The Hypnotist

The upcoming thriller, based on the international best-seller by Lars Keplerand starring Mikael Persbrandt, will be the first Swedish film in 25 years by acclaimed director Lasse Hallström. Principal shooting will take off in January and the Swedish theatrical release is planned for October 2012.


Directed By LASSE HALLSTRÖM
("My Life as a Dog", "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen", "The Cider House Rules", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape")
After decades of international successes with films such as What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, Something to Talk About, The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, An Unfinished Life, Casanova, The Hoax, Dear John and Oscar-nominated My Life as a Dog, Lasse Hallström will direct his first Swedish feature film in 25 years, The Hypnotist.

Starring
MIKAEL PERSBRANDT - Hypnotist Dr. Erik Maria Bark
("The Hobbit," "In a Better World")
Persbrandt is one of Sweden’s greatest actors of all time. He has worked at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, and has appeared in countless film and TV roles. In January 2009, he won a Guldbagge Award for best leading actor in Jan Troell’s Everlasting Moments, and in 2011, Susanne Bier’s In A Better World, in which he also played the lead role, won an Oscar for best foreign film. He has the lead role in the upcoming films about Agent Carl Hamilton and plays the role of Beorn in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit.

TOBIAS ZILLIACUS - Detective Inspector Joona Linna
("Upswing", "Beyong Enemy Lines")
Tobias Zilliacus trained at the Theatre Academy Helsinki 1991-1995. After graduating from the academy, he began working at the Viirus Theatre in Helsinki where he appeared in some 20 productions and also directed for the stage. Zilliacus’s feature film debut was in Upswing (2002), after which he played the lead role in the war drama Beyond Enemy Lines (2004). In 2009, Tobias starred as the mortally-ill gardener Visa Vuorio in the film One Foot Under, and most recently he played the male lead in the children’s film Iris (2011).

LENA OLIN - Simone, Wife of the Hypnotist
("Remember Me," "Chocolat")
Lena Olin trained at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts 1976-79. During the 1980s, she joined the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm where she took part in many productions directed by Ingmar Bergman. Her feature film breakthrough came with a specially written lead role in Ingmar Bergman’s TV film After The Rehearsal (1984). The role led to her landing the part of Sabina in The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), which became her international breakthrough as an actress. Lena Olin enjoyed a further breakthrough in 2002, when she landed the role as Irina Derevko in the American spy series Alias. The role won her an Emmy nomination for best female supporting actress in 2003.

Producers
BÖRJE HANSSON
Börje Hansson started as Head of Production for AB Svensk Filmindustri in 2009. Before that he was Vice President and producer for one of Sweden’s most successful production companies Filmlance International, which he founded in 1988. Börje Hansson has produced several feature films such as ”The Last Contract”, ”In Bed with Santa” and ”The Guy in the Grave Next Door”, as well as several successful TV series.

PETER POSSNE
Peter Possne founded Sonet Film in 1984. Since the very beginning Sonet Film has been one of Sweden’s leading production companies with box-office hits such as “The Hunters”, “As it is In Heaven”, Simple Simon and most recently “False Trail”, the sequel of “The Hunters” .

BERTIL OHLSSON
Bertil Ohlsson is a producer with a long international career and he has been living in London since 1980. He has worked on many international successes such as; Milos Forman’s Academy award winner ”Amadeus”, Lena Olin’s international breakthrough ”The Unbearable Lightness of Being” and Lasse Hallström’s award-winning ”What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”.