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The Third Wave

The Third Wave

20036.11h 55m

Overview

Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.

Directed by Anders Nilsson
Written by Anders Nilsson, Joakim Hansson
Produced by Joakim Hansson
Box OfficeBudget: $4.7M0

Top Cast

Jakob Eklund

Jakob Eklund

Johan Falk

Irina Björklund

Irina Björklund

Rebecca

Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell

Devlin

Ben Pullen

Ben Pullen

Kane

Marie Richardson

Marie Richardson

Helén Andersson

Lennart Hjulström

Lennart Hjulström

Ola Sellberg

Jacqueline Ramel

Jacqueline Ramel

Anja Månsdottir

Hanna Alsterlund

Hanna Alsterlund

Nina Andersson

Robert Giggenbach

Robert Giggenbach

Sörensen

Maria Hörnelius

Maria Hörnelius

Länspolismästare Franzén

Themes & Keywords

hotelbankdemonstrationriotmurderorganized crimeon the runcell phoneprocedural

About The Third Wave

The Third Wave is a action, thriller film released in 2003 exploring themes of hotel, bank, demonstration, riot, murder, organized crime. Directed by Anders Nilsson, it stars Jakob Eklund, Irina Björklund, Nicholas Farrell. Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.

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