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Enemy's Enemy

1990–1991 · 1 season

A slow-burning, cerebral Cold War thriller that keeps you leaning in, piecing together clues amid mounting paranoia.

Created by
Jan Guillou
Genres
Drama
Starring
Peter Haber, Maria Grip, Sture Djerf
Overview
Someone is killing off Swedish military officers and making it look like the works of Soviet agents. Hamilton has to crack the case before all hell breaks loose and there is a full scale spy-war with the soviets.

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Created by
Jan Guillou
Genres
Drama
Starring
Peter Haber, Maria Grip, Sture Djerf
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • conspiracy
  • politics
  • deception
  • mystery
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Created by
Jan Guillou
Written by
Thomas Borgström, Lars Bill Lundholm, Jan Guillou, Jon Lindström
Starring
Peter Haber, Maria Grip, Sture Djerf, Bernt Lindqvist, Kjell Lennartsson, Evgeniy Lazarev, Christer Söderlund, Witold Daniec
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes, 50 min each
Network
TV4
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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