Overview
After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2013)
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Based on
Based on The Hypnotist
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Filming locations
Filmed in Barrandov Studios, Stockholm, Danderyd Hospital and Luleå
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Music
Music by Oscar Fogelström
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Mattias Montero
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Paolo VacircaScreenplay
- Alexander AhndorilNovel
- Alexandra Coelho AhndorilNovel
- Original title
- Hypnotisören
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 28, 2012
- Original language
- Swedish
- Countries
- Sweden
Streaming on
In the United States
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Cast
Tobias ZilliacusJoona Linna
Mikael PersbrandtErik Maria Bark
Lena OlinSimone Bark
Helena af SandebergDaniella- Jonatan BökmanJosef
- Oscar PetterssonBenjamin
Eva MelanderMagdalena
Anna AzcárateLydia
Johan HallströmErland
Göran ThorellStensund
Jan WaldekranzShulman- Emma MehonicEvelyn
- Tomas MagnussonPetter
Gustav LevinCarlos
Claes HarteliusEvert Braun- Ulf EklundNålen
- Lars HjelmVakthavande polis
Robert FollinPappa Ek- Nadja JosephsonAida (uncredited)
- Vincent de MontleauRikspolisstyrelsen (uncredited)
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