Special Unit - The First Murder
2025 · 125 min · Crime, Drama, History
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.
- Director
- Christoffer Boe
- Writers
- Christoffer Boe, Lasse Kyed Rasmussen, Jacob Jonia
- Released
- August 25, 2025
- Language
- Danish
Cast
Alex Høgh Andersen
Otto Himmelstrup
Mathilde Arcel
Camilla
Nicolaj Kopernikus
PR
Katrine Greis-Rosenthal
Lise Faber
Ask Berntsen
Tom Faber
Kristian Halken
Ole Hansen
Mille Lehfeldt
Nete Schwartz
Lars Ranthe
Skov Nielsen
Flemming Enevold
Valdemar Mensen
Emil Hyldeborg
Kaj Fisk
Clara Rugaard
Nynne Bach
Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen
Christian Rosenfelt
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