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“The Swede of Philadelphia,” the documentary on the life of Pelle Lindbergh, will play at Apple Cinema in Westbrook on Nov. 24 at 6 p.m. The film, directed by Charlie Minn, will return to the theater for a week-long run beginning Dec. 12.

The film tells the story of Lindbergh, who was killed on Nov. 10, 1985, when he drove his Porsche drunk after a Philadelphia Flyers team party in New Jersey. Prior to joining the Flyers, where he won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goalie in the 1984-85 season, Lindbergh played a season and a half with the Maine Mariners, the Flyers’ American Hockey League affiliate at the time.

“All that blew up based on a poor decision that cost him everything and could’ve killed two other people,” Minn said at an event in May promoting the film.

Travis Lazarczyk has covered sports for the Portland Press Herald since 2021. A Vermont native, he graduated from the University of Maine in 1995 with a BA in English. After a few years working as a sports...