Directed by:
Mikkel NørgaardScreenplay:
Nikolaj ArcelCinematography:
Eric KressCast:
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter, Peter Plaugborg, Per Scheel-Krüger, Troels Lyby, Øyvind B. Fabricius Holm, Søren Pilmark, Divya Das (more)Plots(1)
Following a shootout that left his two partners respectively dead and paralyzed, chief detective Carl Mørck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is assigned to the newly established Department Q, a department for old, terminated cases. The department consists only of himself and his new assistant Assad (Fares Fares). Although they get explicit orders to only read and sort through the cases, only a single day passes before Carl's stubborn nature throws them headfirst into the mystery of Merete Lynggaard's disappearance; a well-known female politician who vanished five years ago from a passenger ferry. The only witness is her brain-damaged brother who was found on the car deck, screaming at the top of his lungs. The case was put to rest as an apparent suicide. Unconvinced by this explanation Carl and Assad venture on a journey that will take them deep into the undercurrent of abuse and malice that lurks beneath the polished surface of Scandinavia. (4DVD)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2014 - Louise Vesth, Mikkel Nørgaard, Peter Aalbæk Jensen (Best Danish Film)
- 2014 - Mikkel Nørgaard (Best Director)
- 2014 - Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Best Actor in a Leading Role)
- 2014 - Sonja Richter (Best Actress in a Leading Role)
- 2014 - Fares Fares (Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 2014 - Nikolaj Arcel (Best Screenplay)
- 2014 - Eric Kress (Best Cinematography)
- 2014 - Rasmus Thjellesen (Best Production Design)
- 2014 - Stine Thaning (Best Costume Design)
- 2014 - Martin Schade, Morten Egholm (Best Editing)
- 2014 - Morten Jacobsen, Thomas Foldberg, Tina Helmark (Best Make-Up)
- 2014 - Johan Söderqvist, Patrik Andrén, Uno Helmersson (Best Score)
- 2014 - Hans Møller (Best Sound)
- 2014 - Ivan Kondrup Jensen, Jeppe N. Christensen, Rikke Hovgaard Jørgensen (Best Visual Effects)
- 2014 - Louise Vesth, Mikkel Nørgaard, Peter Aalbæk Jensen (Audience Award: Drama)