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Film / 2014
The Absent One
Directed by
Mikkel Nørgaard
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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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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Cast
Nikolaj Lie KaasCarl Mørck
Fares FaresHafez el-Assad
Pilou AsbækDitlev Pram
David DencikUlrik Dybbøl
Danica ĆurčićKirsten Marie 'Kimmie' Lassen
Sarah-Sofie BoussninaKimmie som ung
Johanne Louise SchmidtRose Knudsen
Marco IlsøDitlev som ung
Beate BilleThelma
Peter ChristoffersenAlberg
Søren PilmarkMarcus Jacobsen
Michael BrostrupBørge Bak
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Morten KirkskovLars Bjørn
Phillip StillingUlrik som ung
Adam Ild RohwederBjarne som ung
Anton HonikJesper
Kristian Høgh JeppesenBjarne Thøgersen
Katrine Greis-RosenthalTine
Hans Henrik VoetmannHenning Jørgensen
Hans Henrik ClemensenBent Krum
Dan ZahleFrank Helmond
Henning Valin JakobsenKlavs
Diana AxelsenKassandra
Zeev Sevik PerlMilo
Kasper Løfvall StensbirkPræfekten
Peter Damm-OttesenBetjent i arkivet
Nikolaj GrothThomas
Katrine BruunMarie
Emma Sehested HøegPigen i skoven
Marie Lydie Melono NokoudaNihla
Lars ThiesgaardGriffenholm Rektor
Elena Arndt-JensenKimmie's Roommate
Martine Ølbye HjejlePige på Griffenholm
Frederikke ThomassenPige 2 på Griffenholm
Jennifer BülowRengøringsdame
Casper SteffensenPædagog på legeplads
Simon PapousekBetjent 1
Stig Reggelsen SkjoldBetjent 2
Anders BuddeBetjent i Hennings lejlighed
Mads RømerBetjent i celle
Peder BilleTekniker i Albergs lejlighed
Klaus BarfodHjemløs mand
Hugo HolmbladDitlevs søn
Lillian AlbeckPosedame på Hovedbanegården
Falke MikailsenAlkoholiker på Hovedbanegården
Divya DasNyhedsvært
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