Denmark, 40min
Dir: Irene Thyrri

In January 2004, Niels hijacked a train. A TV crew was on the spot. But they soon found that this was not just a story about a hijacking. It was, instead, the story of a psychotic man not getting proper care and the ways that his madness influences other people's lives.

During the last 20 years, the number of mentally ill people committing crimes has quadrupled. Often psychiatrists and families have to remain passive while a mentally ill person becomes more and more dangerous.

Insanely Dangerous offers a unique opportunity to understand the mind of one such person. Niels, the hijacker, has made his own video diaries while seriously psychotic, and this material allows the audience into the very strange and scary universe of a disturbed mind. Niels describes himself as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: when medicated he is a sympathetic, bright and creative young man; when not, he becomes insanely dangerous.

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For more information about this film visit the TV2 World website.

To learn more about dealing with mental illness visit the National Mental Health Information Center website.

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