However, it seemed that everything about the Mads Lake phenomenon had already been said, and it had become a pedantic tale of the miscarriage of justice.

The odd absurdity of his life made me question what had gone wrong with the system, society and the individual. The mysterious man was Scandinavia’s most infamous serial killer who never was… “I was immediately drawn to the story of Mads Lake when I first read about his long, mysterious and isolated life at the psychiatric hospital, Sahlin. However, the uneasy triumvirate of Mads, therapist Anna Rudebeck and policeman Soren Rank, all have a vested interest in unearthing the truth, and a deepening co-dependency threatens to consume them all. Wybrana filmografia / Selected filmographyĭuring the 1990s, at a Scandinavian psychiatric hospital, a man known as Mads Lake confessed to multiple murders and was convicted. The next film, 'Line', received the Best Director Award at the festival in Karlovy Vary 2017. His third feature film 'Čistič' (WFF 2015) won multiple awards. His debut full-length film “Apricot Island” (2011) received national and international awards. Since 2005 he has also worked as a producer and TV director. In 2001, along with Rastislav Šesták, he established the DNA production company. Since 1995 he has directed several award-winning short films and documentaries. As an actor, he has worked with several Slovak theatres and television as well as acting in feature films.

He studied acting and film directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. Born in 1970 in Partizánske (Czechoslovakia). Slovak actor, director, producer and writer.

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