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Ramona

2003 · 1 season

A slow-burning, cerebral Cold War thriller that keeps you leaning in, parsing glances and codes, with a quiet, pervasive unease.

Created by
Harald Hamrell
Genres
Drama
Starring
Björn Bengtsson, Magnus Roosmann, Annika Hallin
Overview
The young code breaker Karnell works in the Swedish intelligence service during the Cold War. Having cracked a secret code he is drawn into a conspiracy that stretches throughout the Baltic Sea. It turns out that there is a leak codenamed Ramona within the organization and now they have to stop Ramona before it wrecks havoc.

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Created by
Harald Hamrell
Genres
Drama
Starring
Björn Bengtsson, Magnus Roosmann, Annika Hallin
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • conspiracy
  • betrayal
  • politics
  • deception
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Harald Hamrell
Written by
Peter Englund, Harald Hamrell
Starring
Björn Bengtsson, Magnus Roosmann, Annika Hallin, Sten Ljunggren, Svante Martin, Morgan Alling, Christer Fant, Robert Enckell
Music
Adam Nordén
Cinematography
Olof Johnson
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes, 90 min each
Network
SVT1
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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