The Purity of Vengeance

The Purity of Vengeance

7.2IMDb Score
Released:2018-10-04
Duration:118 min
Director:Christoffer Boe
Actors:Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Søren Pilmark, Fanny Leander Bornedal
Production:Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst, TV 2, ZDF, TV4, TV 2, TrustNordisk, FilmFyn, nordmedia, Det Danske Filminstitut, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein

Overview:

Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.

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