''The Killing'' ( da, Forbrydelsen, lit=The Crime) is a Danish

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television series created by

Søren Sveistrup Søren Sveistrup (born 7 January 1968 in Kastrup) is a Danish screenwriter and author. His credits include '' The Killing'' and ''Nikolaj og Julie''. His first novel, ''The Chestnut Man'', was published in 2019 and adapted into a television seri ...

and produced by DR in co-production with

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. It premiered on the Danish national television channel

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on 7 January 2007, and has since been broadcast in several other countries. The series is set in

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and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund ( Sofie Gråbøl). Each series follows a murder case day-by-day. Each fifty-minute episode covers 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 stories of the murdered victim's family and the effect in political circles 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. ''The Killing'' has proved to be an international success, particularly in the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands, receiving numerous awards and nominations including a BAFTA Award and an

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. It has become something of a cult show. Novelisations of each series have been published by

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Production

Development

Søren Sveistrup, series creator and head writer, worked closely with lead actress Sofie Gråbøl throughout the writing process to develop the character of Detective Inspector Sarah Lund. Gråbøl, in particular, became eager to defend her character. Gråbøl had a history of playing emotionally demonstrative characters on Danish televisionshe had worked with Sveistrup before on the TV-series ''

Nikolaj og Julie ''Nikolaj og Julie'' is a 2002 Danish drama television series created by Adam Price and produced by DR1, and starred Peter Mygind and Sofie Gråbøl. Plot Nikolaj and Julie, form a young couple who reunite in Copenhagen, marrying soon after ha ...

''he approached her direct to play the part of Lund before work on the script began.

Filming

Despite her insistence that she wanted to play an "isolated person

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unable to communicate" Gråbøl initially found it difficult to strike the right balance for the emotionally-distant Lund and then realised that the only people she knew, who were like the character, were men. As a result, she began "acting like a man" until the character took shape. During filming of the first series, Sveistrup also refused to reveal the identity of the murderer or even specific plot points to members of the cast, including Gråbøl. The actors would receive the scripts only on an episode-by-episode basis just moments before shooting was scheduled to begin. Only Gråbøl was told that she was not the killer.

Series 1

The first series consists of twenty fifty-minute episodes, which follow the police investigation into the murder of a young woman from its commencement on 3 November to its conclusion on 22 November. The first ten episodes were shown on

each Sunday from early January to the middle of March 2007 and the intention was to show the remaining ten episodes in January–March 2008; it was so popular in Denmark that in early March it was announced that the final ten episodes would be brought forward to the autumn of 2007; they were shown from late September to late November 2007.

Synopsis

Main cast

* Inspector Sarah Lund: Sofie Gråbøl * Inspector Jan Meyer:

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* Chief Inspector Erik Buchard: Troels II Munk (episodes 1–11) * Chief Inspector Lennart Brix: Morten Suurballe (episodes 11–20) * Troels Hartmann: Lars Mikkelsen * Mayor Poul Bremer: Bent Mejding * Rie Skovgaard:

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* Theis Birk Larsen:

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* Pernille Birk Larsen:

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* Vagn Skærbæk: Nicolaj Kopernikus * Rama:

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* Morten Weber: Michael Moritzen * Nanna Birk Larsen:

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Episodes and ratings

Series 2

''Forbrydelsen II'' is set two years later and consists of ten episodes. It aired in Denmark between 27 September and 29 November 2009. Episodes were screened eleven days later on Thursdays on Norwegian

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. It was shown on German TV channel

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and on Swedish SVT in the autumn of 2010. In the United Kingdom, it was shown on

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, starting from 19 November 2011, following the success of the first series, on the Belgian channel,

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, starting on 25 November 2011, and in Australia on SBS Two, starting from 21 March 2012. The Region 2 DVD with English subtitles was released on 19 December 2011.

Plot

Inspector Ulrik Strange arrives at a port where Lund is working as a

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, on the orders of her former boss, Brix, to ask her to return to help investigate the murder of Anne Dragsholm, a military adviser found murdered in

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. Lund suspects that the murder is not as straightforward as it seems, despite the forced confession of Dragsholm's husband. Meanwhile, Thomas Buch, the newly appointed Minister of Justice, suspects that his predecessor was involved in the cover-up of a massacre of

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civilians by Danish soldiers and that this incident is connected with the murder. Lund is about to be discharged from the case when a second killing, that of a Danish military veteran, leads to fears that

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are involved. Jens Peter Raben, a sectioned war veteran, knew both victims and tells his story of the execution of an Afghan family by a

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officer named "Perk". Raben escapes, and two other members of the unit are murdered. Suspicion falls on senior military officers, including Raben's father-in-law, Colonel Jarnvig. Buch and his secretarial team uncover further evidence of the cover-up, but the cabinet pressures him to continue pinning the murders on Muslims in order to assure the passage of an anti-terrorism bill. Raben takes refuge in a church presided over by a former

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, who tries to convince him to give himself up and stop investigating the killings. Lund discovers the chaplain's body and pursues the perpetrator. She arranges for the exhumation of Perk's body. When Lund and Strange catch up with Raben, he calls out Perk's name before Strange shoots him. An injured Raben persists in accusing Strange of being the officer responsible for the massacre, yet it is later officially confirmed that he had left Afghanistan before the killings. Lund is uneasy about Strange's alibis for the murders, but takes him with her to Afghanistan to investigate a new suspect. Lund's persistence results in the discovery of the bones of the Afghan civilians. Upon returning to Denmark, Lund meets her mother, who has had a premonition of Lund lying dead. Following a further search of a military

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, suspicion falls on Captain Bilal, an anti-

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Muslim who kidnaps Raben's wife Louise. Raben and Jarnvig lead Lund and Strange to Bilal, who is killed by an explosion before they are able to question him. Strange volunteers to return Raben to the mental hospital, but Lund insists on driving them. On the way, they make a stop at the scene of Dragsholm's murder, where Lund points out to Strange the reasons why Bilal is unlikely to have been involved. Strange reveals a detail that only the murderer could know, and confesses to the murders before shooting Lund with her own gun, which he then plants on Raben. He phones the police and is about to shoot Raben when Lund hits him over the head. When Strange tries to retrieve his gun, Lund shoots him dead. As the police arrive at the scene, Lund walks away, removing her

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Main cast

* Inspector Sarah Lund: Sofie Gråbøl * Chief Inspector Lennart Brix: Morten Suurballe * Inspector Ulrik Strange:

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* Justice Minister Thomas Buch: Nicolas Bro * Prime Minister Gert Grue Eriksen: Kurt Ravn * Colonel Torsten Jarnvig:

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* Major Christian Søgaard:

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* Sergeant Jens Peter Raben:

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* Louise Raben: Stine Prætorius * Carsten Plough: Preben Kristensen * Karina Munk Jørgensen:

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* Erling Krabbe:

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* Captain Said Bilal:

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* VPD Ruth Hedeby:

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Episodes and ratings

Series 3

''Forbrydelsen III'', premiered on Danish television on 23 September 2012. It commenced on NRK1 in Norway on Monday 8 October 2012, with an audience of 436,000. Series 3 on BBC Four in the UK began on 17 November 2012 with 1.04 million viewers.

Short summary

This final ten-part series begins with the murder of a sailor. Sarah Lund's investigation turns to the financial and governmental communities during the global financial crisis.

Main cast

* Chief Inspector Sarah Lund: Sofie Gråbøl * VPD Lennart Brix: Morten Suurballe * Mathias Borch:

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* Inspector Asbjørn Juncker: Sigurd Holmen le Dous * Robert Zeuthen: Anders W. Berthelsen * Maja Zeuthen:

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* Niels Reinhardt: Stig Hoffmeyer * Prime Minister Kristian Kamper: Olaf Johannessen * Kristoffer "Stoffer" Kamper:

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* Karen Nebel:

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* Birgit Eggert: Tammi Øst * Deputy Public Prosecutor Tage Steiner:

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* Rosa Lebech: Sara-Marie Maltha

Episodes and ratings

Figures for the UK broadcast of episodes 1 – 8 do not include the ratings for BBC HD.

Overseas success

In the wake of the successful ''

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'' series, ''The Killing'' became another Scandinavian crime hit with British viewers when it was shown on

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in the spring of 2011. Although subtitled, it attracted more viewers than '' Mad Men'', scored audience appreciation figures of 94%, and was described as "the best series currently on TV". The success created an interest in all things Danish, and the female detective's Faroese

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was the subject of newspaper articles as well as becoming a sought after online item. As well as the UK, DR also sold the series to a number of other broadcasters worldwide, and ''The Killing'' was eventually shown in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, Russia, Spain and the US with varying degrees of success. Producer Piv Bernth described the broad appeal of the show as "groundbreaking", and explained what she believed to be the root of its popularity:

"It's the first time you have a detective drama over 20 episodes – other series had one killing per episode. And we also have this three-plot structure – what does it murdermean for a police investigator, what does it mean for the parents, what does it mean for the politicians. It's not just about finding the murderer. That's important, but it's not all."

Over 120 countries have purchased the first two seasons of The Killing. The first series has also been shown in other countries, as follows: * 2007: Norway on

(as ''Forbrytelsen'') * 2007: Finland on

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(as ''Brottet'') and AVA (as ''Rikos'') * 2007: Faroe Islands on SvF (as ''Brotsgerðin'') * 2008: Sweden on

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(as ''Brottet'') * 2008: Iceland on

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* 2008: Germany on

(as ''Kommissarin Lund: Das Verbrechen'') * 2009: Austria on

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* 2010: Belgium, France, Germany on ARTE (as ''The Killing'') * 2010: Australia on SBS One * 2010: Belgium on

* 2011: United Kingdom on

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(as ''The Killing'') * 2011: Russia on Channel One (as ''Убийство'') * 2011: Spain on AXN (as ''The Killing: Crónica de un asesinato'') * 2011: Portugal on

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(as ''The Killing: Crónica de um assassinato'') * 2011: Poland on Ale Kino+ (as ''The Killing'') * 2012: Japan on Super! drama TV (as ''The Killing'') * 2012: Brazil on Globosat HD (as ''The Killing: História de Um Assassinato'') * 2012: Netherlands on

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by the

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(as ''The Killing'') * 2012: Hungary * 2012: New Zealand on SoHo TV (as ''Forbrydelsen'') * 2012: Belgium, France, Germany on ARTE (as ''The Killing'') * 2012: Italy on RAI4 (as ''Killing'') * 2012: Croatia on HRT3 (as ''Ubojstvo'') * 2013: Estonia on ETV (as ''Kuritegu'') * 2013: Czech Republic on

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(as ''Zločin'') * 2013: Greece on Mega Channel (as ''The Killing'') * 2013: Turkey on Dizimax (as ''Forbrydelsen'') * 2013: Serbia on RTS1 (as ''Ubistvo'') * 2013: Taiwan on PTS (as ''The Killing'') * 2013: Latin America on AXN Central & South America (as ''The Killing: Crónica de un asesinato'') * 2013: Republic of Ireland on

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(as ''The Killing'') * 2014: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan on

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(as ''Ghatl dar Kopenhag'' urder in Copenhagen * 2015: Slovenia on TV3 Medias (as ''Investigation'') * 2020: Canada on

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(as ''The Killing'') * 2021: Israel on Kan 11 (as ''The Murder'') * 2021: The USA on

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(as ''The Killing'')

Awards and nominations

''The Killing'' has been awarded a number of awards and recognitions from various festivals and organisations from around the globe since it began in 2007. Because of the time-lapse in airdates between countries, honours awarded to the first two series are spread out over an unusual number of years. In the UK, the first series won the 2011 BAFTA award in the "Best International" category. It was also nominated for the Audience Award but lost to reality show '' The Only Way is Essex''. The second series was again nominated for "Best International" in 2012, but lost out to fellow Danish programme ''

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''.

Subtitled programmes in the UK

Following both its critical and ratings success in the United Kingdom, the

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began importing and broadcasting more subtitled programmes from a number of different countries. In 2012 the popular Danish drama ''

'' and the more popular joint Swedish-Danish venture ''

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'' both aired on BBC Four with similarly high viewing figures, while in the same year

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also acquired the original TV2 series ''

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''. In late 2011 digital channel Sky Arts also broadcast the Italian series ''

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'', while FX bought the rights to popular French cop show ''

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''. Although BBC Four had shown subtitled dramas before, notably the Swedish version of ''

'' and French police procedural ''

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'' noted how it was ''The Killing'' which "paved the way for a wave of subtitled European crime dramas" appearing on UK television, while head of programming at FX Toby Etheridge also confirmed his belief that "''The Killing'' proved it was possible

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Remakes

In 2011, a US remake was produced by the American cable network

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. The original series was not broadcast in the US. A remake was produced by

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for the American cable network

. It premiered on 3 April 2011 and ran for two seasons before being cancelled on 27 July 2012. However, on 8 November 2012, it was confirmed that Fox Television Studios were in final negotiations with

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in order to continue the series for a third season. AMC, who had originally cancelled the show, was also included in part of the deal. The deal in question gives the network the privilege of airing the new episodes before they are hosted by Netflix in return for sharing any associated production costs with Netflix. The original US production team are expected to return. A fourth season, consisting of six episodes, was produced by and is available on Netflix. On 8 April 2011, Sofie Gråbøl, the star of the Danish series, was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 programme ''Woman's Hour'' when she explained the American remake was necessary because Americans "for some reason cannot read subtitles, or they don't want to". Gråbøl herself has made a guest appearance in one episode of the American show playing a minor role. A Turkish remake, '' Cinayet'', was produced by Adam Film for Kanal D, premiering 7 January 2014. Despite being ordered for 13 episodes, it was cancelled after 5 due to low ratings. A Egyptian remake, ''Mounatef Khater'' was produced, the rights were previously acquired by MBC and Charisma Group.

Novelisations

A novelisation based on the first series and titled ''The Killing: Book One'' was published by Macmillan in 2012. The book was written by British author

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. This was followed by ''The Killing: Book Two'' in January 2013, and ''The Killing: Book Three'' in February 2014.

References

External links

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Production

Development

Filming

Series 1

Synopsis

Main cast

Episodes and ratings

Series 2

Plot

Main cast

Episodes and ratings

Series 3

Short summary

Main cast

Episodes and ratings

Overseas success

Awards and nominations

Subtitled programmes in the UK

Remakes

Novelisations

See also

References

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