The Tears of Saint Peter

Overview

Izabella Scorupco plays Carla, who is a con-artist somewhere in mediavel Sweden. Carla is disguised as a man and she is selling a "product" called Petri tårar (Tears of St. Peter). This product cures every sickness. In order to promote her product she promises to wake up from the dead all citizens of the town who have died within the last ten years. Both the bishop and the mayor are alarmed as they fear loss of influence over them and try to work against Carla. There are also many citizens who don't want to see their "loved ones" wake up from the dead. In order to make things more confusing, Carla and the son of the mayor, Mark, fall in love with each other.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 11, 1995

Original language

Swedish

Spoken languages

Swedish

Countries

Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden

Production

Svenska Filminstitutet,SF Studios,TV4,FilmTeknik,Kinoproduction,Northern Lights,Kenneth Madsen Filmproduktion,MovieMakers

Cast

Niklas Falk,Christer Hall,Oskar Alyhr,Rolf Lassgård,Asko Sarkola,Stig Troedsson,Mårten Klingberg,Erika Höghede,Enrico Bonavera,Lena Bogegårdand 25 more

Director

Erich Hörtnagl

Writer

Erich Hörtnagl,Jonas Cornell,Peter Kihlgård

Producer

Kenneth Madsen,Anders Granström

Cinematography

Rolf Lindström

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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