be 30 to 40 minutes long, in mass scenes where all actors participated; those in focus followed the script, while others improvised in case they were within the frame in the background. The first raw cut of the film was two and a half hours long, and for a while the filmmakers considered to release a longer version than originally commissioned. Many of the most tragic scenes did not make it to the final edit, including a scene where Lennart witnesses his father hanging himself. Release The film premiered on SVT1 on 22 April 1999. A Swedish DVD was released on 28 March 2003. In a review of Killinggänget's 2004 feature film Four Shades of Brown, Svenska Dagbladet'''s critic referred to Screwed in Tallinn as the group's masterpiece, "both satirical and heartbreaking at the same time." Trivia The film's original Swedish title, Torsk på Tallinn, contains a double entendre. Properly translated, it means "Sucker for Tallinn", but torsk'' is also a Swedish slang term for a man who solicits the service of prostitutes. References External links 1999 comedy-drama films 1999 television films 1990s black comedy films Films directed by Tomas Alfredson Films set in Estonia Films set in Tallinn 1990s mockumentary films Swedish black comedy films Swedish comedy-drama films 1990s Swedish-language films Swedish television films 1999 films 1990s Swedish films