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The Absent One (2014)

Original title: Fasandræberne

NR · 2014-10-02 · 1h 56m · DA
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Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.

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Mikkel NørgaardDirector
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Nikolaj Lie KaasNikolaj Lie KaasCarl MørckFares FaresFares FaresHafez el-AssadPilou AsbækPilou AsbækDitlev PramDavid DencikDavid DencikUlrik DybbølDanica ĆurčićDanica ĆurčićKirsten Marie 'Kimmie' LassenSarah-Sofie BoussninaSarah-Sofie BoussninaYoung KimmieJohanne Louise SchmidtJohanne Louise SchmidtRose KnudsenMarco IlsøMarco IlsøYoung DitlevBeate BilleBeate BilleThelmaPeter ChristoffersenPeter ChristoffersenAlbergSøren PilmarkSøren PilmarkMarcus JacobsenMichael BrostrupMichael BrostrupBørge Bak

Keywords

Based on novel or bookCo-worker relationshipBoarding schoolTraumatized womanDenmarkNordic noirCold caseAfdeling qHunting partyCo-workers relationship

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Genre affinityThrillerTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Co Worker Relationship · Boarding SchoolVisual styleNordic NoirDirector preference434864Actor preference273238 · 82143 · 311323Country preferenceDk

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Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.

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The Absent One has a runtime of 116 minutes.

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