Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting
for a party he doesn't want to begin. His one-hundredth birthday party to be
precise. The Mayor will be there. The press will be there. But, as it turns out,
Allan will not ...Escaping (in his slippers) through his bedroom window, into
the flowerbed, Allan makes his getaway. And so begins his picaresque and
unlikely journey involving criminals, several murders, a suitcase full of cash,
and incompetent police. As his escapades unfold, Allan's earlier life is
revealed. A life in which - remarkably - he played a key role behind the scenes
in