The Killing
Forbrydelsen (2007-2012)
Seasons: 3,
episodes: 40
Episode runtime: 60 min
Average rating:
8.1/10
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Production
Status
Completed
Creators
Søren Sveistrup
Scenario
Søren Sveistrup
Author
Actors
Sofie Gråbøl
Sarah Lund
Søren Malling
Jan Meyer
Lars Mikkelsen
Troels Hartmann
Marie Askehave
Rie Skovgaard
Bjarne Henriksen
Theis Birk Larsen
Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
Pernille Birk Larsen
Michael Moritzen
Morten Weber
Nicolaj Kopernikus
Vagn Skærbæk
Short description
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
Season 1 Detective Chief Inspector Sarah Lund is looking forward to her last day with the Copenhagen police force, planning to move to Sweden with her fiancé and transfer to the Swedish police. However, everything changes when a 19-year old woman, Nanna Birk Larsen, disappears only to be found raped and b…
|
20 | 2007-01-07 | 7.9 |
Season 2 After the resolution of the Larsen case, Lund is demoted and works as a passport officer in the southern town of Gedser. Ulrik Strange, a detective from Copenhagen, visits Lund on behalf of her former boss, Lennart Brix, and asks for her help in solving the murder of military legal adviser Anne D…
|
10 | 2009-09-27 | 6.7 |
Season 3 This final series of Forbrydelsen explores the global financial crisis as the ostensibly random murder of a sailor leads Sarah Lund through the financial community. Lund has ambitions for promotion and a new lifestyle, but at the same time is struggling to maintain a relationship with her son Mar…
|
10 | 2012-09-23 | 7.7 |
What's left behind the scenes
- Throughout the production of the first season, the actors received the script literally every day right before stepping onto the set. The series creator, Søren Sveistrup, flatly refused to tell the actors which of them was the killer. Only Sofie Gråbøl knew that it was not her character.
- The title of the series ("Forbrydelsen") is translated from Danish not as "The Killing," but as "The Crime."
- Sofie Gråbøl (who played Sarah Lund) insisted on playing an unsociable character, but she struggled to capture the emotionless nature of Lund until it occurred to her that all her acquaintances fitting that description were men. As a result, she began to act "like a man" and successfully nailed the role.
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