche | ||
| Elina du Rietz | Agnetha Berg | ||
| Tim Earle (as Timothy Earle) | Ian Richards | ||
| Jesper Barkselius | Birger Sjöberg | ||
| Jan Mybrand | helikopterpilot | ||
| Ben Lundqvist | lilla Filip Hammar | ||
| Ulrica Sandell | Tiina Hammar | ||
| Sara Breznik | Linda Hammar | ||
| Peter Apelgren | Disco-Peter | ||
| Anki Larsson | Ingrid | ||
| Dee Ayuba | Jerry Baskerville | ||
| Andreas Trygg | Andreas Trygg | ||
| Lennye Osbeck | Lennye Osbeck |
Companies
| Production Company | Nexiko AB | ||
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| Co-Production Company | Sveriges Television AB | ||
| SF Studios | |||
| Film i Väst AB | |||
| Hobohm Brothers | |||
| Astrakan Film AB | |||
| Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning | |||
| Västra Mälardalen i Samverkan | |||
| Automatic Advance Production Funding | Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet | ||
| Distributor in Sweden (DCP) | SF Studios | 2018 |
Plot summary
The Cake General is based on a true story and the book ”The Cake General” by Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson.
1984 the TV-show Rekord-Magazinet appoints Köping to be the most boring city in Sweden. While the countryside becomes paralyzed by the news a man Hasse - A newcomer - decides to refute the "Stockholm bastards" by baking the worlds longest layer cake.
Swedish censorship / rating
| Certificate number | 205186 |
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| Date | 2018-02-20 |
| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
| Grounds for decision | Framställningen bedöms sakna inslag som kan vara till skada för välbefinnandet för barn. |
Technical specifications
| Sound type | Sound |
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| Colour type | Colour |
| Length in minutes | 101 min |
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Original work
Production location
| 2017 | 2017 | |||||
| Köping | Sweden |
Release dates
| Release in Sweden | 2018-03-07 | Sweden | ||||
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| TV showing | 2020-05-23 | SVT1 | Sweden | |||
| 2020-06-12 | SVT1 | Sweden | ||||
| 2021-01-05 | SVT1 | Sweden | ||||
| 2022-03-14 | SVT1 | Sweden | ||||
| 2023-09-15 | SVT1 | Sweden | ||||
| VOD release | 2023-09-15 | SVT Play | Sweden | Antal dagar på SVT Play 30 | ||
| 2024-06-14 | SVT Play | Sweden | Antal dagar på SVT Play: 30 | |||
| TV showing | 2024-06-15 | SVT1 | Sweden |
Awards
| Nominated for the Guldbagge Award | Stockholm | 2019 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Mikael Persbrandt | |
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| Stockholm | 2019 | Best Make-up | Eva von Bahr | ||
| Stockholm | 2019 | Best Make-up | Love Larson | ||
| The Guldbagge Award | Stockholm | 2019 | Best Costume | Ingrid Sjögren | |
| Guldbagge Audience Award | Stockholm | 2019 |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | DCP |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | MAP |
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| Carrier type | ProRes |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | H264 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Poster title | Tårtgeneralen |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | För- och eftertexter |
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| Extent | 37 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Musiklista |
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| Extent | 2 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Extent | 54 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Extent | 50 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Inspelningsmanus |
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| Original title | Tårtgeneralen |
| Extent | 113 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | No |
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| Colour prints | No |
| Behind the scenes prints | No |
| Slides | No |
| Digital images | Yes |
