The Candidate (2008)

5.5/10 • 90 min • Thriller

Overview

Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But nothing is what it appears to be, and the blackmail links back to his father's death under mysterious circumstances a year and a half earlier.

Cast

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Ulf Pilgaard

Martin Schiller

Laura Christensen

Tuva Novotny

David Dencik

Kim Bodnia

Henning Jensen

Jesper Langberg

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Henning Valin Jakobsen

Claus Riis Østergaard

Peter Plaugborg

Henrik Prip

Marijana Janković

Kathrine Malling

Iben Dorner

Schillers assistent

Jacob Lohmann

Færdselsbetjent

Camille Rommedahl

Schillers receptionist

Per Scheel Krüger

Christian Mortensen

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