Kopps is a 2003 Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 directed by Josef Fares

Josef Fares

Josef Fares is a Crystal-Simorgh winning Swedish film director with Assyrian/Syriac origin. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films....

. The name itself is a pun

Pun

The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...

 on pronouncing the English word "Cops" with a Swedish accent.

The film is a comedy

Comedy

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 about Swedish police, starring Fares Fares

Fares Fares

Fares Fares in Beirut, Lebanon, is a Swedish film actor with Assyrian/Syriac origin. He is the brother of film director Josef Fares, and has several times played major parts in his movies, including Jalla! Jalla! and Kopps. He has also starred in Bang Bang Orangutang and Kill Your Darlings...

, Torkel Petersson

Torkel Petersson

Torkel Petersson is a Swedish actor born in Lund, Sweden, on August 19, 1969.-Selected filmography:*1999: Zero Tolerance *2000: Jalla! Jalla!*2002: Old Men in New Cars *2003: Kopps...

, Sissela Kyle

Sissela Kyle

Sissela Maria Kyle is a Swedish actress and comedian.Kyle is the second cousin of the British singer Yusuf Islam -Filmography:* 1983 - Limpan* 1985 - Lösa förbindelser...

, Göran Ragnerstam

Göran Ragnerstam

-External links:...

 and Eva Röse

Eva Röse

Eva Röse is a Swedish actress and television host.-Filmography:*Adam & Eva , One of Tove's girl friends*Längtans blåa blomma , Beata 'Betty' Tollman*Magnetisörens femte vinter , Sofie...

.

Plot

The film concerns the police force of a small fictional Swedish village, Högboträsk. The village is so peaceful that crime

Crime

Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...

 has become nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime. This would mean the loss of income for the policemen, so they begin to stage crimes in order to preserve their jobs. This includes burning down the local stand, hiring a drunk to steal a sausage, thrashing a local car and more...

American Version

Shortly after Kopps' release in 2003, Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler

Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office...

 and Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...

 bought the rights and announced their plans to remake the comedy into an English-language release, though the status is currently unknown.

Cast

• Fares Fares
  Fares Fares
  Fares Fares in Beirut, Lebanon, is a Swedish film actor with Assyrian/Syriac origin. He is the brother of film director Josef Fares, and has several times played major parts in his movies, including Jalla! Jalla! and Kopps. He has also starred in Bang Bang Orangutang and Kill Your Darlings...
  
   - Jacob
• Torkel Petersson
  Torkel Petersson
  Torkel Petersson is a Swedish actor born in Lund, Sweden, on August 19, 1969.-Selected filmography:*1999: Zero Tolerance *2000: Jalla! Jalla!*2002: Old Men in New Cars *2003: Kopps...
  
   - Benny
• Göran Ragnerstam
  Göran Ragnerstam
  -External links:...
  
   - Lasse
• Sissela Kyle
  Sissela Kyle
  Sissela Maria Kyle is a Swedish actress and comedian.Kyle is the second cousin of the British singer Yusuf Islam -Filmography:* 1983 - Limpan* 1985 - Lösa förbindelser...
  
   - Agneta
• Eva Röse
  Eva Röse
  Eva Röse is a Swedish actress and television host.-Filmography:*Adam & Eva , One of Tove's girl friends*Längtans blåa blomma , Beata 'Betty' Tollman*Magnetisörens femte vinter , Sofie...
  
   - Jessica Lindblad
• Christian Fiedler
  Christian Fiedler
  Christian Fiedler is a former German football goalkeeper, who spent his entire career playing with Hertha BSC.-Football career:...
  
   - Folke
• Erik Ahrnbom - Håkan
• Harry Goldstein - Göran
• Michael Fares - Mike
• Viktor Friberg - Janne
• Jan Fares - Mike's father
• Yngve Dahlberg - Gunnar
• Kerstin Hellström - Kindergarten teacher