The Absent One
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10/2/2014Runtime
116 minsGenres
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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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ReleasedOriginal Language
DanishBudget
$5,800,000Revenue
$11,500,000Homepage
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A methodical Nordic noir investigation into a two-decade-old murder that unravels the comfortable lies a small community built to protect itself. It's meticulous and darkly absorbing, revealing how the search for truth can wound as deeply as the crime itself.
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Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Carl Mørck
Fares Fares
Hafez el-Assad
Pilou Asbæk
Ditlev Pram
David Dencik
Ulrik Dybbøl
Danica Ćurčić
Kirsten Marie 'Kimmie' Lassen
Sarah-Sofie Boussnina
Kimmie som ung
Johanne Louise Schmidt
Rose Knudsen
Marco Ilsø
Ditlev som ung
Beate Bille
Thelma
Peter Christoffersen
Alberg
Søren Pilmark
Marcus Jacobsen
Michael Brostrup
Børge Bak
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