Blackout (1986 film)

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Blackout
Directed by Erik Gustavson
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Release date
  • 27 February 1986 (1986-02-27)(Norway)
Running time
87 minutes
Country Norway
LanguageNorwegian

Blackout is a 1986 Norwegian Film noir directed by Erik Gustavson, starring Henrik Scheele and Juni Dahr. The film follows the private investigator Werner (Scheele) as he deals with a beautiful but dangerous woman, a brutal chief of police and a gangster boss.

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Overview

A police officer suspects that a local husband and father who has recently undergone facial surgery because of injuries received in a car accident is in reality the same man who committed a quadruple murder several years before. [1]

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References

  1. "Blackout (1985)".