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Special Unit - The First Murder
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.
Cast
- Alex Høgh Andersen as Otto Himmelstrup
- Mathilde Arcel as Camilla
- Nicolaj Kopernikus as PR
- Katrine Greis-Rosenthal as Lise Faber
- Ask Berntsen as Tom Faber
- Kristian Halken as Ole Hansen
- Mille Lehfeldt as Nete Schwartz
- Lars Ranthe as Skov Nielsen
- Flemming Enevold as Valdemar Mensen
- Emil Hyldeborg as Kaj Fisk
- Clara Rugaard as Nynne Bach
- Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen as Christian Rosenfelt
Details
- Director
- Christoffer Boe
- Released
- August 25, 2025
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, History
- Studio
- Nordisk Film, Lava Films and Det Danske Filminstitut
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.1 / 10 from 29 votes
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