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Department Q Collection

Department Q Collection

Movies adapted from the Department Q series of novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen

The Keeper of Lost Causes
The Keeper of Lost Causes

The Keeper of Lost Causes

Year

2013

Rating

7.1

Language

Danish

Original Title

Kvinden i buret

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

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The Absent One
The Absent One

The Absent One

Year

2014

Rating

7.0

Language

Danish

Original Title

Fasandræberne

Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.

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A Conspiracy of Faith
A Conspiracy of Faith

A Conspiracy of Faith

Year

2016

Rating

7.0

Language

Danish

Original Title

Flaskepost fra P

Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department Q follow a sinister trail that leads them to investigate a case that occurred in 2008. At the same time, new tragic events take place that test their faith and deepest beliefs.

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The Purity of Vengeance
The Purity of Vengeance

The Purity of Vengeance

Year

2018

Rating

7.2

Language

Danish

Original Title

Journal 64

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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The Marco Effect
The Marco Effect

The Marco Effect

Year

2021

Rating

5.8

Language

Danish

Original Title

Marco effekten

When a homeless Romani boy is arrested at the Danish border for possession of a missing public servant's passport, police inspector Carl Mørck and Department Q are tasked with finding the connection.

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Boundless
Boundless

Boundless

Year

2024

Rating

6.0

Language

Danish

Original Title

Den grænseløse

In a moment of cowardice, Detective Carl Mørck sends Rose, his junior colleague in Department Q, to the remote Danish island of Bornholm to answer his old colleague Christian Habersaat's repeated requests. But during his forced retirement ceremony Christian kills himself sending Rose into a journey deep into her own traumatic past. Later, Department Q are embroiled into an old cold case of a girl found dead hanging in a tree.

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