The family's claim was rejected but now the filmmakers have agreed to edit the film and to replace the original with a new version. Top government ministers were accused of buying sex from underage girls. The film mixes fact with fiction, but the prime minister character bears a strong resemblance to the late Swedish Social Democrat leader Olof Palme.
In one scene, the prime minister has sex with an underage girl in a hotel room. That is the scene that upset Palme's widow and his three sons.
But the filmmakers insisted that Call Girl was inspired by real events and is not a documentary. All that makes it hard for the viewer to know where the facts end and the fiction begins. In the new version, the controversial hotel scene has been edited following discussions between the film team and the Palme family's lawyers.
While some argued that the Palmes' lawsuit infringed on artistic freedom, the family also received a lot of sympathy. Criminologist Leif GW Persson, who worked at Sweden's National Police Board at the time that the scandal was being investigated, said that Palme never came close to the s call-girl network.
Rumours that he used prostitutes were unfounded, he said. Call Girl is being shown at several international film festivals and is due to be released on DVD. Daily news pod Mon - Fri at 4. News in other languages. Radio Sweden. Home All broadcasts Contact News archive More. A scene from the film "Call Girl". Photo: Jukka Male.
