In a moment of cowardice, Detective Carl Mørck sends Rose, his junior colleague in Department Q, to the remote Danish island of Bornholm to answer his old colleague Christian Habersaat's repeated requests. But during his forced retirement ceremony Christian kills himself sending Rose into a journey deep into her own traumatic past. Later, Department Q are embroiled into an old cold case of a girl found dead hanging in a tree.
Acting
Sofie Torp's fractured, withholding performance as Rose.
Cinematography
Bornholm's cliffs and forests become another suspect.
Direction
Madsen balances procedural grind with psychological unraveling.
Director
Ole Christian Madsen
Ulrich Thomsen
Carl Mørck
Afshin Firouzi
Assad
Sofie Torp
Rose
Hedda Stiernstedt
Pirjo
Joachim Fjelstrup
Atu
Mads Reuther
Gordon
Rasmus Bjerg
SVK
Helle Fagralid
June Habersaat
Peter Mygind
Christian Habersaat
Rasmus Hammerich
Søren Birkedal
Søren Malling
Henrik Bak
Lisa Carlehed
Mona
Ken Vedsegaard
Pedel-Simon
Marina Bouras
Tosse-Marie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bornholm's actual isolation makes it Denmark's unofficial 'place to disappear'—the film weaponizes real geography as narrative trap.
Ulrich Thomsen originated Carl Mørck in 2013; this sixth Department Q film finally forces him to face consequences of his detachment.
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