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Below the Surface
Creator: Kasper Barfoed
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Below the Surface
Original title: Gidseltagningen
Creator
Kasper Barfoed
An early morning in October, 15 people are taken hostage from a subway train. This puts a huge hostage crisis in motion, and it changes Denmark forever.
Seasons
2
Episodes
16
Country
Denmark
Status
Ended
Cast
Johannes Lassen
Philip Nørgaard · 16 eps
Kasper Leisner
Ebbe Møller · 16 eps
Paprika Steen
Naja Toft · 8 eps
Flemming Enevold
Hans Hejndorf · 16 eps
Sara Hjort Ditlevsen
Louise Falck · 8 eps
Alba August
Marie Bendix · 8 eps
Kenneth M. Christensen
Daniel Cramer · 16 eps
Alexandre Willaume
S.P. · 16 eps
Simon Derksen
Charlie · 8 eps
Peder Thomas Pedersen
Simon Clausen · 16 eps
Tommy Kenter
Leon · 8 eps
Lise Risom Olsen
Anna Kasharina · 8 eps
Esben Dalgaard Andersen
Esben Garnov · 16 eps
Henrik Prip
Palle Wulff · 8 eps
Dar Salim
Adel Rasul · 8 eps
Sandra Yi Sencindiver
Nina Sloth · 8 eps
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Trailer
Official trailer
Below the Surface
Where to Watch
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1Episode 1
Three heavily armed men hijack a metro train taking fifteen hostages. The police terror unit TTF is activated with Philip Norgaard as a leading commander.
2Episode 2
Naja, the journalist who was fired for her unauthorized interview, starts a national fundraising campaign to raise the ransom for the hostages.
3Episode 3
Philip is planning an armed response to the first hostage execution. As the mission is risky it creates a rift in the negotiating team.
4Episode 4
TTF is getting closer to the hostage taker’s identity while Naja gets second thoughts with regards to facilitating the fundraising campaign, but then she meets Jonas, the hostage Leon’s son.
5Episode 5
Distress spreads among the hostages in the metro and they consider taking a stand. At TTF, Philip and Louise suspects that the wall with the photographs of Philip is not just about thorough prep-work.
6Episode 6
With the hostage Bodil just killed by the hostage takers, the police’s work keeps growing. TTF’s investigation leads them to sources in the Danish military and they seem to be close to a breakthrough.
7Episode 7
Philip learns the identity of the main hostage taker and is choked about his personal involvement in the case that leaves a role for Naja to play as well.
8Episode 8
Philip goes down into the metro himself hoping to free the last three remaining hostages and is confronted by the man he thought was dead.
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