Special Unit - The First Murder

Aug 25, 2025

2h 5m

★ 8.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

History

Production Companies

Nordisk Film

Lava Films

Det Danske Filminstitut

Special Unit - The First Murder Trailers

Cast

Otto Himmelstrup

Alex Høgh Andersen

Camilla

Mathilde Arcel Fock

Nicolaj Kopernikus

Nete Schwartz

Mille Lehfeldt

Skov Nielsen

Lars Ranthe

Lise Faber

Katrine Greis-Rosenthal

Ole Hansen

Kristian Halken

Valdemar Mensen

Flemming Enevold

Esbjergs borgmester

Niels Hausgaard

Thorleif

Peter Flyvholm

Kaj Fisk

Emil Hyldeborg

Nynne

Clara Rugaard

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