of law and order, and a weak interest for important international issues — backed by a strong police power. This is indeed a serious conflict of interests." Film critic Hanserik Hjertén, complained in Svenska Dagbladet that the filmmakers showed some bias, posing a few overly rhetorical questions. However, Hjertén's overall impression of the film was positive, and he wrote that "a piece of modern Swedish history of significant value is brought into the limelight". After underlining the film's dramatic structure and the conflicts of not only moral importance that it illuminated, Hjertén wrote "The film shows an interesting polarity in Sweden: between intellectuals and non-intellectuals, and between sense of duty and private opinion. It is overall an impressive work, and an important contribution to future debate." Together with another documentary about Båstad, called The Truth About Båstad (Swedish: Sannigen om Båstad) by Lars Westman, The White Game was awarded the 1968 Chaplin Magazine Award. In 1969 it the award for Best Film at the 6th Guldbagge Awards. The award money, approximately 350,000 SEK, more than covered the production costs of the film, which was a box office failure. References Bibliography External links The Swedish Film Database 1968 documentary films 1968 films Films directed by Bo Widerberg Films directed by Roy Andersson Swedish documentary films 1960s Swedish-language films Tennis films Best Film Guldbagge Award winners Davis Cup Swedish sports films 1960s Swedish films