The Keeper of Lost Causes

2013 · 93 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 34,299 VOTES · DIR. Mikkel Nørgaard

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Overview

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

Dialogue Timeline — 681 lines

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00:00:20 The street lamp outside my bedroom--
00:04:59 - What? - I can't. You know that, Carl.
00:07:21 It's gonna happen.
00:10:33 Do yourself a favor, pack up your stuff and hurry back to your old department.
00:13:33 You don't have to ask. You know the answer.
00:17:13 What's wrong?
00:19:59 Three witnesses saw Merete in the store after they were on deck.
00:24:11 Uffe.
00:27:47 What are you doing with that case? It's closed.
00:30:10 I can see it in his eyes, and only I get to wash and feed him.
00:32:34 - What color is your raincoat? - Green. Why?
00:35:29 - the boyfriend or someone they turned down.
00:39:18 My name is Merete Lynggaard. I'm okay.
00:42:04 Okay.
00:45:27 Everything's fine. All set?
00:53:10 Clean the window, now!
00:55:49 Then who is this?
00:57:52 Lasse?
01:01:09 Enough is enough.
01:05:45 - Who are you looking for? - Two boys who used to live here.
01:10:31 - Well, this is your room. - I'm Daniel.
01:16:09 Check over there.
01:20:04 Wasn't he an engineer in the navy?
01:26:54 She's reacting well to the depressurizing.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed681
Dialogue density7.3 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line01:26:54

Production Record

DirectorMikkel Nørgaard
LanguageDanish
Budget$5,650,000
Revenue$13,700,000
IMDb votes34,299