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The Bridge (2011)

The Bridge poster
Original title
Bron/Broen
Directed by
Rumle Hammerich, Henrik Georgsson, Morten Arnfred, Kathrine Windfeld
Genre
detective television series, Nordic noir
Country
Germany, Sweden, Denmark
Length
4 seasons, 38 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 710 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A dead body is found exactly on the border between Sweden and Denmark on the Oresund Bridge. A Swedish detective and a Danish detective must work together to solve the murder, navigating cultural differences and personal conflicts.

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What happens

The Bridge (Swedish: Bron, pronounced [bruːn]; Danish: Broen [ˈpʁoˀon]) is a Nordic noir crime television series created and written by Hans Rosenfeldt. A joint production between Sweden's SVT and Denmark's DR, it has been shown in more than 100 countries. The first season begins with the discovery of a dead body at the centre of the Øresund Bridge, which links the Swedish city of Malmö with the Danish capital Copenhagen, necessitating a joint investigation. Sofia Helin, as the Swedish police detective Saga Norén, stars in all four seasons. In the first and second seasons her Danish counterpart, Martin Rohde, is played by Kim Bodnia; in the third and fourth, the Danish police officer is Henrik Sabroe, played by Thure Lindhardt. The first season was broadcast on SVT1 and DR1 during the autumn of 2011, and on the United Kingdom's BBC Four the following spring. The second season was aired in the Nordic countries during the autumn of 2013, and in the UK in early 2014. The third season was broadcast in Denmark, Sweden and Finland during the autumn of 2015 and in the UK in November 2015. The fourth season premiered on 1 January 2018 in the Nordic countries, and was broadcast weekly on BBC Two in the UK from 11 May 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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