Vares: The Girls of April

Apr 20, 2011

1h 35m

★ 5.3

Overview

Tough Finnish detective Jussi Vares gets hired by a friend at a newspaper to investigate a 15 year old mystery regarding the disappearance of 3 girls.

Genres

Crime

Action

Production Companies

Solar Films

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Cast

Jussi Vares

Antti Reini

Juhani Luusalmi

Eppu Salminen

Pastori Alanen

Matti Onnismaa

Kyypakkaus

Jasper Pääkkönen

Gunnar Anttila

Ismo Kallio

Henrik alias Tristan Leopoldo da Cunha

Taisto Oksanen

Sirkku Aaltonen

Riitta Viiperi

Lissu Ekberg

Susa Saukko

Linnea Vihulainen

Miia Lindström

Gianfranco

Davide Giovanzana

Karvanoppa

Tuomas Uusitalo

Anne Airismaa

Marjaana Maijala

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