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Blackmail for Beginners

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Blackmail for Beginners

Sep 30, 2011

1h 33m

★ 5.5

Overview

In desperate need of $150,000 for his father's heart transplant, Simen tries to blackmail a dysfunctional robber.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Merkur Film

Fokus Film

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Cast

Johan Tinus Lindgren

Simen Bergren

Johan Tinus Lindgren

Irasj Asanti

Abubabu Khan

Irasj Asanti

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Grethe Ravnerud

Unni Bergendahl

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Christine

Adele Karoline Dahl

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Ingrid

Hege Elsmo-Martinsen

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Vidar Bergren

Kim Fangen

Wenche Foss

Grandmother

Wenche Foss

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Policeman

Porfirid Gutierrez

Marianne Krogness

Else Bergren

Marianne Krogness

Elsa Lystad

Grandmother

Elsa Lystad

Lars Mjøen

Olav Ravnerud

Lars Mjøen

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Investigator

Gard Pedersen

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