Special Unit - The First Murder
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8/25/2025Runtime
125 minsOverview
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes. Soon, Otto finds himself not only battling powerful enemies but also confronting his own dark side in his quest to solve the case.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
DanishBudget
$6,500,000Revenue
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A gritty 1920s Danish crime procedural that unfolds like a pressure cooker, where investigating a murder becomes a dangerous descent into the moral compromises of the people in power. The closer you get to the truth, the more you realize how much it will cost.
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Alex Høgh Andersen
Otto Himmelstrup
Mathilde Arcel Fock
Camilla
Nicolaj Kopernikus
PR
Mille Lehfeldt
Nete Schwartz
Lars Ranthe
Skov Nielsen
Katrine Greis-Rosenthal
Lise Faber
Kristian Halken
Ole Hansen
Flemming Enevold
Valdemar Mensen
Niels Hausgaard
Esbjergs borgmester
Peter Flyvholm
Thorleif
Emil Hyldeborg
Kaj Fisk
Clara Rugaard
Nynne
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