The Danish thriller based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s eponymous bestselling novel started filming February 3rd for Nordisk Film. 

Nordic sales outfit TrustNordisk has added the mainstream film to its Berlinale slate. 

Based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s fifth book in the Department Q series, The Marco Effect is the first of six new films in the crime series, produced by Nordisk Film. 

Oscar-nominated Zandvliet (Land of Mine) is directing from a script co-written by Anders F. August (Follow the Money, A Fortunate Man, Applause) and Thomas Porsager. 

Ulrich Thomsen (The Commune, The New Pope) and Zaki Youssef (Sons of Denmark) reprise the roles of buddy cops Carl Mørck and Assad, previously held on screen by Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares in the first Department Q film series produced by Zentropa. 

Up-and-coming actress Sofie Torp (Robert Best Supporting Actress for Daniel) has joined the investigating duo as their female sidekick Rose. 

When a homeless gypsy boy named Marco is arrested with a missing pædophilia-suspected man's passport, it’s the start of a new investigation for Carl Mørck and his Department Q team. They soon discover that Marco is key to uncovering a story of multinational corruption within foreign aid. 

The €7.4m film is produced by Nordisk Film’s Mikael Rieks, in coproduction with Germany’s Nadcon Film, ZDF, with support from the Danish Film Institute, in collaboration with YouSee and TV2 Denmark.

The Danish theatrical release via Nordisk Film Distribution is set for October 1st, 2020.