---
title: 'Headhunters (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Morten Tyldum'
released: '2011-08-04'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Norway'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/headhunters-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1614989/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Headhunters (2011)

2011 · 96 min · Action, Crime, Thriller · Germany, Norway

Original title: Hodejegerne

## Synopsis

Headhunters is a 2011 Norwegian action thriller film based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø. The film was directed by Morten Tyldum and stars Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Synnøve Macody Lund. Hennie portrays the successful but insecure corporate recruiter Roger Brown who lives a double life as an art thief to fund his lavish lifestyle. He discovers that one of his job prospects owns a valuable painting and sets out to steal it.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Morten Tyldum](https://cinepixo.com/people/morten-tyldum)
- **Screenplay:** [Lars Gudmestad](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-gudmestad), [Ulf Ryberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulf-ryberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Trond Bjerknæs](https://cinepixo.com/people/trond-bjerkn-s)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Andreas Andersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-andreas-andersen)
- **Editor:** [Vidar Flataukan](https://cinepixo.com/people/vidar-flataukan)

## Cast

- [Kyrre Haugen Sydness](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyrre-haugen-sydness)
- [Synnøve Macody Lund](https://cinepixo.com/people/synn-ve-macody-lund)
- [Eivind Sander](https://cinepixo.com/people/eivind-sander)
- [Aksel Hennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/aksel-hennie)
- [Nikolaj Coster-Waldau](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolaj-coster-waldau)
- [Nils Jørgen Kaalstad](https://cinepixo.com/people/nils-j-rgen-kaalstad)
- [Baard Owe](https://cinepixo.com/people/baard-owe)

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Official site: http://www.magpictures.com/headhunters
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/headhunters-2011
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1592308); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.