19 Red Roses

19 Red Roses
Film poster
Directed by	Esben Høilund Carlsen
Written by	Esben Høilund Carlsen Torben Nielsen
Produced by	Per Årman Erik Crone Jørgen Lademann
Starring	Henning Jensen
Cinematography	Henning Camre
Edited by	Lars Brydesen
Release date	16 August 1974 (1974-08-16)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

19 Red Roses (Danish: Nitten røde roser) is a 1974 Danish crime film directed by Esben Høilund Carlsen and starring Henning Jensen.

Plot

The film follows Detective Ancher (Poul Reichhardt) and his team as they investigate a series of murders that happened over a period of days. Seemingly unrelated at first, the investigators soon deduce that the killings are connected and stem from an incident that associates of the victims were all involved in.

Cast

• Henning Jensen as William Brehmer
• Poul Reichhardt as Kriminalassistent Ancher
• Jens Okking as Kriminalassistent Brask
• Ulf Pilgaard as Kriminalassistent Rieger
• Holger Juul Hansen as Kriminalkommisær Runge
• Troels Munk [da] as Henri Durant
• Lisbet Lipschitz as Frk. Durant
• Helle Virkner as Marianne Durant
• Mogens Brix-Pedersen [da] as Otto Lintz
• Birgit Sadolin as Fru Lintz
• Paul Hüttel as Poul Steffensen
• Bendt Rothe as Janus Bech
• Birgitte Federspiel as Louise Bech
• Lene Vasegaard [da] as Charlotte Nørlund
• Rasmus Windfelt as Charlotte Nørlunds søn
• Preben Lerdorff Rye as Holger Hjort
• Pia Grønning as Bitten Hjort
• Holger Munk [da] as Direktør Pelving
• Vibeke Juul Bengtsson as Direktør Pelvings sekretær
• Bente PuggaardasMüller as Politibetjent
• Per Årman as Spejderfører

Sequel

The film was followed with a sequel, Terror, in 1977. All of the major characters returned for this followasup.

External links

• 19 Red Roses at IMDb
• 19 Red Roses in the Danish Film Database