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Only the Truth

1975 · 93 min

A quiet, methodical Nordic crime drama that keeps you leaning in, piecing together a small-town puzzle of memory and lies.

Overview
A woman, Ilse Brehmer, finds the body of a dead man, a journalist. He has been murdered, and later when the body turns up in the harbor, the woman denies everything, even though witnesses has seen her nearby the crime scene. She simply can’t remember anything, but the detective on the case, Mørck, knows how to smell a lie and soon start to unravel this bloody mess.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • deception
  • memory
  • crime
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Henning Ørnbak
Written by
Poul Ørum, Henning Ørnbak
Starring
Frits Helmuth, Morten Grunwald, Ghita Nørby, Bent Mejding, Preben Neergaard, Eik Koch, Johnny Rosenvold, Karen Lykkehus
Cinematography
Mikael Salomon
Runtime
93 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish

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