The Master Detective Lives Dangerously

Peace reigns in the summer idyll of Lillköping. But appearances can be deceptive – for here there wages a war between the Red Rose and the White. In the midst of this, the old man Gren is found dead. This is a job for the Master Detective Kalle Blomkvist! The Master Detective Lives Dangerously is Astrid Lindgren director Olle Hellbom’s feature debut. A film critic working for the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter was overwhelmed: ”He depicts Astrid Lindgren’s story about the murdered man in a fashion so fresh, so funny and so exciting that one wishes that more of those who make thrillers for the adult market were capable of doing likewise is a similarly elegant fashion.” (BUFF International Film Festival)