Police inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant, Assad. They dig into a case about a disappeared woman.
Director:
Mikkel Nørgaard
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Nikolaj Lie Kaas | ... | Carl Mørck | |
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Per Scheel Krüger | ... | Anker |
| Troels Lyby | ... | Hardy Henningsen | |
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Øyvind B. Fabricius Holm | ... | Død mand |
| Søren Pilmark | ... | Marcus Jacobsen | |
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Divya Das | ... | Nyhedsvært |
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Anne Bærskog Hauger | ... | Viggas Rasmussen (voice) (as Anne Hauger) |
| Fares Fares | ... | Assad | |
| Sonja Richter | ... | Merete Lynggaard | |
| Rasmus Botoft | ... | Tage Baggesen | |
| Patricia Schumann | ... | Søs Norup | |
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Marie Mondrup | ... | Helle Andersen |
| Mikkel Boe Følsgaard | ... | Uffe Lynggaard | |
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Kenneth Carmohn | ... | Mand på færge |
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Michael Brostrup | ... | Børge Bak |
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Chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad become involved in a five-year-old case concerning the mystery of politician Merete Lynggaard's disappearance - a journey that takes them deep into the undercurrent of abuse and malice that lurks beneath the polished surface of Scandinavia. Written by Zentropa Productions
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missing person | copenhagen denmark | hyperbaric chamber | walking in on sex | woman on top |Taglines:
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Release Date:
17 June 2016 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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I saw this on a rented DVD in 2014. Felt like writing a review before i watch two of its sequels. The plot - After a raid gone wrong that resulted in the death of one of his team and the paralysis of another, a homicide cop Nikolaj Lie Kaas has been kicked to the basement aka Department Q to tie off five years of unresolved cases along with an inexperienced assistant called Faras Faras. They wind up pursuing the case of a high-ranking female politician, a supposed suicide whose body was never found. In short this is Scandinavian Noir. The acting of the two leading detectives is assured and the cinematography is compelling. It is a perfectly adequate crime thriller that will appeal to fans of this genre. The Keeper of Lost Causes is genuinely gripping, even though the direction is fairly standard and the main plot elements are predictable. Fans of The Treatment, Marshland, Memories of murder, Headhunters, Insomnia, True Detectives - S1 will definitely enjoy this.