19 Red Roses
# 19 Red Roses

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.

