Director:
Kjell Sundvall

Produced by:
Filmlance AB

Lead Actors:
Björn Bengtsson, Tuva Novotny

(2010)

Bröderna Karlsson is a comedy directed by Kjell Sundvall and produced by Filmlance. The story centers around two identical twins - both played by actor Björn Bengtsson - discovering each other for the first time at age 35. One of them, Nicklas, is a successful lawyer in Stockholm, living a not so exciting single life dreaming about true love and having a family life. The other twin, Hasse, is living in the countryside in the northern part of Sweden with his wife and two kids. He is the total opposite of Nicklas, charming and a notorious cheater. Their reunion is bound to be a disaster.

As there was only one actor for both of these roles, some sort of visual effect was needed to make the film believable. Filmgate was charged with coming up with solutions for all scenes involving the two brothers talking, walking and interacting with each other without reverting to static locked off cameras. Several avenues were attempted before a final route was established. For some scenes, a newly developed light-weight motion control rig was used instead of the more traditional motion control rig - which was deemed to cumbersome to operate on the fast-paced shoot. Furthermore a tripod mounted motorised camera-head was used on quite a few takes, allowing the DOP Jonas Alarik to do tripod moves and focus pulls in perfect sync between two takes. This approach was fairly unique in this genre - where static shots and body doubles are more traditionally used throughout the film.

The cast also included Tuva Novotny, Vanna Rosenberg Synnerholm, Jessica Zandén and Johan Rabaeus. Bröderna Karlsson premiered 30th July 2010.


Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIhPaxwfYvg

IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1670226/




Interview with Tuva Novotny (0.00 - 1.20) (Swedish)