The Guardian Angel

(1990)

★ 5.4 IMDb · 9 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1990

Runtime: 108 мин

Country: Sweden

Director: Suzanne Osten

Cast: Philip Zandén, Etienne Glaser, Malin Ek, Björn Kjellman, Gunilla Röör, Lena Nylén, Hanna Hartleb, Pia Bäckström, Tuncel Kurtiz, Sven Lindqvist

Plot

An unspecified European country ca 1912 in the throws of political upheaval. A man only dressed in black (Jacob, played by Philip Zandén) is hired to assassinate the Interior Minister Joel Birkman (Etienne Glaser) after a particular brutal strike down of a student protest. He takes up work as the minister's bodyguard at his summer residence, and get's entangled in the affairs and politics of the Birkman family.