Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”
Ethan Hawke
as Lars Nystrom
Noomi Rapace
as Bianca Lind
Mark Strong
as Gunnar Sorensson
Christopher Heyerdahl
as Chief Mattsson
Bea Santos
as Klara Mardh
Mark Rendall
as Elov Eriksson
Ian Matthews
as Detective Halsten Vinter
John Ralston
as Detective Jakobsson
Shanti Roney
as Olof Palme
Christopher Wagelin
as Vincent
Peter McGinn
My wife and I enjoyed this movie. I was a little surprised at how relatively close the plot was to what I read about the incident. It was paced well enough to make what went on in the hostage situation believable. After watching a preview, I expected more humor, but some of it was subtle, too subtle...