This week Netflix released the first look images from “The Chestnut Man,” a Danish character-driven psychological thriller that was first teased back in June.
From the creator of “The Killing,” Søren Sveistrup, the new series takes inspiration from the Nordic noir genre, and stars Danica Curcic, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard and Iben Dorner and will be released globally on Netflix on September 29.
“The Chestnut Man” takes place in a quiet suburb of Copenhagen where the police make a terrible discovery one blustery October morning. A young woman is found brutally murdered in a playground and one of her hands is missing. Next to her lies a small man made of chestnuts. The ambitious young detective Naia Thulin (Danica Curcic) is assigned to the case, along with her new partner, Mark Hess (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard). They soon discover a mysterious piece of evidence on the chestnut man – evidence connecting it to a girl who went missing a year earlier and was presumed dead – the daughter of politician (DK: Socialminister) Rosa Hartung (Iben Dorner).
“The Chestnut Man” is based on the debut novel by award-winning writer Søren Sveistrup which has been translated into 33 languages and published in 50 countries. The cast includes Danica Curcic, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Iben Dorner, Lars Ranthe, David Dencik, Esben Dalgaard, Morten Brovn, Jens Jørgen Spottag, Camilla Lau, Peder Thomas Pedersen, Marie-Lydie Melono Nokouda and Anders Hove among others.
Check out the first look images from the new series below:
