Miniseries · Ruutu
Dead End
How much can one man take?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Dead End actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Dead End reads strongest on Serialized, Tension and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The story
What it's about
Dead End is a six-part crime drama based on true events. It tells the story of the hostage tragedy of August 1986 — the day that stopped all of Finland and forever changed police tactics.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Sari LempiäinenExecutive Producer
Writing
- Hannu KontturiWriter
Where to watch
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