Den som dræber (2011– )

About the hunt for a type of violent criminal who has yet to strike in Denmark, and who is surrounded by fear and mystique - the serial killer.

Stars:

Laura Bach, Jakob Cedergren, Lars Mikkelsen

Cast

Series cast summary:
Laura Bach	...	Katrine Ries Jensen (10 episodes, 2011)
Jakob Cedergren	...	Thomas Schaeffer (10 episodes, 2011)
Lars Mikkelsen	...	Magnus Bisgaard (10 episodes, 2011)
Lærke Winther Andersen	...	Mia Vogelsang (10 episodes, 2011)
Frederik Meldal Nørgaard	...	Stig Molbeck (10 episodes, 2011)
Iben Dorner	...	Benedicte Schaeffer (8 episodes, 2011)
Benjamin Brüel	...	Johan Schaeffer (6 episodes, 2011)

Storyline

About the hunt for a type of violent criminal who has yet to strike in Denmark, and who is surrounded by fear and mystique - the serial killer.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Also Known As:

Den som dräper

Box Office

Budget:

DKK 42,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Miso Film, TV2 Danmark, SF Film Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 90 min (2 parts)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Natholdet - med Anders Breinholt: Uffe Holm (2011)

User Reviews

Serial killers in Denmark

Until recently we never saw television programmes that weren't in English; then BBC4 started airing the Swedish police show 'Wallander' after its success is wasn't long before they followed it up with programmes from France, Denmark and Italy; all in the native language and English subtitles. It was only a matter of time before another channel started to showing something from the continent; the channel was ITV3 and the programme was the Danish murder mystery 'Those Who Kill'. Originally shown as ten episodes featuring five two part stories the episodes were combines to make five feature length episodes; probably a wise move as the two hour crime drama is the standard format here.

This series follows the activities of a murder squad whose cases inevitably turn out to involve serial killers. The squad is led by Magnus Bisgaard although the main characters are Katrine Ries Jensen and civilian profiler Thomas Schaeffer. No matter what the case it is a safe bet that one of our protagonists will end up in mortal danger only for them to turn the tables on the bad guy. While the cases are fairly standard for this type of drama they were still enjoyable and while I didn't really expect the protagonists to come to any harm there were plenty of tense moments. Lead actors Laura Bach and Jakob Cedergren performed well in the roles of Katrine and Thomas and the rest of the cast seemed to do well too; although I can't comment on how their accents fitted the roles as I was relying on the subtitles and wouldn't have spotted if somebody sounded wrong! Overall I'm glad I watched this series; it might not have been one of the best continental series I've seen but it was still entertaining; its a pity further series weren't made.