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

Simen Bergren

Johan Tinus Lindgren

Abubabu Khan

Irasj Asanti

Grethe Ravnerud

Unni Bergendahl

Christine

Adele Karoline Dahl

Ingrid

Hege Elsmo-Martinsen

Vidar Bergren

Kim Fangen

Grandmother

Wenche Foss

Policeman

Porfirid Gutierrez

Else Bergren

Marianne Krogness

Grandmother

Elsa Lystad

Olav Ravnerud

Lars Mjøen

Investigator

Gard Pedersen

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