Leif (film)
Leif is a 1987 Swedish comedy film directed by Claes Eriksson and the first to star the members of Galenskaparna och After Shave.

Plot 
Gunnar Volt (Anders Eriksson), the head of the weapons factory Kanoner & Krut ("Cannons & Gunpowder") in the small community of Rotum plans for the upcoming demonstration of a new weapon called "The Fighting Egg". However, this is interrupted by an article in the local newspaper where the signature Leif claims that the company engaged in the illegal arms trade. The name Rotum spelled backwards is mutor, which is the Swedish word for bribes. When Inspector Mård (Peter Rangmar) and his assistant Nilsson (Jan Rippe), two police officers from Stockholm, comes to the town hell breaks out. At the same time two Iranians arrives to the office to close a deal, when the police knocks at the door. Volt, the deputy directors Max Kroger (Claes Eriksson) and Rambo (Knut Agnred) flees through the window with the Iranians. After stealing some clothes they head to Volt's brother Håkan (Per Fritzell), which operates in the entertainment industry.

Later, after a series of incidents like Volt's wife Doris (Kerstin Granlund) giving birth to their son, they decide to confront Leif at the demonstration of their latest weapons. After a car chase between the main characters and the Iranians, Volt finds out that he is Leif. The film ends with Volt quitting the weapons industry to start selling Japanese dance bands.

Cast 
Anders Eriksson - Gunnar Volt 
Kerstin Granlund - Doris Volt / Florence Hasselback
Claes Eriksson - Max Koger / Mayor Hylén 
Knut Agnred - Sven "Rambo" Larsson / Tommy Backman 
Per Fritzell - Niklas Kortnoj / Håkan Volt/ Assarsson
Peter Rangmar - Inspector Mård / taxi driver / bishop
Jan Rippe - Lars Erik Ingemar Fred / Assistant Nilsson
Laila Westersund - Signe Fred 
Kimmo Rajala and Pierre Jonsson - Iranians

Trivia 
The film's story proved to compare fairly well with reality. Around the same time as it was filmed media uncovered the Bofors scandal. Regarding this, one can amuse themselves with reading the place name backwards, as it says mutor which is Swedish for bribes.

At the start of the film there is an animation that seems to be inspired by the animated introduction to Monty Python's Life of Brian. The name "Brian", is replaced with "Leif".

See also 
 Leif (album)

External links 
 
 

1987 comedy films
1987 films
Films set in Sweden
Films directed by Claes Eriksson
Films with screenplays by Claes Eriksson
Galenskaparna och After Shave films
1980s Swedish films