The Absent One
Directed by Mikkel Nørgaard
Starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk, David Dencik, Danica Ćurčić, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Marco Ilsø, Beate Bille, Peter Christoffersen
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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.
- Original title
- Fasandræberne
- Original language
- Danish
- Screenplay
- Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Anders Huulgaard
- Music
- Patrik Andrén, Uno Helmersson
- Cinematography
- Eric Kress
- Cast
- David Dencik, Danica Ćurčić, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Marco Ilsø, Beate Bille, Peter Christoffersen, Søren Pilmark, Michael Brostrup
Updated July 22, 2026
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