Michalis Koutsogiannakis

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

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Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niels Arden Oplev
CAST:  Michael Nyqvist  •  Noomi Rapace  •  Lena Endre  •  Sven-Bertil Taube

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niels Arden Oplev
CAST:  Michael Nyqvist  •  Noomi Rapace  •  Lena Endre  •  Sven-Bertil Taube

The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Alfredson
CAST:  Michael Nyqvist  •  Noomi Rapace  •  Lena Endre  •  Peter Andersson

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Alfredson
CAST:  Michael Nyqvist  •  Noomi Rapace  •  Lena Endre  •  Peter Andersson

His and Hers (2001)

Johan and Anna-Karin have been a couple for years but despite many attempts, Anna-Karin doesn't get pregnant. A visit to a fertility clinic shows why: Johan's sperm quality is too low. Johan is waiting to take over his father's farm, but what's the point if they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Lind Lagerlöf
CAST:  Jonas Karlsson  •  Johanna Sällström  •  Michael Nyqvist  •  Shanti Roney

Johan and Anna-Karin have been a couple for years but despite many attempts, Anna-Karin doesn't get pregnant. A visit to a fertility clinic shows why: Johan's sperm quality is too low. Johan is waiting to take over his father's farm, but what's the point if they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Lind Lagerlöf
CAST:  Jonas Karlsson  •  Johanna Sällström  •  Michael Nyqvist  •  Shanti Roney

Fuck Up (2012)

Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking anything with a pulse and also to cut back on his eager and enthusiastic drug use. Then his best friend crashes into a moose in the middle of the night on the Swedish border. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Øystein Karlsen
CAST:  Jon Øigarden  •  Atle Antonsen  •  Iben Hjejle  •  Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking anything with a pulse and also to cut back on his eager and enthusiastic drug use. Then his best friend crashes into a moose in the middle of the night on the Swedish border. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Øystein Karlsen
CAST:  Jon Øigarden  •  Atle Antonsen  •  Iben Hjejle  •  Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Well, We Were Lucky with the Weather – Again (2008)

Almost 30 years has passed and Gösta and Gun are retired. This summer they're going on a trip to their sons wedding in Göstas new RV.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell-Åke Andersson
CAST:  Rolf Skoglund  •  Claire Wikholm  •  Mikaela Knapp  •  Gustav Berg

Almost 30 years has passed and Gösta and Gun are retired. This summer they're going on a trip to their sons wedding in Göstas new RV.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell-Åke Andersson
CAST:  Rolf Skoglund  •  Claire Wikholm  •  Mikaela Knapp  •  Gustav Berg

The Crown Jewels (2011)

Fragancia is arrested for the attempted murder of Richard Persson, the son of a powerful factory owner. During the interrogation her amazing and remarkable life story is revealed. We follow her through her impoverished childhood, her adolescence where she meets the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ella Lemhagen
CAST:  Alicia Vikander  •  Bill Skarsgård  •  Björn Gustafsson  •  Michalis Koutsogiannakis

Fragancia is arrested for the attempted murder of Richard Persson, the son of a powerful factory owner. During the interrogation her amazing and remarkable life story is revealed. We follow her through her impoverished childhood, her adolescence where she meets the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ella Lemhagen
CAST:  Alicia Vikander  •  Bill Skarsgård  •  Björn Gustafsson  •  Michalis Koutsogiannakis

Benny's Gym (2007)

Alfred gets bullied. Benny is a bully. Through a series of events they become friends, but Benny keeps their friendship a secret. Benny wants to teach Alfred to hit back. But after an accident, it turns out maybe Alfred also has something to teach Benny.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Marie Gamlem
CAST:  Atdhe Belegu  •  Kim Erik Tena Eriksen  •  Johannes Sejersted Bødtker  •  Daniel Golan

Alfred gets bullied. Benny is a bully. Through a series of events they become friends, but Benny keeps their friendship a secret. Benny wants to teach Alfred to hit back. But after an accident, it turns out maybe Alfred also has something to teach Benny.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Marie Gamlem
CAST:  Atdhe Belegu  •  Kim Erik Tena Eriksen  •  Johannes Sejersted Bødtker  •  Daniel Golan

5 Lies (2007)

The supermarket clown Ulrik is dreaming of becoming a stand-up comedian, the handicapped Amnesty girl Kristin is in love with Alexander, but does not dare to tell him, and Maya is to be deported from the country because she is a "consumed" mail order bride.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen
CAST:  Kim Sørensen  •  Henrik Rafaelsen  •  Charlotte Frogner  •  Gard B. Eidsvold

The supermarket clown Ulrik is dreaming of becoming a stand-up comedian, the handicapped Amnesty girl Kristin is in love with Alexander, but does not dare to tell him, and Maya is to be deported from the country because she is a "consumed" mail order bride.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen
CAST:  Kim Sørensen  •  Henrik Rafaelsen  •  Charlotte Frogner  •  Gard B. Eidsvold

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Alfredson
CAST:  Michael Nyqvist  •  Noomi Rapace  •  Lena Endre  •  Sofia Ledarp

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Alfredson
CAST:  Michael Nyqvist  •  Noomi Rapace  •  Lena Endre  •  Sofia Ledarp

Kissed by Winter (2005)

Following her son's death, Victoria moves to a small community to work as a doctor at the local clinic. She attempts to forget and move on with her life but finds it impossible when a local boy is found dead in the snow and Victoria must tell the boy's parents. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sara Johnsen
CAST:  Annika Hallin  •  Kristoffer Joner  •  Fridtjov Såheim  •  Göran Ragnerstam

Following her son's death, Victoria moves to a small community to work as a doctor at the local clinic. She attempts to forget and move on with her life but finds it impossible when a local boy is found dead in the snow and Victoria must tell the boy's parents. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sara Johnsen
CAST:  Annika Hallin  •  Kristoffer Joner  •  Fridtjov Såheim  •  Göran Ragnerstam

Mirush (2007)

Mirush leaves Kosovo hoping to find his father in Norway, who abandoned the family when Mirush was very young. Now the father runs a restaurant in Oslo, but he is also in deep debt to the Albanian Mafia. Mirush starts to work in his father's restaurant without ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marius Holst
CAST:  Fisnik Zegeri  •  Glenn André Kaada  •  Bajrush Mjaku  •  Nazif Muarremi

Mirush leaves Kosovo hoping to find his father in Norway, who abandoned the family when Mirush was very young. Now the father runs a restaurant in Oslo, but he is also in deep debt to the Albanian Mafia. Mirush starts to work in his father's restaurant without ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marius Holst
CAST:  Fisnik Zegeri  •  Glenn André Kaada  •  Bajrush Mjaku  •  Nazif Muarremi

The New Country (2000)

A 15-year-old Somalian boy meets a 40-year-old Iranian man in a refugee camp in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. With the threat of deportation hanging over them, they decide to take their faiths in their own hands and together they go on a journey in the Swedish summer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geir Hansteen Jörgensen
CAST:  Mike Almayehu  •  Ingrid Luterkort  •  Michalis Koutsogiannakis  •  Lia Boysen

A 15-year-old Somalian boy meets a 40-year-old Iranian man in a refugee camp in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. With the threat of deportation hanging over them, they decide to take their faiths in their own hands and together they go on a journey in the Swedish summer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geir Hansteen Jörgensen
CAST:  Mike Almayehu  •  Ingrid Luterkort  •  Michalis Koutsogiannakis  •  Lia Boysen

Once a Year (2012)

A man and a woman meet once a year in different hotel rooms. Their passionate love affair has been going on for 30 years. But this year things have happened in their lives, things that might change everything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gorki Glaser-Müller
CAST:  Michalis Koutsogiannakis  •  Gunilla Röör

A man and a woman meet once a year in different hotel rooms. Their passionate love affair has been going on for 30 years. But this year things have happened in their lives, things that might change everything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gorki Glaser-Müller
CAST:  Michalis Koutsogiannakis  •  Gunilla Röör

A Holy Mess (2015)

A comedy about the new alternative family and how different family situations and relationships come to a head during the premier family weekend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helena Bergström
CAST:  Maria Lundqvist  •  Robert Gustafsson  •  Anastasios Soulis  •  Anton Lundqvist

A comedy about the new alternative family and how different family situations and relationships come to a head during the premier family weekend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helena Bergström
CAST:  Maria Lundqvist  •  Robert Gustafsson  •  Anastasios Soulis  •  Anton Lundqvist

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face (2001)

A man is found dead, stabbed to death with a knife. The chocking thing is that his face has been removed. After questioning his wife who described the marriage as happy also told that a mysterious foreign man knocked on their door the day before the murder. Beck ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Hamrell
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Mikael Persbrandt  •  Malin Birgerson  •  Marie Göranzon

A man is found dead, stabbed to death with a knife. The chocking thing is that his face has been removed. After questioning his wife who described the marriage as happy also told that a mysterious foreign man knocked on their door the day before the murder. Beck ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Hamrell
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Mikael Persbrandt  •  Malin Birgerson  •  Marie Göranzon

Home Sweet Home (2001)

The wife and son of an unemployed, foul-tempered man suffer under ever-worsening domestic violence. One day while his father is taking a nap, the young son decides to take matters into his own hands. In a panic, the wife and son both believe the man is dead and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Ying
CAST:  Michael Nyqvist  •  Kristina Törnqvist  •  Anastasios Soulis  •  Alexandra Rapaport

The wife and son of an unemployed, foul-tempered man suffer under ever-worsening domestic violence. One day while his father is taking a nap, the young son decides to take matters into his own hands. In a panic, the wife and son both believe the man is dead and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Ying
CAST:  Michael Nyqvist  •  Kristina Törnqvist  •  Anastasios Soulis  •  Alexandra Rapaport

The Tower (2018)

Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to find the future. Searching the house, Wardi finds out about her Palestinian homeland from family memories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mats Grorud
CAST:  Michalis Koutsogiannakis  •  Saleh Bakri  •  Najila Said  •  Morad Hassan

Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to find the future. Searching the house, Wardi finds out about her Palestinian homeland from family memories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mats Grorud
CAST:  Michalis Koutsogiannakis  •  Saleh Bakri  •  Najila Said  •  Morad Hassan

All it Takes is a Miracle (2006)

He refuses to accept charity and he does his morning exercise, he makes a living collecting cans and exists without a home, personal number or social control. In itself quite an achievement in today’s Sweden. The film is about this man getting one last chance as he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Lindström
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Amanda Renberg  •  Per Mattsson  •  Antti Reini

He refuses to accept charity and he does his morning exercise, he makes a living collecting cans and exists without a home, personal number or social control. In itself quite an achievement in today’s Sweden. The film is about this man getting one last chance as he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Lindström
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Amanda Renberg  •  Per Mattsson  •  Antti Reini

Betrayed (2020)

During World War II, millions of Jews from all over Europe are deported and killed in German concentration camps. When the German troops invade Norway, the Norwegian Jews feel safe and protected. But anti-Semitism knows no borders and as the war escalates in Europe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eirik Svensson
CAST:  Jakob Oftebro  •  Nicolai Cleve Broch  •  Michalis Koutsogiannakis  •  Pia Halvorsen

During World War II, millions of Jews from all over Europe are deported and killed in German concentration camps. When the German troops invade Norway, the Norwegian Jews feel safe and protected. But anti-Semitism knows no borders and as the war escalates in Europe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eirik Svensson
CAST:  Jakob Oftebro  •  Nicolai Cleve Broch  •  Michalis Koutsogiannakis  •  Pia Halvorsen