“The Election” is an adequate end to this confused season of Borgen, in that it provides Birgitte with a suitably…
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Cast
Sidse Babett Knudsen (Birgitte Nyborg)Birgitte Hjort S?rensen (Katrine F?nsmark)S?ren Malling (Torben Friis)Lisbeth Wulff (Pia Munk)Freja Riemann (Laura Christensen)Kasper Lange (Dan)Emil Poulsen (Magnus Christensen)Mikael Birkkj?r (Philip Christensen)Thomas Levin (Ulrik M?rch)Pilou Asb?k (Kasper Juul)Benedikte Hansen (Hanne Holm)Anders Juul (Simon Bech)Lars Knutzon (Bent Sejr?)Peter Mygind (Michael Laugesen)S?ren Spanning (Lars Hesselboe)Morten Kirkskov (Niels Erik Lund)Christoph Bastrup (Journalist)Jens Albinus (Jon Berthelsen)
Creators
Maren Louise K?ehne, Adam Price, Maja Jul Larsen, Jeppe Gjervig Gram, Martin Lidegaard, Tobias Lindholm, Jannik Tai Mosholt, Emilie Lebech Kaae
Synopsis
A political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.
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