Nightmare at Midsummer

Nightmare at Midsummer

1979 · 53 min · ★ 1.0 · Mystery, Crime

Businessman Henrik Lehmann and his wife Tove are spending the summer at their country house near Risør. The idyll is shattered by a sinister incident. An accident, or perhaps a crime? Police officer Sigurdson, who happens to be holidaying in the same place with colleague Mette, has a mystery to solve

Directed by Knut Andersen · Written by Jon Bing

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