Synopsis
Whiskey on the Rocks (2024) is a Swedish-American political drama and dark comedy you can stream online on iFILM, directed by Björn Stein. In the autumn of 1981, Soviet submarine U-137 — Whiskey class — ran hard aground just off the Swedish naval base at Karlskrona, touching off eleven days of improvised crisis management between Stockholm and Moscow.
Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin (Rolf Lassgård) finds himself squeezed between a navy chief who wants confrontation and a foreign minister pushing for quiet resolution. The Soviets put it down to navigation error. Swedish military intelligence reads the situation differently, particularly once instruments near the sub's hull return unexpected data.
The series leans into bureaucratic absurdity rather than straight thriller territory — neither side in the standoff looks competent, and the comedy of errors lands as sharp political satire. Lassgård carries the weight of a man who knows there is no clean exit. Stream Whiskey on the Rocks online on iFILM.
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