Plot Synopsis

This six-part drama series is set in Copenhagen in 1949. Denmark is still suffering from shortages and shady commercial transactions of the occupation, but the country is also preparing to enter the more orderly 1950s. It is an age of scheming and fraud, lawlessness and corruption. Bjarne Madsen is an idealistic young journalist desperate to provide his readers with some hard evidence of the corruption that is ongoing. After receiving a tip-off about organized crime on a big scale, Bjarne sees an opportunity for his ambitions to unravel the threads of an extensive criminal spider's web become reality. MHz Worldview aired the U.S. premiere of this series on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT, showing the program in Danish with English subtitles.