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Makten Och Sanningen (2007)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 58M

Director : Birgitta Öhman

Synopsis

"The Power and the Truth" - depicts the Geijer-affair or the Brothel-affair in 1977 where journalist Peter Bratt was forced to publish an apology in the newspaper Dagens Nyheter even though it turned out that everything he had previously written in the case was true. The Swedish Minister of Justice Lennart Geijer was accused of using under age escort girls provided by the Madam Doris Hopp in Stockholm. Geijer denied the charges..

Actors

Peter Bratt
Peter Bratt
Leif G.W. Persson
Leif G.W. Persson
Staffan Heimerson
Staffan Heimerson
Jan Mosander
Jan Mosander
Kerstin Ostwald
Kerstin Ostwald
Jan Stolpe
Jan Stolpe
Gunilla André
Gunilla André
Doris Hopp
Doris Hopp
Lillemor Östlin
Lillemor Östlin
Carl Persson
Carl Persson

Crews

Birgitta Öhman
Birgitta Öhman
Director
Birgitta Öhman
Birgitta Öhman
Writer
Birgitta Öhman
Birgitta Öhman
Producer
Lars Säfström
Lars Säfström
Production Manager
Håkan Pieniowski
Håkan Pieniowski
Director of Photography
Kjell Tunegård
Kjell Tunegård
Editor

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