Whiskey on the Rocks
In the middle of the Cold War, a Soviet submarine runs aground outside Karlskrona and suddenly Sweden finds itself at the center of events. Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin tries to resolve the conflict and avoid a world war between two nuclear powers while struggling with a wise foreign minister and a belligerent commander-in-chief.
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An exciting satirical series about when the Soviet submarine U 137 ran aground at Sweden's most secret naval base in the fall of 1981 and the whole world held its breath. A major war threatens and all responsibility now rests on one man, Sweden's Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin. How will he manage to prevent a world war, with a saintly foreign minister and a belligerent commander-in-chief at his side?
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Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin quickly heads down to Stockholm and the Government Office, where he gathers representatives from the government and the military. Meanwhile, the situation for Captain Peskov and his crew is becoming increasingly desperate. Commander-in-Chief Börje Lagercrantz believes that Sweden is under attack and that the solution is a counterattack. Captain Peskov receives orders from the Kremlin to blow up the submarine if the Swedes try to get on board.
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In Karlskrona, commander-in-chief Börje Lagercrantz and second-in-command Håkan Martinsson plan to approach the submarine on their own to measure whether there are nuclear weapons on board. To help them, they have an expert from the Defense Research Institute. The Commander-in-Chief appoints the Coast Hunters' Coast Hunter, Captain Hammarberg, to lead the unsanctioned operation. At the same time, Captain Peskov is getting worse and worse and threatens to blow up the submarine if the Swedes approach it.
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Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin meets the Soviet ambassador Aleksandra Kosygina. It turns out that their plan to have a radio mast installed on the submarine is thwarted by Commander-in-Chief Lagercrantz, who has exactly the same plan, but with completely different purposes. In the Kremlin, the frail chairman Brezhnev finds it increasingly difficult to manage the situation, but receives unexpected help from the KGB's Yuri Andropov.
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Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin visits the naval base in Karlskrona where he is met by an unexpected international press gathering. At home in Stockholm, Foreign Minister Ola Ullsten is confronted by both the KGB and the CIA in connection with a state visit to Dramaten. Everyone seems to know more than just the foreign minister. When Prime Minister Fälldin learns that the submarine is armed with nuclear weapons, everything is put to the extreme.
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Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin holds a press conference at the Government Office in Stockholm. When he informs that the submarine is armed with nuclear weapons, the world holds its breath. Can the Prime Minister and the Soviet Ambassador work together to resolve the Gordian Knot through diplomacy? And will they manage to free the submarine before the Russian fleet under the leadership of Admiral Kalinin, NATO or, for that matter, Commander-in-Chief Börje Lagercrantz, do?