"Those Who Kill" Dødens kabale, del 2 (2011)"Den som dræber" Dødens kabale, del 2 (original title)

Director:

Kasper Barfoed

Writers:

Morten Dragsted (writer) &
Siv Rajendram Eliassen ...
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TV Series:

"Those Who Kill" (2011)

Original Air Date:

15 May 2011 (Season 1, Episode 10)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Cast

Laura Bach	...	Katrine Ries Jensen
Jakob Cedergren	...	Thomas Schaeffer
Lars Mikkelsen	...	Magnus Bisgaard
Alexandre Willaume	...	Simon
Mille Dinesen	...	Signe
Marie Askehave	...	Maria
Lærke Winther Andersen	...	Mia Vogelsang (as Lærke Winther)
Frederik Meldal Nørgaard	...	Stig Molbeck
Iben Dorner	...	Benedicte Schaeffer
Magnus Millang	...	Søren Mogensen
Carla Rasmussen	...	Mathilde (as Carla Fjeldsted Rasmussen)
Peder Holm Johansen	...	Jesper
Signe Vaupel	...	Nete
Aske Bang	...	Pede

Directed by
Kasper Barfoed

Writing credits
Morten Dragsted		writer &
Siv Rajendram Eliassen
Elsebeth Egholm		(idea) &
Stefan Jaworski		(idea)
Elsebeth Egholm		(story) &
Stefan Jaworski		(story)

Produced by
Jonas Allen	....	producer
Klaus Bassiner	....	executive producer
Caroline Blanco	....	associate producer
Peter Bose	....	producer
Wolfgang Feindt	....	executive producer
Michael Fleischer	....	executive producer
Peter Nadermann	....	executive producer
Lene Nielsen	....	line producer
Beatrice von Schwerin	....	assistant producer

Original Music by
Frans Bak

Cinematography by
Magnus Nordenhof Jønck

Film Editing by
Per Sandholt

Casting by
Tanja Grunwald

Production Design by
Rasmus Thjellesen

Art Direction by
Jacob Stig Olsson

Costume Design by
Sussie Bjørnvad		(as Susie Bjørnvad)
Signe Sejlund
Stine Terp

Makeup Department
Bjørg Serup	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Anders Barlebo	....	unit production manager
Louise Kjær-Madsen	....	assistant production manager
Maj-Britt Paulmann	....	production manager
Sanne Arnt Torp	....	production manager

Art Department
Jacob Wirth Carlsen	....	property master

Sound Department
Nino Jacobsen	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Kim Asmussen	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Søren Skov Haraldsted	....	special effects assistant coordinator (uncredited)
Hummer Høimark	....	special effects coordinator (uncredited)
Christian Kitter	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Claus Nørregård	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Thomas Therchilsen	....	digital colourist
Martin Madsen	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tobias Juhl	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Charlotte Buch	....	post-production supervisor

Music Department
Jan Holzner	....	orchestra recording engineer
Mikkel Sørensen	....	music editor
Mikkel Sørensen	....	music mixer

Other crew
Lars Duus	....	editor: TV2 (as Lars Sund Duus)
Lillian Rype Fokdal	....	script supervisor
Niels Fonsecsa	....	editor: TV2 (as Niels Fonseca)
Anders Jensen	....	project manager TV 2 Fiktion
Louise Kjær-Madsen	....	production coordinator

Cinematography by
Ian N. Tomkins

Production Design by
Rasmus Thjellesen		(2010)

Production Companies

• Miso Film (presents)
• TV2 Danmark (presents)
• SF Film Production (as SF Film) (in co-production with)
• TV4 Sweden (as TV4) (in co-production with)
• TV2 Norge (as TV 2 Norge) (in co-production with)
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (as ZDF) (in co-production with)
• ZDF Enterprises (in co-production with)
• Public Service Puljen (with support from)
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond (as Nordisk Film & TV Fond) (with support from)
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne (as MEDIA) (with support from)

Distributors

• TV2 Danmark (2011) (Denmark) (TV)
• Edel Media & Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD) (also includes "Shadows of the Past")
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Filmbox Extra 1 (2012) (Hungary) (TV)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• ZDFneo (2011) (Germany) (TV) (limited)
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (2011) (Germany) (TV)

Special Effects

• Dansk Speciel Effekt Service

Also Known As:

"Den som dræber: Dødens kabale, del 2 (#1.10)" - Denmark (original title)

Runtime:

Denmark:41 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Germany:16

Company:

Miso Film

Saved by a lucky coincidence

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

The fifth story of the series (episodes nine and ten) opens with a dismembered body being found at a rubbish disposal site; it was only by luck that it was discovered but even so the killer had gone to extreme lengths to remove any identification marks. There are still one or two clues though; the victim had fillings that suggested she was from Eastern Europe and post mortem injuries suggest the killer had removed tattooed areas of skin. These don't seem major clues but the detectives do manage to identify her. Of course it isn't long before he strikes again and this time he makes no attempt to hide the body. He is also playing games with the police; having contacted a reporter to give him details of the crime scene that only the police and the killer would know. One thing is pretty obvious; he enjoys killing and will continue doing it until he is caught. Away from the case both Katrine and Thomas have some romance in their lives; Katrine has met a lawyer who claims to be in the process of getting a divorce and Thomas is getting close to the wife he was in the process of divorcing!

This was another entertaining story although I'm sure most viewers will have guessed the killer long before he is exposed; not that the makers were trying to hide who it was; he is shown killing his second victim. As is often the way with such stories as the episode approaches its conclusion one of the main characters will get into the sort of position that looks likely to lead to them becoming another victim. Knowing who the killer was from a comparatively early stage did mean we could see more of his actions than would normally be the case which was interesting; especially in the scene where Thomas unwittingly gives the killer his opinions of him. There were one or two coincidences that might be considered a bit too much; a person was given a camera as birthday present and it was used to get a snap of the killer then a witness was taken to the coffee room where the party snaps were on display just in time to catch him… still it fun enough.