The Absent One

Oct 2, 2014

1h 56m

★ 7.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

Zentropa International Sweden

Zentropa Entertainments

Film i Väst

TV 2

ZDF

TV4

TV 2

TrustNordisk

The Absent One Trailers

Cast

Carl Mørck

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Hafez el-Assad

Fares Fares

Ditlev Pram

Pilou Asbæk

Ulrik Dybbøl

David Dencik

Kirsten Marie 'Kimmie' Lassen

Danica Ćurčić

Kimmie som ung

Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

Rose Knudsen

Johanne Louise Schmidt

Ditlev som ung

Marco Ilsø

Thelma

Beate Bille

Alberg

Peter Christoffersen

Marcus Jacobsen

Søren Pilmark

Børge Bak

Michael Brostrup

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