The Third Wave - The Conspiracy
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Third Wave - The Conspiracy |
| Original title | Den tredje vågen |
| Country of production |
Sweden Finland |
| original language | Swedish |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Unlike Nilsson |
| script | Not so Nilsson Joakim Hansson |
| production | Joakim Hansson |
| music | Bengt Nilsson |
| camera | Per-Arne Svensson |
| cut | Darek Hodor |
| occupation | |
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The Third Wave - The Conspiracy (Original title: Den tredje vågen ) is a film by the Swedish director Anders Nilsson from 2003 and the last part of a trilogy with Zero Tolerance - Witnesses in Fear (1999) and Executive Protection - The bomb is ticking ( 2001) was started. The subject of the films is the work of the Swedish police commissioner Johan Falk, played by Jakob Eklund .
The film ran in 2006 under the title The Third Violence on ZDF.
action
Johan Falk, the Swedish Police Commissioner, has retired from active duty. He spends his vacation by the sea in Dunkirk with his wife and daughter .
Meanwhile, a new Europol President will be presented in The Hague . The Swede Ola Sellberg, former supervisor of Commissioner Falk, reveals his findings to the press about organized crime, which, in a “third wave” of his criminal activities, is trying to dominate European banks and large corporations, and has already penetrated far.
In a third storyline, the film follows the action at the head of a London investment fund involved in illegal financial transfers. Rebecca, wife of the Phoenix Kane executive board, discovers that money is being laundered on a large scale. This marks the beginning of an escape through half of Europe for Rebecca.
The three people with whom the story of The Third Wave began meet in a restaurant in The Hague. Sellberg pays his brave rush against organized crime with his life, even though Rebecca was actually the target of the attack. She narrowly escapes, henceforth protected by Falk, who, however, puts his family in extreme danger. Only in Munich does the persecution come to a surprising end in the confusion of a demonstration by opponents of globalization. Phoenix Kane, who knew nothing about the planned killing of his wife, and would have certainly not consented to it, saves her from the killers at the risk of his life.
Johan Falk later learns that for his sake Ola Sellberg rushed so openly against organized crime at the press conference. The film ends with Johan's re-entry into the police.
background
Director Anders Nilsson is considered to be one of the founders of the so-called Euro-Thriller , European productions that are supposed to differ from American films primarily through their closeness to reality and credibility. With The Third Wave - The Conspiracy , Nilsson was able to realize his most extensive project to date. The film was shot with a budget of 37 million Swedish kronor (4 million euros) and a huge staff. The casting in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands alone took a year. The film was shot in no less than eight European countries. The German actor and Grimme Prize winner Sylvester Groth plays one of the villains. In Germany, The Third Wave was released on DVD and ran on ZDF under the title The Third Violence .
Reviews
Film fans and critics were impressed by the tension built up by director Anders Nilsson without any showmanship, the action scenes well integrated into the plot, the intelligent script and the strong performances of the actors (not used in Germany), especially Jakob Eklund .
"Solid and exciting thriller based on an intelligent book, which was implemented with credible actors without intrusive effects."
Awards
Director Anders Nilsson won the special police award at the Festival du Film Policier de Cognac for The Third Wave .
See also
In 2009 the six-part film series GSI - Spezialeinheit Göteborg was created , which continues the story of Johan Falk after a five-year stay at Europol in The Hague. In this, Jakob Eklund also plays the main actor Johan Falk.
Web links
- The Third Wave - The conspiracy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- German sales information for the film
- ZDF information ( Memento from January 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c ZDF : The Third Power ( Memento from January 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Moviezine.se: En fullträff av Anders Nilsson ( Memento of the original from August 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b The Third Wave - The Conspiracy in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ Editor TV Movie : The Third Wave - The Conspiracy , TV Movie 13/07
- ↑ Filmbessprechungen.de: The Third Wave - The Conspiracy ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ DVD-Forum.at: The Third Wave - The Conspiracy
- ↑ Varitey.com: The Third Wave (English) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ IMDB: Den tredje vågen (English)
- ↑ Filmsalon.be: The Third Wave Filmbespreking (Dutch)
- ^ Festival du Film Policier de Cognac: 2005 - 23ème édition - Palmarès ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
