Special Unit - The First Murder

Christoffer Boe, Denmark, 2025

125 min.DK/Feature

Danish rating Allowed for children over the age of 15
Danish assessment Filmen er ikke aldersvurderet af Medierådet for Børn og Unge og den har derfor fået tildelt aldersmærket ’Tilladt for børn fra 15 år’.
Danish title Rejseholdet - Det første mord
Original title Rejseholdet - Det første mord
Director Christoffer Boe
Producer Thomas Heinesen
Production country Denmark
Production companies Nordisk Film Production, Nordisk Film Production A/S
Domestic distribution Nordisk Film Distribution A/S
Assessment date 11.08.2025
Danish theatrical release 04.09.2025
Synopsis Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the
truth, the more dangerous it becomes. Soon, Otto finds himself not only battling powerful enemies but also confronting his own dark side in his quest to solve the case.