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Breaking Out
Breaking Out

Breaking Out

Genres

ComedyDrama

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The enthusiastic Reine is forced to take a job as a social worker at Kumla prison.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Swedish

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

19 February 1999

Country

Sweden

Cast

Björn Kjellman

Björn Kjellman

Reine

Peter Haber

Peter Haber

Jakobsson

Viveka Seldahl

Viveka Seldahl

Hillevi

Thomas Hanzon

Thomas Hanzon

Ekman

Oliver Loftéen

Oliver Loftéen

Andrej

Göran Ragnerstam

Göran Ragnerstam

Heikki

Michael Nyqvist

Michael Nyqvist

Diego

Shanti Roney

Shanti Roney

Glenn

Lamine Dieng

Lamine Dieng

Kostas

Magnus Krepper

Magnus Krepper

Holmlund

Fyr Thorvald Strömberg

Fyr Thorvald Strömberg

Rolle

Jan Mybrand

Jan Mybrand

Ralf

Jonas Falk

Jonas Falk

Member of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service |

Lena B. Eriksson

Lena B. Eriksson

Employment officer

Zhao Lixin

Zhao Lixin

Cheng (as Li-Xin Zhao)

Håkan Walles

Håkan Walles

Fångvaktaren

Gunilla Abrahamsson

Gunilla Abrahamsson

Sofia Rönnegård

Sofia Rönnegård

Chatarina Larsson

Chatarina Larsson

Eva Fritjofson

Eva Fritjofson

Dan Liljeström

Dan Liljeström

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