Special Unit - The First Murder
2025, Danish. Directed by Christoffer Boe.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Danish
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Cast & crew
- Christoffer BoeDirector
- Alex Høgh AndersenOtto Himmelstrup
- Mathilde ArcelCamilla
- Nicolaj KopernikusPR
- Katrine Greis-RosenthalLise Faber
- Ask BerntsenTom Faber
- Kristian HalkenOle Hansen
- Mille LehfeldtNete Schwartz
- Lars RantheSkov Nielsen
- Flemming EnevoldValdemar Mensen
- Emil HyldeborgKaj Fisk
- Clara RugaardNynne Bach
- Lucas Lynggaard TønnesenChristian Rosenfelt
Details
- Released
- 25 August 2025
- Original title
- Rejseholdet: Det Første Mord
- Country
- Denmark, Poland
- Written by
- Christoffer Boe, Lasse Kyed Rasmussen
- Budget
- $6.5M
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Special Unit - The First Murder runs 125 minutes (2h 5m).
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Special Unit - The First Murder isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 August 2025. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Special Unit - The First Murder?
Special Unit - The First Murder (2025) was directed by Christoffer Boe and stars Alex Høgh Andersen, Mathilde Arcel, Nicolaj Kopernikus.