The King
A story about Carl XVI Gustaf who became the world’s youngest king. The father dies when the crown prince is only nine months old and he grows up with an obligation from which he cannot escape. In the course of two years, the director Karin af Klintberg gets to interview him. The film consists of their meetings, intermixed with scenes from the spectacle that surrounds him. A modern and poetic film about the king in which he is placed in settings we rarely otherwise see him.
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King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Self
Karin af Klintberg
Self
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Self
Princess Christina Mrs. Magnuson
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Sauli Niinistö
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Iggy Pop
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Queen Silvia of Sweden
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