The Gangster's Apprentice

Crime film about a Copenhagen social worker who, out of boredom, seeks away from his environment and into the criminal underworld, which he soon becomes part of - with fatal consequences.

Cast

Dick Kaysø

as Martin Simonsen

Nina Louise

as Anja

Peter Steen

as Vincent

Tove Maës

as Læge

Sisse Reingaard

as Lotte

Finn Nielsen

Birger Jensen

Annika Hoydal

Jørn Faurschou

Judith Rothenborg

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