''Vendetta'' is a 1995 Swedish film directed by

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and starring Stefan Sauk as the Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton and as his adversary Don Tommaso,

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. It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 10 February 1995. A television miniseries was filmed at the same time. It aired as six episodes of 50–60 minutes each.

Plot

Carl Hamilton is assigned to go to

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to free two Swedish businessmen who are held captive by a local

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named Don Tommaso. The Don wants a Swedish naval robot system in exchange for his hostages. In the beginning Hamilton acts merely as a negotiator, but when he cannot accept the demands of his counterpart, the situation escalates. Hamilton stands up against Don Tommaso, while abduction and murder becomes the language of negotiation. A classical vendetta is initiated, as narcotics from Colombia and the Italian intelligence community become involved.

Cast

* Stefan Sauk as commander Carl Hamilton, naval officer and intelligence operative *

as Don Tommaso * Luigi Di Fiori as Giulio, Don Tommaso's brother *

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as the grey eminence of Swedish intelligence, "DG" * Roland Hedlund as Samuel Ulfsson, Naval Commodore, and Chief of the Military Intelligence Service's operative department OP5 * Mats Långbacka as captain Åke Stålhandske, Swedish marine officer and intelligence operative * Per Graffman as captain Joar Lundwall, Swedish marine officer and intelligence operative * Antonio Di Ponziano as lieutenant Luigi Bertoni-Svensson, Swedish marine officer and intelligence operative *

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as lieutenant general Giuseppe Cortini *

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as colonel Gustavo Da Piemonte * Marika Lagercrantz as Eva-Britt Hamilton, Carl's wife * Malin Lagerhem as Johanna-Louise Hamilton, Carl's daughter *

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as Nitto Stradella, don Tommaso's bodyguard * Stig Engström as Johan Carlemar, Technical Manager, Swedish Armament * Claes Ljungmark as Gustav Hansson, Sales Manager, Swedish Armament * Pasquale Anselmo as Enrico *

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as Roberto *

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and Carlo Barsotti (the voice) as Don Giovanni *

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as Don Salvatore *

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as Aldo Sabatini

References

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* * * 1995 films 1990s crime action films 1995 crime thriller films 1995 action drama films 1990s spy films 1990s English-language films English-language Swedish films Films about kidnapping Swedish films about revenge Films about the Sicilian Mafia Films directed by Mikael Håfström Films set in Italy Films set in Sweden Swedish action films Swedish crime thriller films Swedish spy films 1995 directorial debut films 1995 drama films 1990s Swedish films {{1990s-Sweden-film-stub