The Slingshot
Trailer: The Slingshot
Year: 1993
Genre: Drama
Studio: SVT Drama, Nordisk Film Denmark, SF Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet
Director: Åke Sandgren
Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Jesper Salén, Basia Frydman, Niclas Olund, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Reine Brynolfsson
Crew: Åke Sandgren (Director), Waldemar Bergendahl (Producer), Åke Sandgren (Writer), Björn Isfält (Original Music Composer), Lasse Westfelt (Production Design), Willie Peterson-Berger (Sound)
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