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The Marco Effect

The Marco Effect

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The Marco Effect

2021

2h 5m

5.8(131 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Overview

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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Production Companies

Nordisk Film Denmark

Nadcon Film

ZDF

Det Danske Filminstitut

Nordisk Film & TV Fond

Yousee

TV 2

TrustNordisk

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ulrich Thomsen

Ulrich Thomsen

Carl Mørck

Zaki Youssef

Zaki Youssef

Hafez el-Assad

Sofie Torp

Sofie Torp

Rose

Anders Matthesen

Anders Matthesen

Teis Snap

Luboš Oláh

Marco

Henrik Noël Olesen

Henrik Noël Olesen

Marcus Jacobsen

Thomas W. Gabrielsson

Thomas W. Gabrielsson

Hardy

Lisa Carlehed

Lisa Carlehed

Mona

Caspar Phillipson

Caspar Phillipson

Rene Eriksen

Louise Gammelgaard

Louise Gammelgaard

Jeanne

Creative team

Directed by: Martin Zandvliet
Written by: Anders Frithiof August
Jussi Adler-Olsen
Produced by: Mikael Chr. Rieks
Pavel Muller

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