Klassfesten
Encyclopedia
Klassfesten is a 2002 Swedish
comedy
/drama
film written and directed by Måns Herngren
and Hannes Holm
. The film stars Björn Kjellman
, Cecilia Frode
, Inday Ba
, Henrik Hjelt
, Lisa Lindgren
and Ulf Friberg
. The film was released February 27, 2002 in Sweden.
) graduated from the ninth grade in Hagsätra
, he gets an invitation to a class reunion. He declines the invitation, because he don't want to relive some of the most embarrassing moments of his life. Magnus rather stays home with his wife Lollo (Cecilia Frode
) and his daughter. But when Magnus starts to think about his teenage crush, Hillevi (Inday Ba
), and whether she will go or not. He decides to go to the reunion, in hope that Hillevi will show up.
. The Ark's singer Ola Salo
has written the two songs. He wrote "Calleth You, Cometh I" together with Peter Kvint.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
/drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
film written and directed by Måns Herngren
Måns Herngren
Måns Herngren, born on 20 April 1965, in Stockholm, is a Swedish actor, but mostly a director. Almost all of his films are done together with his old friend Hannes Holm. He is the older brother to actor and comedian Felix Herngren....
and Hannes Holm
Hannes Holm
Hannes Martin Holm, born on 26 November 1962 in Lidingö, is a Swedish director and screenwriter. He makes almost all of his films with Måns Herngren.- Selected filmography :*1983 - Interrail*1983 - Vidöppet...
. The film stars Björn Kjellman
Björn Kjellman
John Björn Sture Kjellman , is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in Swedish movies like Klassfesten and Livet är en schlager, in which he plays a Melodifestivalen-obsessed transsexual who is brother to Helena Bergström's character, who takes part in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in the...
, Cecilia Frode
Cecilia Frode
Cecilia Frode is a Swedish actress born on 14 August 1970 in Linköping.She graduated from the theatre school in Malmö in 1994. She also won a Guldbagge for best supporting actor in the Swedish comedy film Klassfesten...
, Inday Ba
Inday Ba
Inday Ba , also known as N'Deaye Ba, was a Swedish-British film, stage, and television actress born in Gothenburg, Sweden....
, Henrik Hjelt
Henrik Hjelt
Henrik Olov August Hjelt, born on 6 March 1968, on Lidingö, is a Swedish comedian and actor. He is also a reserve officer in the Swedish Amphibious Corps and a lawyer.- Selected filmography :*2001: Känd från TV...
, Lisa Lindgren
Lisa Lindgren
Elisabet "Lisa" Lindgren is a Swedish actress.-Filmography:*Tillsammans *Hans och hennes *Klassfesten *Skenäktenskap * 2002 – Tusenbröder...
and Ulf Friberg
Ulf Friberg
Ulf Friberg is a Swedish actor, screenwriter, theatre and film director.Friberg studied in Malmö 1986-89. After that he was engaged at Stockholm City Theatre. He has also been engaged at the Orion Theatre in Stockholm and Folkteatern in Gothenburg...
. The film was released February 27, 2002 in Sweden.
Plot
20 years after Magnus Edkvist (Björn KjellmanBjörn Kjellman
John Björn Sture Kjellman , is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in Swedish movies like Klassfesten and Livet är en schlager, in which he plays a Melodifestivalen-obsessed transsexual who is brother to Helena Bergström's character, who takes part in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in the...
) graduated from the ninth grade in Hagsätra
Hagsätra
Hagsätra is a quarter in Söderort, the southern part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. It borders with the quarters of Älvsjö, Örby and Rågsved in Stockholm, as well as Stuvsta in neighboring Huddinge Municipality...
, he gets an invitation to a class reunion. He declines the invitation, because he don't want to relive some of the most embarrassing moments of his life. Magnus rather stays home with his wife Lollo (Cecilia Frode
Cecilia Frode
Cecilia Frode is a Swedish actress born on 14 August 1970 in Linköping.She graduated from the theatre school in Malmö in 1994. She also won a Guldbagge for best supporting actor in the Swedish comedy film Klassfesten...
) and his daughter. But when Magnus starts to think about his teenage crush, Hillevi (Inday Ba
Inday Ba
Inday Ba , also known as N'Deaye Ba, was a Swedish-British film, stage, and television actress born in Gothenburg, Sweden....
), and whether she will go or not. He decides to go to the reunion, in hope that Hillevi will show up.
Cast
- Björn KjellmanBjörn KjellmanJohn Björn Sture Kjellman , is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in Swedish movies like Klassfesten and Livet är en schlager, in which he plays a Melodifestivalen-obsessed transsexual who is brother to Helena Bergström's character, who takes part in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in the...
as Magnus Edkvist - Inday BaInday BaInday Ba , also known as N'Deaye Ba, was a Swedish-British film, stage, and television actress born in Gothenburg, Sweden....
as Hillevi - Cecilia FrodeCecilia FrodeCecilia Frode is a Swedish actress born on 14 August 1970 in Linköping.She graduated from the theatre school in Malmö in 1994. She also won a Guldbagge for best supporting actor in the Swedish comedy film Klassfesten...
as Lollo Edkvist, Magnus wife - Lisa LindgrenLisa LindgrenElisabet "Lisa" Lindgren is a Swedish actress.-Filmography:*Tillsammans *Hans och hennes *Klassfesten *Skenäktenskap * 2002 – Tusenbröder...
as Jeanette - Ulf FribergUlf FribergUlf Friberg is a Swedish actor, screenwriter, theatre and film director.Friberg studied in Malmö 1986-89. After that he was engaged at Stockholm City Theatre. He has also been engaged at the Orion Theatre in Stockholm and Folkteatern in Gothenburg...
as Tommy - Henrik HjeltHenrik HjeltHenrik Olov August Hjelt, born on 6 March 1968, on Lidingö, is a Swedish comedian and actor. He is also a reserve officer in the Swedish Amphibious Corps and a lawyer.- Selected filmography :*2001: Känd från TV...
as Ove - Jimmy Lindström as Lill-Micke
- Johan Ehn as Jonas
- Jessica Forsberg as Pia
- Ingrid Luterkort as The teacher
- Urban Bergsten as Leffe lort
- Jan Åström as Micke P
- Frida Öhman as Alva, Magnus and Lollos daughter
- Oscar Taxén as Young Magnus
- Sacha Baptiste as Young Hillevi
- Anders Timell as Fabbe
Music
The music in the film is "Calleth You, Cometh I" and "Topsy Kaiser", both songs made by the Swedish band The ArkThe Ark (band)
The Ark was a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Jepsson Mikael , and Lasse Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2005, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member...
. The Ark's singer Ola Salo
Ola Salo
Ola Salo, born Rolf Ola Anders Svensson on 19 February 1977 in Avesta, Sweden, is the Swedish rock vocalist of the Swedish glam rock band The Ark. Salo lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child. It was while living in Rottne, in 1991, that he and his friends Jepson and...
has written the two songs. He wrote "Calleth You, Cometh I" together with Peter Kvint.