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The Hypnotist

CrimeDramaThriller

Directed by Lasse Hallström

After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does. From TMDB

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The Hypnotist is a 2012 crime drama thriller film, directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Tobias Zilliacus, Mikael Persbrandt and Lena Olin.

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  • Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2025

    One Like = One Film About an Opera Singer Whose Voice is Taken by an Evil Hypnotist But He Becomes a Silent Film Star and the Hypnotist Has a Heart Attack When He Sees Him Onscreen

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  • Vivienne @missvivienne.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2025

    "Arthouse Film Classics, Vol 1: The Hypnotist"

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  • Ultra-Shounen-Kai-Z #SplitTheSkydanceMerger @mvlakai.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 20, 2026

    There's Felix the Cat shorts that premiered on March 20th like Felix the Hypnotist (1921) who is currently a lost film, Barn Yarns (1927) and Neptune Nonsense (1936): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_t...

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  • Lauren Thompson @laurenfacall.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2025

    2 June 1946 – Lars Sven 'Lasse' Hallström, 79, Swedish filmmaker. ABBA music videos + The Movie (1977) * My Life as a Dog * What's Eating Gilbert Grape * The Cider House Rules (OscarNom) * Chocolat (OscarNom) * The Shipping News * Salmon Fishing in the Yemen * The Hypnotist * The Darkness (2024)

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  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2023

    This movie is based on an original story/scenario by Browning called "The Hypnotist"; and, unlike in THE MAGICIAN, the role that hypnotism can be used in detection (which echoes a dynamic in the aforementioned Wilkie Collins, in THE MOONSTONE) can be a positive one.

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Tobias Zilliacus actor profile photo
Tobias Zilliacus
Joona Linna
Mikael Persbrandt actor profile photo
Mikael Persbrandt
Erik Maria Bark
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Lena Olin
Simone Bark
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Helena af Sandeberg
Daniella
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Jonatan Bökman
Josef
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Oscar Pettersson
Benjamin
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Eva Melander
Magdalena
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Anna Azcárate
Lydia

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