The complete series is also available to buy on DVD. I think its only flaw is that it is only 6 episodes long. Is it available on Netflix Seasons 1-4 of The Killing are available on Amazon Prime, and some seasons are on iTunes. The Chestnut Man is a great Nordic Noir, an absorbing murder mystery with themes of grief, revenge, parenthood and child abuse. The relationship between Thulin and Hess builds up steadily, going from initial mistrust to mutual understanding once they get to know each other a little better. Although Hess appears to Thulin as uninterested in the case, creating initial friction between the two, he soon becomes just as obsessed with solving it as Thulin, pushing for further investigation on certain links that Thulin did not dare make.
Mark Hess is a Europol agent, with a mysterious past, who has been assigned to this case. Thulin becomes so absorbed in solving the case she is investigating that she easily leaves in the middle of dinner or Le’s school play. The Netflix adaptation premiered in 2011. Having premiered in 2007, the show is set in Copenhagen and won multiple international awards. The reason for this becomes clear as the series unfold. Fans of the Netflix series The Killing will get their first chance to stream the original Danish version of the cult-classic Forbrydelsen online this week on Topic. A single mother, Thulin relies heavily on her adopted father to look after her daughter. Naia Thulin is a great homicide detective, but wants to transfer to the cybernetic department, so that she may spend more time with her daughter Le. Thulin and Hess form an engaging if familiar duo. PRODUCERS: Morten Kjems Hytten Juhl and Stine MeldgaardĮXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Søren Sveistrup, Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen and Mikkel Serupįind more about The Chestnut Man on Netflix at Curcic as Detective Naia Thulin and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard as Mark Hess (Photo credit: Tine. The Chestnut Man launches globally on Netflix on September 29.īASED ON: The Chestnut Man by Søren SveistrupĭIRECTOR: Mikkel Serup (conceptual director), Kasper BarfoedĬREATED FOR THE SCREEN BY: Søren Sveistrup, Dorte W. Related: The Killing's Sofie Grbl: 'I'm proud that we ended it at the right time' The Danish author said in a statement: 'Netflix has shown a strong, genuine interest in my book and I'm. The cast includes Danica Curcic, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Iben Dorner, Lars Ranthe, David Dencik, Esben Dalgaard, Morten Brovn, Jens Jørgen Spottag, Camilla Lau, Peder Thomas Pedersen, Marie-Lydie Melono Nokouda and Anders Hove among others. The Chestnut Man is based on the debut novel by award winning writer Søren Sveistrup which has been translated into 33 languages and published in 50 countries.
They soon discover a mysterious piece of evidence on the chestnut man - evidence connecting it to a girl who went missing a year earlier and was presumed dead - the daughter of politician (DK: Socialminister) Rosa Hartung (Iben Dorner). The ambitious young detective Naia Thulin (Danica Curcic) is assigned to the case, along with her new partner, Mark Hess (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard). Next to her lies a small man made of chestnuts. A young woman is found brutally murdered in a playground and one of her hands is missing. In a quiet suburb of Copenhagen, the police make a terrible discovery one blustery October morning. Equinox is a supernatural thriller about a young woman named Astrid (Danica Curcic). Watch the previously debuted teaser here. This time, Danish series Equinox is based on a hit podcast of the same name. The series has its roots in the Nordic noir genre, stars Danica Curcic, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard and Iben Dorner and will be released globally on Netflix on September 29. Today Netflix released the first look images from The Chestnut Man, a Danish character-driven psychological thriller from the creator of The Killing, Søren Sveistrup.