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The Purity of Vengeance

The Purity of Vengeance

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The Purity of Vengeance

2018

1h 58m

7.2(561 votes)

Crime

Thriller

Mystery

Drama

Overview

Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.

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Production Companies

Zentropa Entertainments

Film i Väst

TV 2

ZDF

TV4

TV 2

TrustNordisk

nordmedia

Det Danske Filminstitut

Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Carl Mørck

Fares Fares

Fares Fares

Hafez el-Assad

Johanne Louise Schmidt

Johanne Louise Schmidt

Rose Knudsen

Søren Pilmark

Søren Pilmark

Marcus Jacobsen

Fanny Leander Bornedal

Fanny Leander Bornedal

Nete som ung

Clara Rosager

Clara Rosager

Rita

Luise Skov

Gitte Charles

Amanda Radeljak

Amanda Radeljak

Nour

Anders Hove

Anders Hove

Curt Wad som ældre

Nicolas Bro

Nicolas Bro

Brandt

Creative team

Directed by: Christoffer Boe
Written by: Mikkel Nørgaard
Bo Hr. Hansen
Produced by: Louise Vesth

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