Lasermannen (TV series)

Lasermannen ("The Laserman") is a Swedish mini series based on real events produced by SVT Drama, based on the bestselling book Lasermannen – en berättelse om Sverige by Gellert Tamas, which is based on the Lasermannen events. It is known as one of the Swedish movie-industry's most well-made and well-acted films. Not to be confused with the Swedish documentary also called "Lasermannen" or "Lasermannen (en dokumentär)".

Lasermannen
Genre	Drama
Written by	Ulf Ryberg
Directed by	Mikael Marcimain
Starring	David Dencik Sten Ljunggren Sten Johan Hedman
Composer	Malou Meilink
Country of origin	Sweden
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producer	Marianne Gray
Producer	Susann Billberg-Rydholm
Production locations	Stockholm, Sweden
Cinematography	Hoyte van Hoytema
Editor	Mattias Morheden
Running time	3 × 90 min
Production company	SVT Drama
Original release
Network	SVT
Release	23 November (2005-11-23) – 7 December 2005 (2005-12-07)

Story

The three-part mini series takes place in Stockholm over a time period of the 1970's, 80's and early 90's and realistically depicts the intense real-life police investigation of a series of brutal shootings against immigrants which shook entire Swedish society in the early 90's, and the story is entwined with depictions of the political atmosphere in society and life in Stockholm at that time, and the tragic story of the infamous lone-wolf racist serial shooter John Ausonius, the perpetrator suffering from identity complex, played by "look-alike" actor David Dencik. The mini-series aimes to show how Swedish society could look like and feel like for various people back then.

Cast

• David Dencik – John Ausonius
• Sten Ljunggren – Lennart Thorin
• Sten Johan Hedman – Thorstensson
• Amanda Ooms – Ilse
• Kenneth Milldoff – Lars-Erik Forss
• Ralph Carlsson – Stefan Bergqvist
• Leif Andrée – Tommy Lindström
• Pale Olofsson – Eklind
• Per Morberg – Prisoner

External links

• Lasermannen at IMDb