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Sunday
February 5
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Commissario Brunetti: A Sea of Troubles
Brunetti faces a wall of silence after a double murder is committed in a remote community on Venice's lagoon. Using her family contacts to the town, Brunetti's secretary goes undercover, putting herself into serious danger... Directed by Sigi Rothemund, 2006, color. In German with English subtitles. Buy Brunetti DVDS!
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Monday
February 6
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Van Veeteren: Case G
Van Veeteren_s only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van Veeteren has personal reasons for wanting him caught. Van Veeteren has to face the killer alone in a fi¬nal twist. Directed by Rickard Petrelius, 2006, color. In Swedish with English subtitles Buy Van Veeteren DVDs!
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Tuesday
February 7
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Maigret: Maigret and the Burglar's Wife
Tough luck for a hard-working burglar-instead of a safe, his breakin lands him next to a female corpse! Time for his ex-prostitute wife to call on her old arresting officer, Inspector Maigret. But when he arrives, where's the corpse? With Bruno Cremer as Georges Simenon's legendary sleuth. Directed by Claude Goretta. 1991, color. In French with English subtitles.
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Wednesday
February 8
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Anno 1790: A Toast to the Scaffold
Anno 1790 is an innovative take on crime drama in which the hero is a controversial surgeon and police commissioner who uses unconventional means to solve murder cases during the Age of Enlightenment. Distributed by AB Svensk Filmindustri, 2011, color. In Swedish with English subtitles.
East West 101: The Hand of Friendship
Hunt is missing. HQ received a panicked call from a woman accusing Malik of killing him. Is he dead? And is Malik responsible? Broadcast in English.
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Thursday
February 9
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Vangard International Cinema
Ambush
Starring Finnish Oscar Winners PETER FRANZEN and IRINA BJORKLUND, this beautiful film takes place in the first days of World War II in Russian Karelia close to the Finnish border. A young lieutenant accepts a dangerous reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines in exchange for the evacuation of his beautiful fiancée to nurse in a safer area. During his mission he receives the tragic news that the Russians managed to have killed her regardless of his precautions. Will the war and her death change not only the exterior of his country, but the interior soul of the man also? Directed by Olli Saarela, 1999, color. In Finnish with English subtitles.
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Friday
February 10
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Case of Conscience
A Deliberate Accident, #102
When a cadet from a prestigious military academy falls to his death from a balcony, school officials are content to call it suicide. His family and friends know that was impossible given the victim’s enthusiasm at being a soldier. Rocco’s investigation uncovers bigotry and a malevolent code of misplaced honor among the cadets. In Italian with English subtitles.
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Saturday
February 11
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Beck: The Pearl Hotel
A young girl dies after being hit by a car driven by Beck's trusted deputy Gunvald Larsson. Meanwhile, a taxi explodes at a ferry terminal on the Baltic coast. Beck needs Gunvald's help to crack the case - but can he bring him back from the brink? Directed by Kjell Sundvall, 1997, color. In Swedish with English subtitles.
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