
Beatenup,bruised,andscared,ayoungwriterhidesinaStockholmapartment,writingthestoryofitsdisappearedinhabitants:theflamboyantandcharismaticMorganbrothers.<br/> Itallbeganayearearlier,whenhewasroomingwithHenryMorgan,aboxer,pianoplayer,composer,bartender,andold-fashionedgentlemanwithaGatsby-likecapacityforturninglifeintoafeastandabsolutelynotalentforkeepingsecrets.<br/> Thetwofriendsledthehigh-lifeinStockholmuntilthedayHenry’syoungerbrotherLeo–astarpoet,drunk,politicalprovocateur–showedup.Leodragsthemintoascandalinvolvingillegalweaponsandgangsters,andsoonthethreemenfindthemselvesunwittinglyandirreversiblytrappedinadangerousplot.<br/> Writtenwithanintenseregardforstorytellingandstyle,KlasÖstergren’sGentlemenisoneofthemostimportantliteraryworkstoemergefromSwedeninthepastthirtyyears.<br/> Partlovestory,partinternationalthrillerGentlemensimultaneouslycelebratesandmournsthepost-WWIIerawithitsjazzmusic,poetry,hiddentreasures,andespionage.ItnowcomestolifeonthebigscreenbasedonascriptbyKlasÖstergrenhimselfanddirectedbyMikaelMarcimain.<br/> Gentlemen&Gangstersisaco-productionbetweenSVTandStPaulFilm,withsupportfromSFI,andwillhaveitspremiereintheautumnof2013.







