Screenwriter Nikolaj Peyk to direct his first feature, Undercover
- Danish comedian Casper Christensen – currently exceeding 512,000 admissions with his Klown Forever – has written the script for Peyk’s debut
Danish screenwriter Nikolaj Peyk, who has supplied the scripts for a dozen films and television series – including, most recently, Jørgen Lerdam’s Olsen Gang Gets Polished [+see also:
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Undercover has been written by Danish comedian Casper Christensen, whose Klown Forever [+see also:
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Undercover follows Rikke, allegedly Denmark's worst police officer, who is looking forward to Christmas with roast duck and risalamande. But on Christmas Eve, she is assigned on her first undercover mission: she must follow petty criminal and crown witness Mick to the island of Funen, before an infamous gangster boss and his minions get their hands on him and the €120,000 he has stolen.
TV star Linda P (from Danish broadcaster TV2 Zulu) plays the lead in her first major film role, with Roland Møller also featuring in a cast including Paprika Steen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Casper Crump, Ali Kazim, Mia Lyhne, Sara Al Naser, Carsten Bang and Anne Vester Høyer. Undercover is being produced by Michel Schønnemann and Wadt Thomsen, for Denmark’s Schønne Film.
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