Netflix and creator of ‘The Killing’ are all set to bring a new Danish character-driven psychological thriller ‘The Chestnut Man’, the teaser for which is out now. Based on the debut novel by award winning writer Søren Sveistrup, ‘The Chestnut Man’ will launch on Netflix this fall.
As per Netflix, ‘The Chestnut Man‘ is set in a quiet suburb of Copenhagen, where the police make a terrible discovery one blustery October morning. A young woman is found brutally murdered in a playground and one of her hands is missing. Next to her lies a small man made of chestnuts. The ambitious young detective Naia Thulin (Danica Curcic) is assigned to the case, along with her new partner, Mark Hess (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard). They soon discover a mysterious piece of evidence on the chestnut man – evidence connecting it to a girl who went missing a year earlier and was presumed dead – the daughter of politician (DK: Socialminister) Rosa Hartung (Iben Dorner).
Netflix’s ‘The Chestnut Man’ stars Danica Curcic (‘The Mist’, ‘Equinox’), Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (‘A Royal Affair’, ‘Borgen’ ), Iben Dorner (‘Borgen’), Lars Ranthe (‘Another Round’), David Dencik (‘Chernobyl’, James Bond ‘No Time To Die’), Esben Dalgaard, Morten Brovn, Jens Jørgen Spottag, Camilla Lau, Peder Thomas Pedersen, Marie-Lydie Melono Nokouda and Anders Hove among others.
Søren Sveistrup, Dorte W. Høgh and David Sandreuter serve as the head writer for Netflix’s Nordic noir series ‘The Chestnut Man’ which they have co-created for screen with Mikkel Serup who has directed the mystery-thriller series along with Kasper Barfoed.
‘The Chestnut Man’ is produced by Morten Kjems Hytten Juhl and Stine Meldgaard. Its executive producers are Søren Sveistrup and Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen. SAM Productions is the production company behind the Netflix series.
‘The Chestnut Man’ will premiere globally only on Netflix this fall.
Watch the official teaser for ‘The Chestnut Man’ here👇
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