

The Keeper of Lost Causes
2013-10-03 · 93 min · ★ 7.0
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 details
- Directors
- Mikkel Nørgaard
- Production companies
- Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst, TV 2, ZDF, TV 2, ZDF Enterprises, TrustNordisk
- Countries
- Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 5,650,000
- Revenue
- USD 13,700,000
Top Cast
Nikolaj Lie KaasCarl Mørck
Fares FaresHafez el-Assad
Sonja RichterMerete Lynggaard
Mikkel Boe FølsgaardUffe Lynggaard
Søren PilmarkMarcus Jacobsen
Peter Plaugborg'Lasse'
Per Scheel KrügerAnker
Troels LybyHardy
Øyvind Fabricius HolmDød mand
Divya DasNyhedsvært
Rasmus BotoftTage Baggesen
Patricia SchumannSøs Norup
Marie MondrupHelle
Kenneth CarmohnMand på færge
Michael BrostrupBørge Bak
Lane LindForstander på Egely
Marijana JankovićTereza
Anton HonikJesper
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