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The Investigation

The Investigation

Bring truth to the surface.

20207.11 Season6 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.

Created by Tobias Lindholm
Written by Tobias Lindholm
Produced by Peter Bose, Caroline Blanco, Jonas Allen
NetworksTV 2

Top Cast

Søren Malling

Søren Malling

Jens Møller

Pilou Asbæk

Pilou Asbæk

Jakob Buch-Jepsen

Pernilla August

Pernilla August

Ingrid Wall

Rolf Lassgård

Rolf Lassgård

Joachim Wall

Laura Christensen

Laura Christensen

Maibritt Porse

Dulfi Al-Jabouri

Dulfi Al-Jabouri

Musa Amin

Hans Henrik Clemensen

Hans Henrik Clemensen

Nikolaj Storm

Henrik Birch

Henrik Birch

Lars Møller

Charlotte Munck

Charlotte Munck

Kirstine Scharling

Anders Juul

Anders Juul

Christian Skov

Themes & Keywords

journalistcopenhagen, denmarkmurder

About The Investigation

The Investigation is a crime, drama series that first aired in 2020 exploring themes of journalist, copenhagen, denmark, murder. Created by Tobias Lindholm, it stars Søren Malling, Pilou Asbæk, Pernilla August. Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.

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