Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- paranoid
- gritty
- spy movie night
- political thriller marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Carl Hamilton poses as a Swedish officer expelled for East German espionage and infiltrates a terrorist group.
The Verfassungsschutz recruits Hamilton to penetrate a group linked to the Rote Armee Fraktion while planning a violent attack.
The plot connects West German security police, Swedish intelligence activity, East German allegations, and militant networks during the early 1990s transition.
Hamilton must sustain a false biography while gaining access to a terrorist cell preparing an attack on the CIA headquarters in Stockholm.
Films like The Democratic Terrorist, and why
The Fourth Protocol
political espionage thriller centered on infiltration, terrorism, and Cold War security tensions
The Day of the Jackal
European spy thriller combining covert operations, ideological conflict, and tense action
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Nordic action thriller featuring a morally ambiguous operative and international conspiracies
Movie Details
- Director
- Per Berglund
- Release Date
- 1992-08-21
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (24)
Cast
- Stellan Skarsgård
- Katja Flint
- Burkhard Driest
- Karl Heinz Maslo
- Heikko Deutschmann
- Susanne Lothar
- May Buchgraber
- Ulrich Tukur
- Rolf Hoppe
- Günther Maria Halmer
Common questions
- What is The Democratic Terrorist about?
- A Swedish intelligence operative infiltrates a terrorist cell while navigating competing loyalties, false identities, and an impending attack on Stockholm.
- What is The Democratic Terrorist like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Democratic Terrorist as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Democratic Terrorist violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Democratic Terrorist as moderate.
- Which films are like The Democratic Terrorist?
- Films with a similar feel include The Fourth Protocol, The Day of the Jackal, and The Girl Who Played with Fire.
- How long is The Democratic Terrorist?
- The Democratic Terrorist runs 96 minutes.
