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The Hunters(Movie, 1996)

Original title: "Jägarna" (Swedish/SV)
FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 53min | Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
The HuntersRating: 3.2/5 (with 4545 votes)
The Hunters (Swedish: Jägarna) is a Swedish thriller film directed by Kjell Sundvall, which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 31 January 1996. A police officer from Stockholm moves back to his hometown Älvsbyn in Norrland, in northern Sweden. He starts to work on a long-running reindeer poaching case and soon discovers that his brother is involved. The film was one of the biggest Swedish box-office hits ever, grossing over $6 million, and received two Guldbagge Awards for Best Direction (Kjell Sundvall) and Best Supporting Actor (Lennart Jähkel). It was also nominated for Best Actor (Rolf Lassgård), Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay. Hollywood wanted to make a remake of this film, and the American producers wanted it to be about cowboys in the Nevada desert, shooting wild horses for fun. Kjell Sundvall agreed t... ()
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About The Hunters

A policeman from Stockholm come to Norrbotten in Sweden, to join his brother, now when their father is dead. While there he starts to work on a long-running case where reindeers have been poached and soon discovers that his brother is involved...

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Additional Information

Production country: Sweden
Shot in: Älvsbyn
Plays in: Norrbotten
Original language: Swedish (SV)
Spoken languages: Swedish (SV)
Translated into 12 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 02/28/1997 (World premiere: 02/02/1996)
Director: Kjell Sundvall
Film Editor: Darek Hodor
Director of Photography: Kjell Lagerroos
Costume designer: Karin Sundvall
Make-up Artist: Annika Stödberg
Production Designer: Stig Boquist
Sound Designer: Mats Lindskog, Michael Lechner
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Les Braconniers"
"Die Jäger - Eine mörderische Männerfreundschaft"
"Hunters - Die Spur der Jäger"
"Jägarna - Die Spur der Jäger"
"The Hunters - Jäger des Todes"
"Metsästäjät"
"Les Braconniers"
Budget: 17,500,000 USD

2 movies in the Collection

1996 The Hunters
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Other movies with this title: The Hunters (NA/US, 1957), The Hunters (US, 1958), The Hunters (CA, 1977), The Hunters (GR, 1977), The Hunters (FR/LU/BE, 2011), The Hunters (FR, 2013)

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