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The Keeper of Lost Causes

The Keeper of Lost Causes

Nothing is forgotten forever

Part of Department Q Collection

2013•1h 33m•7.1/10
ThrillerMysteryCrime

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7.1/10(812)

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

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Production

Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst, TV 2, ZDF, TV 2, ZDF Enterprises, TrustNordisk

Language

DA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Carl Mørck

Fares Fares

Fares Fares

Hafez el-Assad

Sonja Richter

Sonja Richter

Merete Lynggaard

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Uffe Lynggaard

Søren Pilmark

Søren Pilmark

Marcus Jacobsen

Peter Plaugborg

Peter Plaugborg

'Lasse'

Per Scheel Krüger

Per Scheel Krüger

Anker

Troels Lyby

Troels Lyby

Hardy

Øyvind Fabricius Holm

Død mand

Divya Das

Divya Das

Nyhedsvært

Rasmus Botoft

Rasmus Botoft

Tage Baggesen

Patricia Schumann

Patricia Schumann

Søs Norup

Marie Mondrup

Marie Mondrup

Helle

Kenneth Carmohn

Kenneth Carmohn

Mand på færge

Michael Brostrup

Michael Brostrup

Børge Bak

Jeff Pitzner

Beboer på Egely

Lane Lind

Lane Lind

Forstander på Egely

Marijana Janković

Marijana Janković

Tereza

Anton Honik

Anton Honik

Jesper

Camilla Slyngborg

Camilla Slyngborg

TV Journalist

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