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Vares: Tango of Darkness(2012)
Status: Released
Date: 2012-10-05
52%
21 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
Overview:
The tango king Harry Koivikko was found dead six years ago in a sleazebag motel, with a knife is his back. The biggest manhunt in the county faded away without results. Jussi Vares gets a phone call from a down-and-out journalist; the informant tells Vares he knows the murderer. Then the journalist disappears without a trace and Vares has to face the biggest challenge of his career. To add insult to the injury, an old acquaintance Veikko Hopea gets his first prison furlough…
Languages: Finnish.
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Movie: Vares: Tango of Darkness
Top 10 Billed Cast
Antti Reini
Jussi Vares
Ilkka Heiskanen
Markku Hautavainio
Jussi Lampi
Veikko Hopea
Mikko Leppilampi
Toimittaja Ruuhio
Jasper Pääkkönen
Kyypakkaus
Andrei Alén
Micke Pinola
Sari Havas
Kaarina Vehmanen
Anna-Leena Härkönen
Olga
Antti Virmavirta
Insinööri Erkki Vehmanen
Maria Järvenhelmi
Anna Huttunen
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The tango king Harry Koivikko was found dead six years ago in a sleazebag motel, with a knife is his back. The biggest manhunt in the county faded away without results. Jussi Vares gets a phone call from a down-and-out journalist; the informant tells Vares he knows the murderer. Then the journalist disappears without a trace and Vares has to face the biggest challenge of his career. To add insult to the injury, an old acquaintance Veikko Hopea gets his first prison furlough…
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2012-10-05
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