Dark, merciless, yet deeply humane, God afton, herr Wallenberg narrates the story of herr Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat that during World War II saved thousand of Jews. In the lead role Stellan Skasgård moves between young naivety, desperation and tenacity in a film which anchors its success in the interactions between characters and their reaction to the surrounding desperation. Dark, merciless, yet deeply humane, God afton, herr Wallenberg narrates the story of herr Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat that during World War II saved thousand of Jews. In the lead role Stellan Skasgård moves between young naivety, desperation and tenacity in a film which anchors its success in the interactions between characters and their reaction to the surrounding desperation.