Swedish corporate thriller where the boardroom is deadlier than the crime scene.
At a Swedish company with international contacts, a bestial murder is committed. The murdered person has been employed by the company - everything indicates that the chairman of the board is guilty.
Acting
Erland Josephson's trembling patriarch — every silence screams.
Direction
Sundvall's cold, institutional Sweden feels like a funeral home.
Writing
The novel's moral complexity survives the TV-movie compression.
Director
Kjell Sundvall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Maria Lang's final novel, written as she faced her own mortality — the title's 'last witness' carries double weight.
Josephson, Bergman's longtime collaborator, reportedly took the role because Sundvall promised 'no theatricality, only shame.'
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