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The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

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The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

"For a century he's made the world uncertain, and now he is on the loose again."

2013

1h 55m

6.8(1025 votes)

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Overview

After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.

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FLX

Nice Drama

Film i Väst

TV4

Svenska Filminstitutet

Buena Vista International

Film i Västerbotten

Nordisk Film & TV Fond

Wild Bunch

Creative Europe Media

StudioCanal

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Robert Gustafsson

Robert Gustafsson

Allan Karlsson

Iwar Wiklander

Iwar Wiklander

Julius

David Wiberg

David Wiberg

Benny

Mia Skäringer

Mia Skäringer

Gunilla

Jens Hultén

Jens Hultén

Gunnar "Gäddan" Gärdin

Sven Lönn

Hans "Hinken" Claesson

Bianca Cruzeiro

Bianca Cruzeiro

Caracas

Alan Ford

Alan Ford

Pim

Simon Säppenen

Bulten

Kerry Shale

Kerry Shale

Harry S Truman

Creative team

Directed by: Felix Herngren
Written by: Felix Herngren
Hans Ingemansson
Produced by: Henrik Jansson-Schweizer
Malte Forssell

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