Trailer launched and Netflix release announced for new Danish series The Nurse
- Based on the book of the same name by Kristian Corfixen and directed by Kasper Barfoed, the show follows a Danish nurse sentenced to 12 years for four counts of attempted murder in 2017
Netflix has unveiled the trailer for a new Danish series, titled The Nurse [+see also:
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series profile] and helmed by Kasper Barfoed. The show, based on the true story of the murder case at the Nykøbing Falster Hospital, was penned by Dorte W Høgh (The Chestnut Man) together with Barfoed himself.
The Copenahgen-born filmmaker is best known for directing shows such as The Chestnut Man (2021) and Trom (2022, the first-ever Faroese original drama series), along with features such as Summer of '92 [+see also:
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The story of The Nurse begins early one morning in March 2015, when the Danish police receive a call from a nurse at the Nykøbing Falster Hospital. She suspects her close colleague of deliberately killing patients and fears that it has just happened again. Soon, a murder case like no other in Danish legal history starts to unfold. Several co-workers are now telling the police that they also suspect the nurse has poisoned patients, and some even state that they have been walking around with this suspicion for a number of years. But why hasn't anyone responded? And where is the evidence?
The Nurse recounts the true story of Danish nurse Christina Aistrup Hansen and the book of the same name, written by Kristian Corfixen. Aistrup Hansen was sentenced to 12 years for four counts of attempted murder in 2017. Here, she will be portrayed by Josephine Park (Baby Fever). The other main cast members are the up-and-coming Fanny Louise Bernth (It’s So Charming), Peter Zandersen, Amalie Lindegård (Baby Fever) and Dick Kaysø (The Crumbs). The technical crew includes composer Jeppe Kaas and DoP Tommy Wildner.
The Nurse was produced by Nina Leidersdorff and Morten Kjems Hytten Juhl for Danish outfit SAM Productions. Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen served as the executive producer. The series will be released on Netflix on 27 April.
Watch the trailer for The Nurse below:
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