The Keeper of Lost Causes

The Keeper of Lost Causes

2013 · 1h33 · Movie

Directed by Mikkel Nørgaard

Starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Søren Pilmark, Peter Plaugborg, Per Scheel Krüger, Troels Lyby, Øyvind Fabricius Holm, Divya Das

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Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

Original title
Kvinden i buret
Original language
Danish
Screenplay
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Nikolaj Arcel, Anders Huulgaard
Music
Johan Söderqvist
Cinematography
Eric Kress
Cast
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Søren Pilmark, Peter Plaugborg, Per Scheel Krüger, Troels Lyby, Øyvind Fabricius Holm, Divya Das, Rasmus Botoft, Patricia Schumann

Updated July 22, 2026

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