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Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past
Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past

Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past

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Detective Katrine Ries Jensen and legal psychiatrist Thomas Schaeffer form a special unit at the Copenhagen Police investigating serial killings. A case from Schaeffer’s past crops up. As a young psychologist, he held back from sending a patient, who was manically drawing the details of a traffic accident, to a secure hospital. Now these bloody scenes resurface, enacted as real killings.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Danish

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

15 March 2012

Country

Denmark

Cast

Jakob Cedergren

Jakob Cedergren

Thomas Schaeffer

Laura Bach

Laura Bach

Katrine Ries Jensen

Lars Mikkelsen

Lars Mikkelsen

Magnus Bisgaard

Simon Kvamm

Simon Kvamm

Kristian Almen

Lars Ranthe

Lars Ranthe

Sørensen

Lærke Winther

Lærke Winther

Mia Vogelsang

Frederik Meldal Nørgaard

Frederik Meldal Nørgaard

Stig Molbeck

Iben Dorner

Iben Dorner

Benedicte Schaeffer

Benjamin Brüel

Benjamin Brüel

Johan Schaeffer

Petrine Agger

Petrine Agger

Ellen Severin

Thomas Baldus

Thomas Baldus

Ejendomsmægler

Christoph Bastrup

Christoph Bastrup

Politibetjent

Martin Boserup

Martin Boserup

Sergent (voice)

Sami Darr

Sami Darr

Betjent Amir

Peter Pilegaard

Peter Pilegaard

Kenneth

Signe Skov

Signe Skov

Lisbeth

Malin Brolin-Tani

Malin Brolin-Tani

Carla

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