Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord

Oct 27, 2016

★ 6.6

Overview

Crime writer Solveig Karlsdottir is pretty successful - although that's not particularly easy in Iceland. After all, with only two murders a year in the entire country, there aren't many sources of inspiration, but she makes up for this with a lot of imagination and her special feeling for things that aren't quite right. And this feeling kicks in strongly when she travels from Reykjavik to her old home village to look after her mother Margret, who is suffering from dementia. When an old friend from her youth is found dead at the harbor, she doesn't believe the official conclusion that it was an accident.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Studio Hamburg Enterprises

ARD

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Cast

Solveig Karlsdóttir

Franka Potente

Finsen

Joi Johannsson

Margrét

Hildegard Schmahl

Árni

Derek Richardson

Binni

Felix Klare

Vala

Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

Linda

Brynhildur Guðjónsdóttir

Tinna

Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir

Villi

Helgi Björnsson

Ólöf

Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir

Sigurdur

Erlingur Gíslason

Leifur

Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson

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