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A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir Björn Hlynur Haraldsson Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir Atli Rafn Sigurðsson Kristbjörg Kjeld Þorsteinn Gunnarsson Theodór Júlíusson Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir Guðmunda Elíasdóttir Walter Grímsson Magnús Ragnarsson Rafnhildur Rósa Atladótir Jón Sigurbjörnsson Valdimar Örn Flygenring Thor Tulinius Ása Hlín Svavarsdóttir Eyvindur Erlendsson Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir Erlendur Eiríksson Kristinn Ágúst Friðfinnsson Kári Stefánsson Þórhallur Gunnarsson Sigurður Már Ólafsson Hjalti Gunnarsson Jón Viðar Arnþórsson Guðrún Birna Gísladóttir Bjarni Geir Patric Alfreðsson Katrín Óskarsson Rósa Olafsdóttir Osk Gudmundóottir Þórarinn Óskar Þórarinsson Úlfur Ísfeld Rögnvaldsson Sólon Ísfeld Rögnvaldsson Sverrir Einarsson Bryndís Valbjarnardóttir Valgerður Backman Guðlaug Hermannsdóttir Lárus Björn Svavarsson Rafnhildur Rósa Atladóttir
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