The Invisible (2002 film)

The Invisible
DVD cover
SwedishDen osynlige
Directed byJoel Bergvall
Simon Sandquist
Based onDen Osynlige
by Mats Wahl
StarringGustaf Skarsgård
Production
companies
Film i Vast, Nordisk Film Production, SF Bio
Release date
  • February 8, 2002 (2002-02-08) (Sweden)
Running time
1h 41min
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

The Invisible (Swedish: Den osynlige) is a 2002 Swedish film directed by Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist, very loosely based on Mats Wahl's book of the same name. The film follows Niklas, a young and quiet man who falls short of his mother's expectations, and then finds himself attacked by a neglected young girl Annelie (she too, is metaphorically invisible) and left for dead. The next morning, however, he discovers that no one can see, hear or feel him, and anything he does to try and communicate is reversed; he is in a Limbo-like state between life-and-death, and must find out his 'murderer' and save his body before it's too late. The film stars Gustaf Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny and Thomas Hedengran in the leads.

An American remake was released under the same title on April 27, 2007.