The Assignment (1977 film)

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| director = Mats Arehn

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| screenplay = Mats Arehn
Ingemar Ejve
Lars-Magnus Jansson

| story = Per Wahlöö

| producer = Ingemar Ejve

| starring = Thomas Hellberg
Christopher Plummer
Carolyn Seymour

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| cinematography = Lennart Carlsson

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| released = {{Film date|1977|7|11|df=y}}

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = Sweden

| language = Swedish

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The Assignment (Swedish: Uppdraget ) is a 1977 Swedish drama film directed by Mats Arehn and starring Christopher Plummer, Thomas Hellberg and Carolyn Seymour.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090118071216/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/384475 BFI.org] A Swedish foreign office official travels to South America on a peace-making mission. It was based on the novel Uppdraget by Per Wahlöö.