Kalabaliken i Bender

Kalabaliken i Bender

97 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | Aug. 26, 1983

The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village of Bender for the Turkish sulton to help him defeat his arch enemy, the czar of Russia, Peter the Great. But the Turks think he's an expensive guest and want him out of Turkey. However, he refuses. The sultan then decides to send Karl XII a princess to marry him, to get him out of the country (a bride for a bribe). The two Swedish soldiers Lagercrona and Kruus are to escort the princess. They experience many different adventures on their way to Bender, namely because other Swedish soldiers and agents try to stop them from ever reaching the village, because they don't want Karl XII to leave Turkey. After their long adventure to get there and a few misunderstandings, the famous "kalabalik" of Bender, where the Turks decide to drive Karl XII out of Turkey by force, begins.

Kalabaliken i Bender

97 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | Aug. 26, 1983

Kalabaliken i Bender
The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village of Bender for the Turkish sulton to help him defeat his arch enemy, the czar of Russia, Peter the Great. But the Turks think he's an expensive guest and want him out of Turkey. However, he refuses. The sultan then decides to send Karl XII a princess to marry him, to get him out of the country (a bride for a bribe). The two Swedish soldiers Lagercrona and Kruus are to escort the princess. They experience many different adventures on their way to Bender, namely because other Swedish soldiers and agents try to stop them from ever reaching the village, because they don't want Karl XII to leave Turkey. After their long adventure to get there and a few misunderstandings, the famous "kalabalik" of Bender, where the Turks decide to drive Karl XII out of Turkey by force, begins.
IMDb rating 2.9
Producers Europa Film, Viking Film
Original title Kalabaliken i Bender
Directors Mats Arehn
Writers Rolf Börjlind

Cast

Gösta Ekman

as Karl XII

Lasse Åberg

as Fänrik Lagercrona

Ayşe Emel Mesçi

as Sirene

Sten Ljunggren

as Överste Grothusen

Lars Amble

as Pastor Agrell

Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt

as Taffeltäckare Hultman

Sture Hovstadius

as General Lagercrona

Nils Ahlroth

as Doktor Skragge

Donald Arthur

as Ambassadör Poniatowski

Walter Gotell

as Storvesiren

Rozita Auer

as Belly dancer

Ann-Sofie Kylin

as Elin