Olivia Twist
2002 · 1 season · 7 eps · ★ 7.0 · Drama
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Charles Dickens's classical Oliver Twist story, but set in modern day Stockholm and with a girl as the main character.
Created by Lars Bill Lundholm
Network: SVT1
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★ 9.01996
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Slangebæreren · 2005Slangebæreren
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Norwegian miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel. A serial killer is on the loose in Oslo. He kills and leaves mysterious notes under the bodies with lines from a children's song. Problems pile up for investigator Cato Isaksen, both in relation to his two families and the murder cases.
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★ 6.92005
SeriesDramaMystery
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden.
The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television.
The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four.
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The Night Sister · 2008The Night Sister
★ 6.82008
SeriesCrimeDrama
Norwegian miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel. An elderly woman is shot and killed in Ullevål Hageby. Witnesses have observed some boys on skateboards at the time the woman was shot. Cato Isaksen and his team are assigned to the case. They discover that the victim's grandchild in Drøbak has been missing for several months. Cato Isaksen is faced with a new and gruesome murder case.
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★ 6.82008
SeriesCrime
Norwegian miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel. Lise Sommer is haunted by her past in "Sørgekåpen" (The Mourning Cloak). Her best friend Esther Synnøve Lønn is found murdered with her throat slit. A few days later, Esther's son also disappears. When the police begin to scratch beneath the surface, it turns out that a childhood friend of Lise and Esther Synnøve is also missing. The relationship between the friends hides dark undercurrents. What really happened when the girls were little? And what are their mothers hiding? The dark threads between the characters are woven together in a dangerous pattern. Someone wants revenge, but who? And why? Cato Isaksen has a new and sinister murder case to solve.
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★ 6.71990
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Someone is killing off Swedish military officers and making it look like the works of Soviet agents. Hamilton has to crack the case before all hell breaks loose and there is a full scale spy-war with the soviets.
Drømmefangeren · 2005Drømmefangeren
★ 6.62005
SeriesCrime
Norwegian miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel. Young Therese Geber from Asker is found murdered in the harbor basin at Aker Brygge. An eerie atmosphere spreads throughout his home municipality when another young girl is murdered and a five-year-old mysteriously disappears. Cato Isaksen is assigned to the case. He has left his partner Sigrid and moved back in with his wife Bente and sons Gard and Vetle. Isaksen is still torn between his job as an investigator and his obligations as a father. This has particular consequences for his relationship with his eldest son Gard.
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★ 6.61995
MovieThrillerAction
Two Swedish business men are kidnapped in Rome by the Mob, and moved to Sicily. Carl Hamilton is sent to Sicily on direct order from the Swedish Government. He is sent to negotiate for their release. Hamiltons partner and best friend, Lundwall, is murdered by the Mob. Hamilton is dragged into a bitter and brutal vendetta between himself and the Mob-leader Don Tommaso.
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★ 6.51984
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★ 6.52010
SeriesCrime
Police detective Cato Isaksen investigates the brutal murder of first violinist Siv Ellen Blades.
Zero Kelvin · 1995Zero Kelvin
★ 6.51995
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Larsen, an aspiring poet in '20s Oslo, leaves his girlfriend to spend a year as a trapper in East Greenland. There he is teamed with a seemingly rough old sailor/trapper, Randbæk, and a scientist, Holm. Trapped in a tiny hut together as the Arctic winter sets in, a complex and intense love/hate relationship develops between Randbæk and Larsen, who are more similar than either would like to admit. A powerful psychological and physical drama set against stunningly bleak Arctic scenery.
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★ 6.42000
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