Death of a Loved One

Death of a Loved One

Part of Crimes of Passion: The Maria Lang Collection

2013•1h 30m•5.7/10

Crime

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5.7/10(25)

Puck has been invited by her tutor at the university to celebrate midsummer at his secluded cottage on an island together with a group of friends, among them Einar Bure. Puck and Einar are having a secret relationship, and he is the reason she says yes to the invitation. Having been out on a romantic spree with Einar, Puck finds one of the female guests murdered. Einar contacts his friend Christer Wijk, but upon Christer's arrival, the dead body has disappeared. The contact with the outside world is broken when the island's only boat goes missing. They are trapped on the island - and someone among them is a killer...

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Pampas Produktion, TV4

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SV

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Cast

Tuva Novotny

Tuva Novotny

Puck Ekstedt

Ola Rapace

Ola Rapace

Christer Wijk

Linus Wahlgren

Linus Wahlgren

Einar Bure

Suzanna Dilber

Ann

Peter Viitanen

Peter Viitanen

Carl Herman

Andreas Utterhall

Andreas Utterhall

Georg

Ida Engvoll

Ida Engvoll

Lil

Fanny Risberg

Fanny Risberg

Marianne

Gustaf Hammarsten

Gustaf Hammarsten

Rutger

Sanna Krepper

Sanna Krepper

Viveka

Hannes Fohlin

Hannes Fohlin

Marcus Johansson

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