''Zero Tolerance'' () is a Swedish

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which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 29 October 1999, directed by Anders Nilsson. It is the first film in the series about police officer

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Jakob Eklund Jakob Anders Eklund (born 21 February 1962) is a Swedish film, television and stage actor. He portrayed the fictional police officer Johan Falk in 20 movies. His wife, Marie Richardson, played his on-screen girlfriend in the trilogy of films '' ...

) and is followed by ''

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'' in 2001 and '' The Third Wave'' in 2003.

Plot

Johan Falk, a

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and former member of Nationella insatsstyrkan, gets involved in a shooting on

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. He saves the life of a little girl but is then drawn into a stream of events and he ends up being the accused. In the search for the truth he sees no other way than to take the law into his own hands, and becomes hunted by his own colleagues.

Cast (selection)

- Johan Falk * Peter Andersson - Leo Gaut *

Lennart Hjulström Lennart Hjalmar Hjulström (18 July 1938 – 3 July 2022) was a Swedish actor and director. He was married to Gunilla Nyroos and father of Niklas and Carin Hjulström. His father was Filip Hjulström. Partial filmography *1983: '' Berget ...

- Ola Sellberg * Sonny Johnson - Thorsen *

Marie Richardson Marie Elisabet Richardson (born 6 June 1959) is a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She studied at the Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm from 1982 to 1985 and has been employed by The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm ever since. Richa ...

- Helen Andersson *

Fredrik Dolk Gustav Fredrik Dolk (born 14 December 1961) is a Swedish actor. He is a noted voice actor and has delivered the Swedish voice of Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story, Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), Superman in Superman: The Animated Se ...

- Peter Kroon

References

External links

* * 1999 films Swedish action films 1999 action films Films set in Gothenburg Swedish Christmas films 1990s Christmas films 1990s Swedish-language films 1990s Swedish films {{1990s-action-film-stub