The Exception
When four female colleagues receive an email death threat each, they are convinced the sender is a war criminal, whom they have exposed. But what if the threats come from within their own office at the Danish Center for Information on Genocide?
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Cast
32 people
Danica Ćurčić
Iben
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The Mist
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Sidse Babett Knudsen
Anne-Lise
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Westworld
Inferno
Amanda Collin
Malene
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House of the Dragon
Raised by Wolves
Lene Maria Christensen
Camilla
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Terribly Happy
Dicte
Magnus Krepper
Gunnar
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Millennium
The Bridge
Olaf Johannessen
Poul
Known for
The Killing
1864
Simon Sears
Rasmus
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Shadow and Bone
Secrets We Keep
Johanne Louise Schmidt
Tess
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The Purity of Vengeance
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Marie Dalsgaard
Charlotte
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Queen of Hearts
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Sergej Trifunović
Dragan Jelisić
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A Serbian Film
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Virgil Katring-Rasmussen
Nikolaj
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Greyzone
Julie Carlsen
Nina
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The Bridge
Jesper W. Nielsen Director · Christian Torpe Screenplay Christian Jungersen Author
Worldwide gross $804K · United States release January 20, 2020 · Produced in Denmark
Box office
Worldwide gross
$803,571
Production
Fridthjof Film
Production
TV 2 (NO)
Production
Det Danske Filminstitut
Production
Denmark
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Languages
Original title
Undtagelsen
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Danish
Release dates
Germany · October 30, 2019
Limited theatrical · Nordische Filmtage Lübeck
United States · January 20, 2020
Limited theatrical · Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Denmark · July 2, 2020
Theatrical
Estonia
November 15, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
France
March 2, 2021 · Digital · OCS
April 1, 2021 · Digital · VOD
Lithuania
November 12, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Scanorama Film Festival Vilnius
United Kingdom
January 22, 2021 · Digital
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