| The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime/Drama |
| 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 |
| Language(s) | Danish |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Sven Clausen |
| Running time | 1148 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | DR |
| Original run | October 10, 2004 – November 26, 2006 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (In Danish: "Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé") (2004) is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. 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 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 Copenhagen (Denmark) to Oslo (Norway) and other locations including Iceland.
The series has enjoyed particular success in Australia, where it airs on SBS and is available on DVD with English subtitles.
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The series is named after the lead character, a half-Icelandic half-Danish police officer named Halgrim 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 team of experts in their 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.
| Ep # | Title (English) | Title (Danish) | First Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sisyphus 1 | Sysifos 1 | 10 October 2004 |
| 2 | Sisyphus 2 | Sysifos 2 | 17 October 2004 |
| 3 | Scylla | Skylla | 24 October 2004 |
| 4 | Ifigenia | Ifigenia | 31 October 2004 |
| 5 | Ares 1 | Ares 1 | 7 November 2004 |
| 6 | Ares 2 | Ares 2 | 14 November 2004 |
| 7 | Nemesis | Nemesis | 21 November 2004 |
| 8 | Hades | Hades | 28 November 2004 |
| Ep # | Title (English) | Title (Danish) | First Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Chronos 1 | Kronos 1 | 9 October 2005 |
| 10 | Chronos 2 | Kronos 2 | 16 October 2005 |
| 11 | Erinyes | Erinye | 23 October 2005 |
| 12 | Agamemnon 1 | Agamemnon 1 | 30 October 2005 |
| 13 | Agamemnon 2 | Agamemnon 2 | 6 November 2005 |
| 14 | Agamemnon 3 | Agamemnon 3 | 13 November 2005 |
| 15 | Keres 1 | Keres 1 | 20 November 2005 |
| 16 | Keres 2 | Keres 2 | 27 November 2005 |
| Ep # | Title (English) | Title (Danish) | First Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Calypso 1 | Kalypso 1 | 8 October 2006 |
| 18 | Calypso 2 | Kalypso 2 | 15 October 2006 |
| 19 | Thanatos | Thanatos | 22 October 2006 |
| 20 | Thanatos | Thanatos | 29 October 2006 |
| 21 | Minos | Minos | 5 November 2006 |
| 22 | Minos | Minos | 12 November 2006 |
| 23 | Ithaca | Ithaka | 19 November 2006 |
| 24 | Ithaca | Ithaka | 26 November 2006 |
The title track is called "Forgiveness". It is written by Jacob Groth and sung by his spouse Misen Groth.