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Siege 55

2023 · 1 season

A tense, grim true-crime drama that follows a man's descent into violence, with a slow-burn build to a claustrophobic standoff.

Created by
Hannu Kontturi, Petri Kotwica
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Elias Salonen, Eero Milonoff, Jussi Vatanen
Overview
Just three years earlier, Ilpo Larha was an ordinary taxi driver who had just met the love of his life. A fascination with danger prompts the young man to try his hand at driving a getaway car and his criminal career takes off. A couple of years later, he escapes from prison after being sentenced to life imprisonment for a contract murder, leading to a 55-hour siege.

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Created by
Hannu Kontturi, Petri Kotwica
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Elias Salonen, Eero Milonoff, Jussi Vatanen
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • crime
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Created by
Hannu Kontturi, Petri Kotwica
Written by
Hannu Kontturi
Starring
Elias Salonen, Eero Milonoff, Jussi Vatanen, Anna Böhm, Konsta Laakso, Mikko Kauppila, Anna-Elina Lyytikäinen, Kris Gummerus
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 268 min each
Network
Ruutu
Country
Finland
Languages
Finnish

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