''The Chestnut Man'' (

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: ''Kastanjemanden'') is a Danish crime series released on

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on 29 September 2021. The series was created by Dorte Warnøe Hagh, David Sandreuter, and Mikkel Serup, is directed by

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and Mikkel Serup, and is based on the book of the same name by Søren Sveistrup. The series stars

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and

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as Naia Thulin and Mark Hess, who investigate the murders of several women involving a mysterious chestnut figurine left at the crime scenes.

Synopsis

''The Chestnut Man'' opens with the discovery of the murder of an entire family on an isolated farm in 1987. More than thirty years later, in present-day Copenhagen, a young woman is found murdered in a playground with one of her hands missing. Detective Naia Thulin is assigned to the case. With her reluctant new partner, Mark Hess, they notice a tiny figurine made of chestnuts lying next to the body. A mysterious piece of evidence is soon discovered on the chestnut man—the fingerprint of a missing girl, the daughter of politician Rosa Hartung.

Cast and characters

as Naia Thulin, an investigator with the Copenhagen police *

as Mark Hess, an investigator from Europol who temporarily returns to Copenhagen. *

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as Simon Genz, a forensics worker with the Copenhagen police *

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as Nylander, Thulin's boss *

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as Rosa Hartung, the Danish Minister of Social Affairs, whose daughter Kristine has disappeared. * Esben Dalgaard Anderssen as Steen Hartung, Rosa's husband * Liva Forsberg as Le Thulin * Louis Næss-Schmidt as Gustav Hartung * Ali Kazim as Nehru

Episodes

Development

On 19 August 2019, Netflix announced its second Danish series at the Copenhagen TV Festival. ''The Chestnut Man'' is based on the debut novel by award-winning writer Søren Sveistrup ('' The Killing'') and the series debuted on Netflix worldwide.

Reception

''The Chestnut Man'' received generally favourable views from critics and holds a 100% rating on

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, based on six critic reviews. Critics have described the show as "gripping" and "gruesome", while others, like ''

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'', described it as a "perfected cliche", while also giving it a four out of six on a dice roll.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chestnut Man (TV series), The Danish-language Netflix original programming 2021 Danish television series debuts Danish crime television series Danish drama television series