The Absent One (2014)

  • NR
  • 09/18/2014 (US)
  • Thriller
  • 1h 56m

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.

Mikkel Nørgaard

Director

Nikolaj Arcel

Screenplay

Rasmus Heisterberg

Screenplay

Jussi Adler-Olsen

Novel

Cast

Nikolaj Lie Kaas's headshot

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Carl Mørck
Fares Fares's headshot

Fares Fares

Hafez el-Assad
Pilou Asbæk's headshot

Pilou Asbæk

Ditlev Pram
David Dencik's headshot

David Dencik

Ulrik Dybbøl
Danica Ćurčić's headshot

Danica Ćurčić

Kirsten Marie 'Kimmie' Lassen
Sarah-Sofie Boussnina's headshot

Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

Young Kimmie
Johanne Louise Schmidt's headshot

Johanne Louise Schmidt

Rose Knudsen
Marco Ilsø's headshot

Marco Ilsø

Young Ditlev

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