The Absent One

The Absent One

Part of Department Q Collection

2014•1h 56m•7.0/10

Thriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(682)

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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Production

Zentropa International Sweden, Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst, TV 2, ZDF, TV4, TV 2, TrustNordisk

Language

DA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Carl Mørck

Fares Fares

Fares Fares

Hafez el-Assad

Pilou Asbæk

Pilou Asbæk

Ditlev Pram

David Dencik

David Dencik

Ulrik Dybbøl

Danica Ćurčić

Danica Ćurčić

Kirsten Marie 'Kimmie' Lassen

Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

Kimmie som ung

Johanne Louise Schmidt

Johanne Louise Schmidt

Rose Knudsen

Marco Ilsø

Marco Ilsø

Ditlev som ung

Beate Bille

Beate Bille

Thelma

Peter Christoffersen

Peter Christoffersen

Alberg

Søren Pilmark

Søren Pilmark

Marcus Jacobsen

Michael Brostrup

Michael Brostrup

Børge Bak

Morten Kirkskov

Morten Kirkskov

Lars Bjørn

Phillip Stilling

Phillip Stilling

Ulrik som ung

Adam Ild Rohweder

Adam Ild Rohweder

Bjarne som ung

Anton Honik

Anton Honik

Jesper

Kristian Høgh Jeppesen

Kristian Høgh Jeppesen

Bjarne Thøgersen

Katrine Greis-Rosenthal

Katrine Greis-Rosenthal

Tine

Hans Henrik Voetmann

Hans Henrik Voetmann

Henning Jørgensen

Hans Henrik Clemensen

Hans Henrik Clemensen

Bent Krum

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