The Chestnut Man
The Chestnut Man is set 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. Above her hangs a small figure 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 who was presumed dead – the daughter of politician (DK: Socialminister) Rosa Hartung (Iben Dorner).
The Chestnut Man is based on Søren Sveistrup’s acclaimed debut novel by the same name and has been translated into 28 languages and published in 50 countries. The series is created for the screen by Søren Sveistrup, Dorte Høgh, David Sandreuter & Mikkel Serup.
FACT SHEET:
TITLE
The Chestnut Man
ORIGINAL TITLE
Kastanjemanden
LANGUAGE
Danish
FORMAT
TV series
PREMIERE
29.09.2021
GENRE
Drama, Thriller
PRODUCED BY
SAM Productions
INTERNATIONAL SALES
NETFLIX
CAST:
Danica Curcic
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Iben Dorner
Esben Dalgaard
David Dencik
Lars Ranthe
CREW:
CREATOR
Søren Sveistrup
Dorte W. Høgh
Mikkel Serup
David Sandreuter
DIRECTORS
Mikkel Serup (Conceptual director)
Kasper Barfoed
WRITERS
Søren Sveistrup (Head writer)
Dorte W. Høgh (Head writer)
David Sandreuter (Head writer)
Cristoffer Örnfelt
Elsebeth Nielsen
PRODUCER
Morten Kjems Hytten Juhl
Stine Meldgaard Madsen
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Søren Sveistrup
Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen
Mikkel Serup
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Sine Vadstrup Brooker
Louise McLaughlin
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Thomas Greve
COSTUME DESIGNER
Rikke Simonsen
MAKEUP DESIGNER
Louise Hauberg
EDITORS
Cathrine Ambus
Anja Farsig
Martin Schade
Lars Therkelsen
SOUND DESIGN
Morten Groth Brandt
COMPOSER
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
Tine Harden