
Only the Truth
1975-08-22 · 93 min · ★ 7.0
A woman, Ilse Brehmer, finds the body of a dead man, a journalist. He has been murdered, and later when the body turns up in the harbor, the woman denies everything, even though witnesses has seen her nearby the crime scene. She simply can’t remember anything, but the detective on the case, Mørck, knows how to smell a lie and soon start to unravel this bloody mess.
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- Directors
- Henning Ørnbak
- Production companies
- Crone Film Produktion
- Countries
- Denmark
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Frits HelmuthMørck
Morten GrunwaldEjnarsen
Ghita NørbyIlse Brehmer
Bent MejdingJørgen Brehmer
Preben NeergaardArntoft
Karen LykkehusCleaning Lady
Gerda GilboeBrehmer's Secretary
Else Højgaard
Finn Nielsen
Torben Hundahl
Lone Lindorff
Mogens Brix-Pedersen
Flemming Dyjak
Jørgen Beck
Ole Ernst
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