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THE SWEDISH TORPEDO

DEN SVENSKA TORPEDEN

By Frida KEMPFF

LÄSK AB - as PROD

Sport - Completed 2024

Inspired by real events nearing WWII, filmmaker Frida Kempff (Knocking, Sundance 2021) and star Josefin Neldén (Border, 438 Days) capture the timeless story of the record-breaking swimmer Sally Bauer, who defied expectations and break societal norms to pursue her dream.


Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2024
Centrepiece
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    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Sport, True Story, Historical
    • Countries
    • SWEDEN, ESTONIA, BELGIUM, FINLAND
    • Languages
    • SWEDISH, DANISH, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 120 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Frida KEMPFF
    • Writer(s)
    • Frida KEMPFF, Marietta VON HAUSSWOLFF VON BAUMGARTEN
    • Producer(s)
    • Erik ANDERSSON (MOMENTO FILM), Anna CRONEMAN (SVT - SVERIGES TELEVISION), Kristina BORJESON (FILM I VÄST), Johanna LIND (TV4), Riina SILDOS (AMRION OÜ), Sebastian SCHELENZ (VELVET FILMS), Klaus HEYDEMANN (Inland Film Company )
    • Synopsis
    • Southern Sweden, summer 1939. World War II is looming. 30-year-old single mother Sally Bauer can’t tear herself from the sea. She is determined to become the first Scandinavian to swim the English Channel. Facing social pressure and sanctioned by her family who threatens to take her son away, she confronts conventiPrééons and fiercely crawls her way through a record-breaking journey.
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