8.060 minSeason 2 • Episode 8
LatestPeter Verås is an uncompromising journalist in the most respected newspaper in Norway. He makes his life’s biggest mistake when he gets hold of evidence of a financial fraud from an anonymous source. It turns out the evidence points to his own brother. As he still pursues and the story breaks, the brother commits suicide. Peter tries to track down the anonymous source, only to discover that the source was the brother himself. A search for the truth has commenced that involves media, high – ranked politicians as well as the financial elite. The closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes for him and his brother’s family.
Acting
Jon Øigarden's crumbling resolve as Peter
Direction
Chilly Norwegian landscapes as moral emptiness
Writing
The devastating brother-as-source revelation
Jon Øigarden
Peter Verås
Laura Christensen
Ellen Claussen
Nils Ole Oftebro
Frank Mathiesen
Trond Espen Seim
Statsminister Michael Woll
Ingar Helge Gimle
Finansminister Erik Ulrichsen
Anna Bache-Wiig
Inger Marie Steffensen
Ingjerd Egeberg
Eva Verås
Anders Danielsen Lie
Johannes Ritter Hansen
Iben Akerlie
Amelia Woll
Bjarte Hjelmeland
Christian Schjelderup
Erland Bakker
Lars Fritzmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mammon helped cement 'Nordic noir' as a global brand alongside The Bridge and Borgen, with its critique of Norwegian social democracy's hidden corruption.
The title refers to the biblical demon of wealth; the show argues Scandinavian prosperity itself became the corruption.
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