The night of the hunters

Movie
German title	The night of the hunters
Original title	Jagarna 2
Country of production	Sweden
original language	Swedish
Publishing year	2011
length	129 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Kjell Sundvall
script	Björn Carlström ; Stefan Thunberg
production	Björn Carlström ; Per Janérus ; Peter Possne
music	Johan Söderqvist
camera	Jallo Faber
cut	Mattias Morheden
occupation
	Rolf Lassgård : Erik Bäckström; Peter Stormare : Torsten; Annika Nordin : Karin Johansson; Kim Tjernström : Peter; Eero Milonoff : Jari Lipponen; Jonas Hedlund : Niklas; Johan Paulsen : Mats; Lo Kauppi : Forensic Technician;
chronology
	← Predecessor ; The track of the hunters

Hunters 'Night is a 2011 Swedish crime film directed by Kjell Sundvall . It is a sequel to The Hunters' Trail from 1996, which was also directed by Sundvall.

content

Police commissioner Erik Bäckström is sent to his deceased brother's home village to investigate the murder of a young woman. The village policeman Torsten quickly has a suspect ready. In Erik's opinion, Torsten insists too stubbornly on arresting the drunkard Jari. But Torsten always provides new evidence of Jari's guilt. When he begins to prevent Erik from investigating himself and even becomes violent, the experienced criminalist is sure that Torsten is trying to cover up something.

background

Like the first part, Jägarna 2 was filmed in the northernmost Swedish province of Norrbotten County .

criticism

"Thriller with dense tension that charmingly combines family drama and genre history and lets you look into human abysses."

- Lexicon of International Films

“[T] he film [fulfills] all expectations of a thriller from Sweden. Thematically, that would be the conflict between the individual who is on the side of the law and the conspiratorial criminal community. The antagonism takes place against the background of a natural landscape, the originality and roughness of which symbolizes the animal side of humans. Formally, the abysmal finds its equivalent in a gloomy imagery, which, however, is based on little more than routine staging. So nothing new from the north - and yet definitely worth seeing. "

- Willy Flemmer : Filmreporter.de

continuation

In 2018 the television series Jäger - Tödliche Gier (Jägarna) followed . Rolf Lassgård played the leading role of Erik Bäckström again.

Web links

False Trail in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The night of the hunters in the database of the Svenska Filminstitutet (English / Swedish)
The night of the hunters in the German synchronized files

Individual evidence

^ Certificate of release for The Night of the Hunters . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2012 (PDF; test number: 131 002 V).
↑ Filming location for The Night of the Hunters. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 .
↑ The Night of the Hunters. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 29, 2015 .
↑ www.filmreporter.de , accessed on Jan. 30, 2015

[FSK-1] Certificate of release for The Night of the Hunters . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2012 (PDF; test number: 131 002 V).

[2] Filming location for The Night of the Hunters. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 .

[3] The Night of the Hunters. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 29, 2015 .

[4] www.filmreporter.de , accessed on Jan. 30, 2015