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Traffik

Traffik

Traffik

1989
Drama, Crime
TV Mini-Series
The Hamburg police arrest an international businessman, charging him with smuggling heroin from Pakistan. While he's on trial, his trophy wife, a former Olympic swimmer, discovers steely ruthlessness within herself. In Pakistan, the British home minister tours the poppy-eradication project and returns to London to find that his daughter is a heroin addict. While trying to save her, and helped by a crusading attorney, he learns the limits of government policy... (jhailey@hotmail.com)

Directed by:

Alastair Reid
Alastair-Reid
11 total credits
Alastair Reid has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Tales of the City, Traffik, The Night Digger and Baby Love

Starring:

Linda Bassett
Linda-Bassett
21 total credits
Linda Bassett has 21 credits at Criticker, including: Calendar Girls, Mary Reilly, Kinky Boots, East Is East and Oscar and Lucinda
,
Bill Paterson
Bill-Paterson
44 total credits
Bill Paterson has 44 credits at Criticker, including: Fleabag, The Witches, The Killing Fields, Miss Potter and Outlander
,
Julia Ormond
Julia-Ormond
46 total credits
Julia Ormond has 46 credits at Criticker, including: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Legends of the Fall, Inland Empire, First Knight and My Week with Marilyn
,
Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay-Duncan
52 total credits
Lindsay Duncan has 52 credits at Criticker, including: Birdman, Alice in Wonderland, About Time, Under the Tuscan Sun and Gifted
,
Tilo Prückner
Tilo-Prckner
12 total credits
Tilo Prückner has 12 credits at Criticker, including: The NeverEnding Story, Iron Sky, Die Fälscher, Traffik and The Inheritors
,
Ronan Vibert
Ronan-Vibert
8 total credits
Ronan Vibert has 8 credits at Criticker, including: Shadow of the Vampire, Dracula Untold, Beowulf & Grendel, Human Is and Traffik
,
Jamal Shah
Jamal-Shah
1 total credit
Jamal Shah has just 1 credit at Criticker: Traffik
,
Talat Hussain
Talat-Hussain
2 total credits
Talat Hussain has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Traffik and Souten Ki Beti
,
Fritz Müller-Scherz
Fritz-Mller-Scherz
3 total credits
Fritz Müller-Scherz has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Traffik, Fassbinders Welt am Draht - Blick voraus ins Heute and Blood Boy Beasts ... Ready for Anything
,
Vincenzo Benestante
Vincenzo-Benestante
1 total credit
Vincenzo Benestante has just 1 credit at Criticker: Traffik

Genres:

Drama, Crime

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Traffik

1989
Drama, Crime
TV Mini-Series
Avg Percentile 72.32% from 29 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Compact view
Avg Percentile 72.32% from 29 total ratings
Rated 17 Jul 2009
91
90th
I saw the US movie version first. I must say I admire what a fine job Mr. Soderbergh did of transplanting this story to another continent and reinventing the cast of characters, but I still find this to be a little better. Its length allows for more detail, the absence of stars lends verisimilitude, it's often rawer and ickier... and Lindsay Duncan is a much better actress than Catherine Zeta-Jones. Sexier, too.
Rated 19 Feb 2024
80
87th
An awesome slow-burning and atmospheric thriller.
Rated 25 Oct 2009
90
90th
The father-daughter dynamic is fleshed out a lot more effectively here than in Soderbergh's film (owing to the length) and is intelligent and entertaining.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Alastair Reid
Alastair-Reid
11 total credits
Alastair Reid has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Tales of the City, Traffik, The Night Digger and Baby Love

Starring:

Linda Bassett
Linda-Bassett
21 total credits
Linda Bassett has 21 credits at Criticker, including: Calendar Girls, Mary Reilly, Kinky Boots, East Is East and Oscar and Lucinda
,
Bill Paterson
Bill-Paterson
44 total credits
Bill Paterson has 44 credits at Criticker, including: Fleabag, The Witches, The Killing Fields, Miss Potter and Outlander
,
Julia Ormond
Julia-Ormond
46 total credits
Julia Ormond has 46 credits at Criticker, including: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Legends of the Fall, Inland Empire, First Knight and My Week with Marilyn
,
Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay-Duncan
52 total credits
Lindsay Duncan has 52 credits at Criticker, including: Birdman, Alice in Wonderland, About Time, Under the Tuscan Sun and Gifted
,
Tilo Prückner
Tilo-Prckner
12 total credits
Tilo Prückner has 12 credits at Criticker, including: The NeverEnding Story, Iron Sky, Die Fälscher, Traffik and The Inheritors
,
Ronan Vibert
Ronan-Vibert
8 total credits
Ronan Vibert has 8 credits at Criticker, including: Shadow of the Vampire, Dracula Untold, Beowulf & Grendel, Human Is and Traffik
,
Jamal Shah
Jamal-Shah
1 total credit
Jamal Shah has just 1 credit at Criticker: Traffik
,
Talat Hussain
Talat-Hussain
2 total credits
Talat Hussain has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Traffik and Souten Ki Beti
,
Fritz Müller-Scherz
Fritz-Mller-Scherz
3 total credits
Fritz Müller-Scherz has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Traffik, Fassbinders Welt am Draht - Blick voraus ins Heute and Blood Boy Beasts ... Ready for Anything
,
Vincenzo Benestante
Vincenzo-Benestante
1 total credit
Vincenzo Benestante has just 1 credit at Criticker: Traffik

Genres:

Drama, Crime

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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