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An Unknown Friend
47%
Movie
1h 30m
AI Analysis
An Unknown Friend (1978) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of An Unknown Friend (1978) — a movie tagged as Crime with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruno and Karen make sure that it pays off. A movie about insurance scams. Inspector Susikoski investigates. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~90 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate An Unknown Friend 47% (7 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
AI verdict
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TMDb audience score
47%
from 7 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruno and Karen make sure that it pays off. A movie about insurance scams. Inspector Susikoski investigates.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1978-01-20
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- TMDB rating
- 4.7
- TMDB ID
- 567032
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Where can I watch An Unknown Friend (1978)?
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Is there an official trailer for An Unknown Friend?
Yes, you can watch the official trailer for An Unknown Friend directly on this page. We pull the latest video metadata from TMDb and play it via YouTube integration.
What is An Unknown Friend about?
The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruno and Karen make sure that it pays off. A movie about... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for An Unknown Friend?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie An Unknown Friend?
The official runtime for An Unknown Friend is approximately 90 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Åke Lindman
inspector Olavi Susikoski

Bruno O'Ya
Bruno Linden

Kate O'Mara
Karen Linden
- A
Anne Pohtamo
Harriet Berg
- N
Nanny Westerlund
Lydia Lindström

Jukka-Pekka Palo
Risto Antero Ahvenainen

Risto Mäkelä
Unto Åkerblom

Pekka Autiovuori
Etsivä Laine

Kauko Helovirta
Tohtori Oiva Berg
- H
Hannu Huuska
Tavaratalon vaateosaston myyjä
- K
Kaarlo Juurela
Toimistovirkailija kirkkoherranvirastossa
- L
Leila Itkonen
Lydia Lindström

Martti Kuningas
Yömajan valvoja

Heidi Krohn
Yöhoitaja teho-osastolla
- M
Martti Kuisma
Taksikuski
- L
Lauri Leino
Yömajan asukki

Tiia Louste
Matkatoimistovirkailija

Marita Nordberg
Rappioalkoholisti
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