The Black Pimpernel

The Black Pimpernel (Swedish: Svarta nejlikan; Spanish: El Clavel negro) is a Swedish drama film directed by Ulf Hultberg and starring Michael Nyqvist and Lisa Werlinder. The film also features Kate Del Castillo, Luis Gnecco and Claire Ross-Brown in a minor part.

The Black Pimpernel
Directed byUlf Hultberg
Written byBob Foss
StarringMichael Nyqvist
Lisa Werlinder
Claire Ross-Brown
Alvaro Uccelletti
Cristián Campos
Luis Gnecco
Production
companies
Mandala Films
Moviefan Scandinavia A/S
Original Film
Distributed byNordisk Film
Release date
  • 14 September 2007 (2007-09-14)
CountrySweden
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish

The film is about Harald Edelstam, Sweden's ambassador to Chile, who after the military coup of Augusto Pinochet in 1973, managed to save the lives of more than 1,300 people by taking them to his embassy and transporting them to Sweden.[1]

His name comes from the fictional hero The Scarlet Pimpernel, who saved many lives during the French Revolution.[2]

The film was shot in Santiago, including outside the presidential palace La Moneda and at the infamous National Stadium where hundreds of prisoners were tortured and killed.[2] It was shot starting January 2006 and opened September 14, 2007 in Sweden.[3]

References
  1. Camacho Padilla, Fernando (2006). "Los asilados de las embajadas de Europa Occidental en Chile tras el golpe militar y sus consecuencias diplomáticas: El caso de Suecia". European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (81): 21. doi:10.18352/erlacs.9646.
  2. "The Black Pimpernel". Variety. October 29, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  3. "THE BLACK PIMPERNEL (2007)". Retrieved January 12, 2020.


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