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

    Genre
    Adventure, Comedy
  • |
    • Runtime
    114 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2013
  • |
    • Countries
    Sweden, Russia, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany
  • |
    • Languages
    Swedish, German, English, Spanish, French, Russian
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Felix Herngre
WRITTEN BY:
Felix Herngre, Hans Ingemansson
CAST INCLUDES:
Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Based on the international best-seller, director Felix Herngren's Academy Award nominated, Chicago International Film Festival Audience Award winning film is "an absurdist comic fable" (Hollywood Reporter) that centers on a 100-year-old explosives expert who escapes from a retirement home. The "wildly whimsical" (The Observer) adventure is sure to charm fans of absurdist comedy.

SYNOPSIS

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.

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

    Genre
    Adventure, Comedy
  • |
    • Runtime
    114 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2013
  • |
    • Countries
    Sweden, Russia, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany
  • |
    • Languages
    Swedish, German, English, Spanish, French, Russian
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Felix Herngre
WRITTEN BY
Felix Herngre, Hans Ingemansson
CAST INCLUDES
Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg
Based on the international best-seller, director Felix Herngren's Academy Award nominated, Chicago International Film Festival Audience Award winning film is "an absurdist comic fable" (Hollywood Reporter) that centers on a 100-year-old explosives expert who escapes from a retirement home. The "wildly whimsical" (The Observer) adventure is sure to charm fans of absurdist comedy.

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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