‘The Killing’ is an innovative thriller in 20 episodes from Danish Radio
TV Drama. In the course of 20 gripping days we follow the leads and observe the
consequences of a heinous crime that seem to ramify throughout Copenhagen. As
the investigation unfolds, Copenhagen opens up like a Chinese box, full of
secrets and power struggles.
It all starts when head of investigations in the homicide department has her
last day at work before embarking on a new chapter in her life. An all but
normal family at Vesterbro are mindin their everyday life and contemplate
moving, when the parents are suddenly thrown into their worst imaginable
nightmare. At the same time a top politician is involved in a ruthless but
promising election campaign. They all become part of the same story as the
police follow the leads. A homicide case takes its beginning and so does the
hunt for the perpetrator. In the course of 20 intense days in November their
lives change forever.
The crime and the hunt for the perpetrator bind very different people
together in the same fateful story. As the investigation intensifies, the
consequences are wide-ranging and with wide-spread effect; from the hidden
agenda of the high school students via the closed environment in immigrant
ciricles and the bureaucracy at town hall, to the many more or less visibly
involved people in the ruthless election campaign.