Kalabaliken i Bender
Kalabaliken i Bender
The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village of Bender for the Turkish sulton to help him defeat his arch enemy, the czar of Russia, Peter the Great. But the Turks think he's an expensive guest and want him out of Turkey. However, he refuses. The sultan then decides to send Karl XII a princess to marry him, to get him out of the country (a bride for a bribe). The two Swedish soldiers Lagercrona and Kruus are to escort the princess. They experience many different adventures on their way to Bender, namely because other Swedish soldiers and agents try to stop them from ever reaching the village, because they don't want Karl XII to leave Turkey. After their long adventure to get there and a few misunderstandings, the famous "kalabalik" of Bender, where the Turks decide to drive Karl XII out of Turkey by force, begins.
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Ann-Sofie Kylin
as Elin
Nils Ahlroth
as Doktor Skragge
Lasse Åberg
as Fänrik Lagercrona
Walter Gotell
as Storvesiren
Gösta Ekman
as Karl XII
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
as Taffeltäckare Hultman
Ayten Kuyululu
Brasse Brännström
as Kruus
Göthe Grefbo
Tuncel Kurtiz
Sven Melander
Johannes Brost
Sten Ljunggren
as Överste Grothusen
István Szilágyi
Åke Lindman
Lars Amble
as Pastor Agrell
Rozita Auer
as Belly dancer
