Arne Dahl: Bad Blood

Der Strick um den Hals

November 1975 •German

American Tragedy

October 1981 •Lithuanian

Clyde Griffiths dreams of climbing the corporate ladder and making his way into the highest circles of society. In order to fulfill his most cherished dream, Clyde is ready for absolutely anything, he will not even stop before committing a terrible and ridiculous crime...

The Killer Is Sitting in Wembley Stadium

December 1970 •German

Just as a large payroll transport operation for a major company is being carried out by several employees of London's Celtic Bank, shots suddenly ring out. The man behind the wheel of the car is hit. Then everything happens in a flash and the culprits escape with a large sum of money. The chauffeur had to give his life for 6000 pounds. Scotland Yard, in the form of Inspector Varney, investigates and strongly suspects that the crooks are not professionals. Scotland Yard Inspector Varney is wrong: what initially looks like a simple routine case turns out to be a tough nut to crack. Not least because he has to deal with a great unknown who operates in the background and keeps throwing sticks between the investigator's legs. Who is this man behind the scenes?

Carlos

July 2010 •English

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.

Agaton Sax and the Bykoebing Village Festival

November 1976 •Swedish

Two villains escape from jail in London. They are planning an attack on Agaton Sax. Inspector Lispington and Sax are chasing the two bad guys, but the hunt is hampered by the villains have lookalikes.

Unschuldig

October 2018 •German

A condemned man comes out of prison and does his utmost to find the true murderer of his wife in order to get his children back. This is the starting point for the touching crime drama "Innocent" with crime scene commissar Felix Klare in the lead role. He plays with great intensity the family man who wants to bring the truth to light on his own. For relatives, witnesses and even the police, this could be a problem. Between the fronts, Britta Hammelstein becomes an indomitable commissioner, exposing a fatal network of false statements and investigation errors.

The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed

November 1979 •Russian

Summer of 1945. The salute of the Great Victory died down and the country is gradually returning to peaceful life. From "fire yes into the fire" a young reconnaissance commander Volodya Sharapov falls, having come to the MUR for distribution, to the department for combating banditry. In the city the Black Cat gang rages, terrifying Muscovites. Captain Gleb Zheglov enters the fray with the bandits, for whom Sharapov soon becomes his right hand.

The Territory of Fear

January 2008 •Russian

A Russian TV mini-series.

The Deliberate Stranger

May 1986 •English

Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.

Der Leibwächter

March 1989 •German

Film is about the undercover assignment of a BKA officer as the bodyguard of a drug baron. His job is to gather information to put a stop to the cartel. But unfortunately everything goes wrong, "The Bodyguard" is exposed and eliminated in Turkey. He survives, returns and wants to complete his mission despite betrayal within his own ranks.

Das Buschgespenst

December 1986 •German

In the forests of the Ore Mountains, on the border with Bohemia, a gang of smugglers is up to mischief. Anyone who dares to oppose them is murdered in cold blood. The locals are paralyzed by fear of the ominous bush ghost that is said to be behind it all. Then a stranger turns up at the remote forester's lodge and begins investigating a murder that took place twenty years ago. Having become wealthy in the Alaskan gold fields, Arndt is now looking for the woman he once loved and whose perjury landed him in prison. The forester and the weaver Eduard Hauser help him with his investigations. But Hauser himself soon becomes the victim of a sinister intrigue. Fritz Seidelmann, an unscrupulous profiteer who is after Hauser's fiancée Angelika, lures him into a trap. Hauser is arrested as an alleged bush ghost. For the time being, Arndt can do nothing for him ...

Saken Ruth Vang

March 1981 •Norwegian

One morning Ruth Vang comes running out of the apartment, falls down the stairs and is left unconscious. In her apartment the body of the land lord, Otto Hagenberg is discovered. Helmer and Sigurdson search to uncover the killer.

Law and Order

May 1976 •English

Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker

November 2001 •German

When wealthy college student Richard Oetker is kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom, state police officer Georg Kufbach becomes obsessed with bringing the kidnapper to justice. This film is based on a true story.

Inocentes

January 2010 •Spanish

TV miniseries of two episodes. Carla (Lucía Ramos), Sara (Paloma Bloyd) and Adriana (Aura Garrido) enjoy a birthday party without knowing it, hidden in a nearby pine forest, a mysterious young man with binoculars observes everything that happens during the evening, especially the making the three girls, who end up away from the group into the forest. Kidnapped by a dangerous international organization composed of unscrupulous men and veterans of the war in the Balkans linked to a prostitution ring, the three young girls will live the worst nightmare of his life.

Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners

June 1972 •German

Organized Crime: A World History

January 2001 •English

ORGANIZED CRIME: A WORLD HISTORY travels the globe to get an insider's view of some of the most active, dangerous and diabolical criminal syndicates in existence. The five episodes in this documentary each focus on a different region, examining the conditions that helped create these groups, talking to law enforcement specialists about how they are being fought, and relating true stories of famous cases.

The Poseidon Adventure

November 2005 •English

A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.

Mr. Horn

February 1979 •English

Western saga based on the legend of frontier folk hero Tom Horn, including his role in the trackdown of Geronimo in the 1880s with his mentor and pal, Al Sieber, the fabled Indian scout, his later days as a Pinkerton detective, and the way he was used by both sides in turn-of-the-century cattle wars, leading to his tragic death.

The '60s

February 1999 •English

The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie gets pregnant, moves to San Francisco and joins a hippie commune. Meanwhile, the Taylors are an African-American family living in the deep South. When Willie Taylor, a minister and civil rights organizer, is shot to death, his son Emmet moves to the city and eventually joins the Black Panthers, serving as a bodyguard for Fred Hampton.