Master Detective Blomkvist

AFTER ASTRID LINDGRENS' AWARD-WINNING BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

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"Imagine if you lived in Chicago or in the slums of London, there are several murders there every day," sighs Kalle Blomkvist enviously as he looks out the window at his idyllic small town. Little does he know that the peace will soon end when the shady Uncle Einar comes to visit. Kalle and his friends start spying on him and play turns into bloody seriousness...

Astrid Lindgren's children's book Master Detective Blomkvist became immensely popular after it won the Rabén & Sjögren's detective story competition in 1946. And the film adaptation, which was the very first based on a book by Astrid, was an equally great success. Rolf Husberg directed. Shortly before that, he had had a huge success with The Children from Frostmofjället.