The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (DR1 2004, Ghita Nørby, Jens Albinus)

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm.

The series is named after the lead character, a half-Icelandic half-Danish police officer named Hallgrim Ørn Hallgrimsson, nicknamed “Ørnen” (the eagle). A new international criminal investigative unit is being formed under Thea Nellemann, and Hallgrimsson is persuaded to take the job as the lead investigator for the unit. He puts together a small investigation team that are experts in their respective fields.

Their cases cross the borders between Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and various other countries; and involve biker gangs, former Russian KGB, possible terrorist threats and international fraud. Throughout the series Hallgrimsson deals with recurring flashbacks and possibly post-traumatic stress from a childhood incident.

production details
Denmark | DR1 | 24×50 minutes | Broadcast 10 October 2004 – 26 November 2006

Creators: Mai Brostrøm, Peter Thorsboe

cast
Ghita Nørby as Thea Nellemann
Jens Albinus as Hallgrim Ørn Hallgrimsson
Marina Bouras as Marie Wied
Steen Stig Lommer as Villy Frandsen
Susan A. Olsen as Ditte Hansen
Janus Nabil Bakrawi as Nazim Talawi
David Owe as Michael Kristensen
Henrik Lykkegaard as Jens Hansen
Morten Lützhøft as Holsøe