Per Wiklund

Counter to the popular image of Erik XIV as the mad king Strindberg paints him as an intelligent but weak king, brought down by his insecurities.

A man dreams of climbing society and begins to manipulate his business companions to get a sale to benefit him. - My companions are probably good and mean well, but they do not understand business. And yes, they have principles. I have that too. But mine are better.

"Lågsniff" is only screened once on Swedish television in 1965, and then creating such a stir that the film immediately was put into the dark vaults of SVT, where it has been hidden since. Now the amazing visual recording of the event has been made available on DVD, 37 years after. This experimental stageplay is a masterpiece in the use of live voices, (by fellow leading avant-gardists of the time, Bengt-Emil Johnson, Leif Nylén a.o.) black and white cut ups and an innovative use of the camera.