Thriller ·Crime · Norway · 1997 · 1h 55m

Blessed Are Those Who Thirst

Salige er de som tørster

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Director
Carl Jørgen Kiønig
Cast
Kjersti Elvik as Hanne Wilhelmsen Gjertrud Jynge as Kristine Håverstad Lasse Kolsrud as Håkon Sand Nils Ole Oftebro as Finn Håverstad Bjørn Sundquist as Billy T. Andrine Sæther as Cecilie
Crew
Kjell Vassdal — Director of Photography Inge-Lise Langfeldt — Editor Axel Hellstenius — Screenplay Anne Holt — Novel Tomas Backström — Producer Petter J. Borgli — Producer
Synopsis

Adapted from a novel by Norway's justice minister Anne Holt. Lesbian policewoman Hanne Wilhelmsen (Kjersti Elvik), who has a live-in lover, tools about Oslo on her Harley-Davidson. After a number of women vanish, police find blood but no bodies, and Wilhelmsen begins a search for the suspected serial killer.

Mood & Themes
nordic noir
Key Collaborators
Carl Jørgen Kiønig Director Kjell Vassdal Director of Photography Inge-Lise Langfeldt Editor Axel Hellstenius Screenplay Anne Holt Novel Tomas Backström Producer Petter J. Borgli Producer Karl Júlíusson Production Design Inger Derlick Costume Design
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