The Keeper of Lost Causes
“Nothing is forgotten forever”
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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Part of Department Q Collection
6 films
Cast
50 people
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Carl Mørck
Known for
Angels & Demons
Riders of Justice
Marijana Jankovic
Tereza
Fares Fares
Hafez el-Assad
Known for
Chernobyl
Westworld
Sonja Richter
Merete Lynggaard
Known for
Loving Adults
The Homesman
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Uffe Lynggaard
Known for
The Rain
The Chestnut Man
Søren Pilmark
Marcus Jacobsen
Known for
Vikings: Valhalla
Downsizing
Peter Plaugborg
'Lasse'
Known for
The Shamer's Daughter
Submarino
Per Scheel Krüger
Anker
Known for
The Chestnut Man
Troels Lyby
Hardy
Known for
What We Become
The Idiots
Øyvind Fabricius Holm
Død mand
Also in
Sex, Drugs & Taxation
Divya Das
Nyhedsvært
Also in
Olessia
Rasmus Botoft
Tage Baggesen
Known for
Dreambuilders
The Kingdom
Mikkel Nørgaard Director · Nikolaj Arcel Screenplay Jussi Adler-Olsen Writer
Worldwide gross $14M · Budget $5.6M · United States release June 17, 2016
Box office
Budget
$5,650,000
Worldwide gross
$13,700,000
Gross vs. budget
2.4×
Production
Zentropa Entertainments
Production
Film i Väst
Production
TV 2
Production
ZDF
Production
ZDF Enterprises
Production
TrustNordisk
Production
Denmark · Germany · Norway · Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Kvinden i buret
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Danish · Swedish
Release dates
France · March 27, 2013
Premiere · Beaune International Thriller Film Festival
Denmark · October 3, 2013
Theatrical
United States · June 17, 2016
Limited theatrical
United States
May 22, 2014 · Premiere · Seattle International Film Festival
July 30, 2014 · Premiere · Traverse City Film Festival
Belgium
October 3, 2013 · TV
Czechia
October 31, 2013 · Theatrical
France
March 27, 2015 · Digital
Germany
September 27, 2013 · Premiere · Hamburg Film Festival
January 23, 2014 · Theatrical
September 25, 2014 · Physical · DVD/Blu-Ray
Hungary
March 13, 2014 · Digital
Ireland
August 29, 2014 · Digital
Japan
January 24, 2015 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 10, 2014 · Theatrical
Norway
October 3, 2013 · Limited theatrical
Romania
August 29, 2014 · Theatrical
Russia
February 20, 2014 · Theatrical
Spain
June 4, 2015 · Limited theatrical
Sweden
January 30, 2014 · Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
July 9, 2014 · Physical
Switzerland
August 10, 2013 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
United Kingdom
August 22, 2014 · Theatrical
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