The Call-up(Movie, 1979)

Name: The Call-up
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1979
Duration: T01:25:00
Rating: 2.8

Original title: "Repmånad eller Hur man gör pojkar av män" (Swedish/SV)

1h 25min | Genre: Comedy

Rating: 2.8/5 (with 17 votes)

Repmånad is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 23 February 1979, directed by Lasse Åberg. The plot revolves around a group of men called in for refresher exercise (known as "repmånad" in Swedish, hence the title) in the Swedish Army, and who did their national service together some years earlier. The alternative name is "How to make boys out of men (Swedish:hur man gör pojkar av män), a joke on the military motto "We make men out of boys". ()

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It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

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Production country: Sweden

Plays in: Sweden

Made by: Europa Film, Viking Films, Rifilm

Original language: Swedish (SV)

Spoken languages: Swedish (SV)

Translated into 8 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Polish (PL), Romanian (RO), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 02/23/1979

Cast: Janne Carlsson, Lasse Åberg, Ted Åström, Weiron Holmberg, Agneta Prytz, Lars Amble, Monica Dominique

Director: Lasse Åberg, Peter Hald

Producer: Bo Jonsson

Screenwriter: Lasse Åberg, Bo Jonsson, Lars Molin

Film Editor: Sylvia Ingemarsson

Director of Photography: Hanno-Heinz Fuchs

Composer: Janne Schaffer

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Høstmanøvren"

"Hvordan man gjør gutter av menn"

"Kertausharjoitukset"

"Военные сборы"

"Repmånad"

Keywords: reunion, platoon, signal corps, military service, conscripts, swedish army

Revenue: 7,500,000 USD

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