Storyline
A travelling theater-company performs Offenbach's "The Beautiful Helene" when an officer in the audience notices the similarity in appearance between the leading actor Leonard Pettersson and the king Charles XV. With Pettersson dressed as the king and the other actors as the royal suite, they all go to Herrsunda castle where the officer is trying to make an impression on his fiance.
Cast & Crew
Gösta Ekman
Leonard Pettersson / Carl XV
Lead
Nils Wahlbom
Casimir Löwencreutz
Gull Natorp
Adèle Löwencreutz
Birgit Tengroth
Marie-Louise Löwencreutz
Håkan Westergren
Charles-Emile Spaak
Olga Andersson
Countess Ehrencrona
Åke Ohberg
Carl Henrik von Grimm
Semmy Friedmann
Italian Fireworks Expert
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Kungen kommer is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
