The Eagle (TV series)

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The Eagle
The building Planbygningen with the lower part of the Masting Sheer (Mastekranen) at Holmen in Copenhagen, Denmark
Also known as	The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
Genre	Crime drama, police procedural
Created by	Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm.
Directed by	Niels Arden Oplev, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristoffer Nyholm, Martin Schmidt
Starring	Jens Albinus, Janus Nabil Bakrawi, Marina Bouras, Steen Stig Lommer, Ghita Nørby, Elva Osk Olafsdottir, Susan A. Olsen, David Owe
Country of origin	Denmark
Original languages	Danish Swedish German English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	24
Production
Producer	Sven Clausen
Running time	1148 Minutes
Original release
Network	DR
Release	10 October 2004 (2004-10-10) – 26 November 2006 (2006-11-26)

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (Danish: Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé, lit. 'The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey') (2004-2006) is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm.^[1] The series debuted on 10 October 2004 in Denmark. It won an International Emmy Award from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for best non-American television drama series in 2005. There were three seasons; the second season premiered in Denmark on 9 October 2005 and the third on 8 October 2006. The last episode originally aired in Denmark on 26 November 2006. The series was filmed on location in various parts of northern Europe, from Berlin (Germany) and Copenhagen (Denmark) to Stockholm (Sweden), Oslo (Norway) and Iceland.

The series is named after the lead character, a half-Icelandic half-Danish police officer named Hallgrim Ørn Hallgrimsson, nicknamed "Ørnen" (the eagle). In the first episode, a new international criminal investigative unit is being formed under Thea Nellemann (Ghita Nørby), and Hallgrimsson (Jens Albinus) 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 Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, 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.

• Jens Albinus as Hallgrim Ørn Hallgrimsson (2004–2006)
• Marina Bouras as Marie Wied (2004–2006)
• Steen Stig Lommer as Villy Frandsen (2004–2006)
• Susan A. Olsen as Ditte Hansen (2004–2006)
• Janus Nabil Bakrawi as Nazim Talawi (2004–2006)
• David Owe as Michael Kristensen (2004–2006)
• Ghita Nørby as Thea Nellemann (2004–2006)
• Hans Alfredsson as Hallgrim's dad (2004-2006)

• Henrik Lykkegaard as Jens Hansen (2004–2006)
• Morten Lützhøft as Holsøe (2004–2006)
• Kristian Wanzl as Gustav (2005)

The episodes bear the names of the following entities from Greek mythology:
Sisyphus, Scylla, Iphigenia, Ares, Nemesis, Hades, Cronus, Erinyes, Agamemnon, Keres, Calypso, Thanatos, Minos and Ithaca.

The title track is called "Forgiveness". It is composed by Jacob Groth with lyrics and vocals by his spouse Misen Groth.

• Lyrics to the theme song.
• Jacob Groth's official site. Various snippets can be downloaded.
• The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey at IMDb.