“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.