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Film

Special Unit - The First Murder

Christoffer Boe, Denmark, 2025

110 min.DK/Feature

Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the
truth, the more dangerous it becomes. Soon, Otto finds himself not only battling powerful enemies but also confronting his own dark side in his quest to solve the case.
Basic information Credits
Original title Rejseholdet - Det første mord
Danish title Rejseholdet - Det første mord
Director Christoffer Boe
Screenplay Lasse Kyed Rasmussen
Producer Thomas Heinesen
Director of Photography Lasse Frank Johannessen
Editor My Thordal, Janus Billeskov Jansen
Sound Morten Green
Composer Jon Ekstrand
Production designer Nikolaj Danielsen, Agata Trojak
Appearance Alex Høgh Andersen, Mathilde Arcel, Nicolaj Kopernikus
Production country Denmark
Danish subtitles Yes
Danish audio description Yes
Domestic distribution Nordisk Film Distribution A/S
Danish theatrical release 04.09.2025
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Companies

Production company Nordisk Film Production A/S
Domestic distribution Nordisk Film Distribution A/S

Direction

Direction Christoffer Boe

Script

Screenplay Lasse Kyed Rasmussen

Production

Producer Thomas Heinesen

Cinematography

Cinematographer Lasse Frank Johannessen

Editing

Editor My Thordal
Editor Janus Billeskov Jansen

Music

Composer Jon Ekstrand

Production design

Production designer Nikolaj Danielsen
Production designer Agata Trojak

Wardrobe

Costume designer Malgorzata Fudala

Sound

Sound designer Morten Green

Visual effects

VFX supervisor Jeppe Bingestam

Appearance

Appearance Alex Høgh Andersen
Appearance Mathilde Arcel
Appearance Nicolaj Kopernikus

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