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The Legacy

2014–2017 · 3 seasons

A slow, emotionally charged family drama where long-buried secrets surface and every conversation carries the weight of inheritance and loss.

Created by: Maya Ilsøe
Genres: Drama
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Jesper Christensen, Carsten Bjørnlund

Overview: The death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the family inheritance.

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Created by: Maya Ilsøe
Genres: Drama
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Jesper Christensen, Carsten Bjørnlund

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
identity
betrayal
class
Places: single country house
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Created by: Maya Ilsøe
Written by: Tommy Bredsted, Maja Jul Larsen, Anders Frithiof August, Maya Ilsøe
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Jesper Christensen, Carsten Bjørnlund, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Byron Gibson, Marie Bach Hansen, Trond Espen Seim, Lene Maria Christensen
Music: Sebastian Öberg, Magnus Jarlbo
Length: 3 seasons, 26 episodes, 60 min each
Network: DR1, Sky Arts
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish

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