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Police inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad. They dig into a case about a missing woman.Police inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad. They dig into a case about a missing woman.Police inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad. They dig into a case about a missing woman.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 21 nominations
Anne Bærskog Hauger
- Viggas Rasmussen
- (voice)
- (as Anne Hauger)
Patric Lindström
- Serveur de comptoir
- (as Patric Neves Lindström)
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- TriviaFares Fares, who lives in Sweden, had to learn Danish for the role of Assad.
- GoofsThe leader of the sanitarium tells the two main characters that Uffe was 8 years old when he had his brain injury in the car accident. But we are also told that Uffe was born on the 10th of may 1982 and that the accident, that gave Uffe his brain injury, happened on the 23rd of December 1988, making Uffe 6 when he got his brain injury.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dansk films bedste: Børneliv og På kant med loven (2022)
- SoundtracksSummer Dresses
Written by Jeroen van Olffen (as Jeroen van Olffen)
Performed by DJ Come of Age featuring Cecilia Stalin
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Danish darkness
I think it's fair to say that THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES is Denmark's answer to THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO; it has much in common with the look, style, and feel of the Steig Larsson adaptation, although the narrative is more simplistic and straightforward as befits a shorter film. Once again the story is a mix of crime grittiness, nasty unpleasantness, historical events impacting on the present, and some dogged detectives refusing to give up on a cold case.
The methods of the killer in this film are quite terrifying from a psychological perspective, adding a sheen of unique horror to the movie which comes as an unexpected surprise. Although the subject matter is depressing the film is never so, because the production values are excellent and the cinematography particularly strong. The main characters aren't particularly likable, they're too gruff for that, but they are realistic, which is what counts. Although I'm not a huge fan of Scandinavian crime stories, even I enjoyed this well-paced and engrossing tale.
The methods of the killer in this film are quite terrifying from a psychological perspective, adding a sheen of unique horror to the movie which comes as an unexpected surprise. Although the subject matter is depressing the film is never so, because the production values are excellent and the cinematography particularly strong. The main characters aren't particularly likable, they're too gruff for that, but they are realistic, which is what counts. Although I'm not a huge fan of Scandinavian crime stories, even I enjoyed this well-paced and engrossing tale.
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- Oct 21, 2016
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- The Keeper of Lost Causes
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- €5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $13,656,380
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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