Movie: Jailhouse Socrates

Top 8 Billed Cast

Jari Aarnio
Jari Aarnio

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Jakob Israel
Jakob Israel

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Juha-Matti Kemppinen
Juha-Matti Kemppinen

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Inger Larsen
Inger Larsen

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Veiko Larsen
Veiko Larsen

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Mari Romano
Mari Romano

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Keijo Smolander
Keijo Smolander

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Mika Vänttinen
Mika Vänttinen

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    A Finnish Prostitute and four Gangsters expose how the Drug Squad Police Chief commits crimes, rather than solves them. Is this corruption of an individual or a system?

  • Release Date

    2017-09-01

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    suomi
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