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The Dogs of Riga
The Dogs of Riga

The Dogs of Riga

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A lifeboat floats ashore at the coast of Skåne. Inside are two dead men who who've been murdered. Policeman Kurt Wallander is assigned to the case. The men are identified with the help of the police in Latvia. One of their officers travel to Sweden to to help but when he returns to his home country he is mysteriously murdered. Kurt flies to Riga to find out why and is drawn into complex conspiracy.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Swedish

Runtime

106 mins

Rating

5.818/10

Release Date

09 November 1995

Country

Denmark

Cast

Rolf Lassgård

Rolf Lassgård

Kurt Wallander

Björn Kjellman

Björn Kjellman

Blomman

Benny Poulsen

Benny Poulsen

Karlis Liepa

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

Magnus Björk

Charlotte Sieling

Charlotte Sieling

Baiba Liepa

Juris Kaminskis

Juris Kaminskis

Överste Murnieks

Pauls Butkevics

Pauls Butkevics

Överste Potris

Pēteris Liepiņš

Pēteris Liepiņš

Leonīds Grabovskis

Leonīds Grabovskis

Ernst Günther

Ernst Günther

Cecilia Zwick-Nash

Cecilia Zwick-Nash

Carina Lidbom

Carina Lidbom

Monica Stenbeck

Monica Stenbeck

Tove Granditsky

Tove Granditsky

Gunnel Nilsson

Gunnel Nilsson

Åke Jörnfalk

Åke Jörnfalk

Rolf Lydahl

Rolf Lydahl

Joakim Narin

Joakim Narin

Frederic Täckström

Frederic Täckström

Anders Weick

Anders Weick

Lars Wiik

Lars Wiik

Marianne Hedengrahn

Marianne Hedengrahn

Hans Polster

Hans Polster

Svetlana Bless

Svetlana Bless

Romualds Ancans

Romualds Ancans

Martin Ersgård

Martin Ersgård

Hans Dahlin

Hans Dahlin

Claes Janson

Claes Janson

Michael Lindström

Michael Lindström

Katta Pålsson

Katta Pålsson

José Castro

José Castro

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