TV Series · 2003

Defense

45 min · Crime · Ended

Composite

3.4

IMDb

6.4 / 10

158 votes

TMDB

10.0 / 10

1 votes

Local

— / 10

No votes

Synopsis

Court drama about a Copenhagen law office and the cases and personal entanglements of its small group of attorneys.

Cast

Lars Brygmann

Mikael Frank

Anette Støvelbæk

Malene Bork

Troels Lyby

Claus 'CC' Christensen

Carsten Bjørnlund

Patrik Larsen

Jesper Lohmann

Leo Zielinski, advokat

Lene Maria Christensen

Katrine Lindemark

Crew

Art

Niels Sejer Production Design

Camera

Eric Kress Camera Operator
Henrik Jongdahl Camera Operator
Dirk Brüel Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Helena Hørdum Makeup Artist
Anne Cathrine Sauerberg Makeup Artist
Birthe Lyngsøe Makeup Artist
Tine Buch Key Makeup Artist
Tine Buch Makeup Artist
Malin Birch-Jensen Makeup Artist
Dorte Jacobsen Makeup Artist
Charlotte Laustsen Makeup Artist
Lone Friis Costume Assistant
Stine Terp Costume Assistant
Helle Nielsen Costumer
Helle Nielsen Key Costumer

Crew

Directing

Anne-Marie Ubbe Script Supervisor
Rikke Gulstad Script Supervisor
Rikke Deepthi Hansen Script Supervisor
Nicolai Kornum First Assistant Director
Emil Sparre-Ulrich Assistant Director
Mikkel Blaabjerg Poulsen Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Kim Magnusson Executive Producer
Caroline Reichhardt Production Manager
Nicolai Kornum Assistant Production Manager
Louise Grosell Production Manager
Mikael Reidar Assistant Production Manager
Jimmy Leavens Unit Production Manager
Eigil Jacobsen Unit Production Manager
Doxy Helledie Unit Production Manager
Katinka Haxthausen Unit Production Manager
Christina Gurewitsch Assistant Production Manager
Tine Miehe-Renard Casting
Luise Thiele Producer

Sound

Writing

Seasons & episodes

Season 1 (11 ep)

1. A Happy Family

Sep 21, 2003 · 45 min

Defense Attorney Mikael Frank is called to Western Prison, where 17-year-old Tobias is sitting, charged with attempted killing of his father-in-law. The young man strongly denies guilt and explains that a random drug addict fired the hunting rifle - five times. The father-in-law is totally invalid and Mikael Frank gets his case for defending Tobias. The colleagues at the law firm Frank & Christensen doubt that star lawyer Mikael Frank can get the young man acquitted, but then Patrik Larsen appears. He has just been tested and wants to have a job with his former defender. Patrik speaks of an unauthorized investigation into the drug environment in an attempt to find the right perpetrator and at the same time win the lawyers' trust. Meanwhile, in the Eastern District Court, Mikael Frank ranks the tragic story of Tobias' family.
2. The man in the south harbor

Sep 24, 2003 · 45 min

Things get stirred up at Frank and Christensen as one employee initiates a conflicting relationship with a client and an Olympic lightweight rower is charged with murder of an East German man found in his car needs legal assistance.
3. Angry Men

Oct 1, 2003 · 45 min

Defending the accused of his former colleague's murder against his own mistress, CC finds himself in a very personal and complicated case.
4. Outside of the Law

Oct 8, 2003 · 45 min

Rebecca enters a fight over office space with newly employed controversial lawyer Leo whilst defending a police officer accused of a lesbian plot.
5. The Good Son

Oct 15, 2003 · 45 min

Mikael Frank struggles to acquit a weak-minded Lollandian as the health of both the accused's and his own father complicate the case further.
6. The One You Love

Oct 22, 2003 · 45 min

Malene gets personally involved in the case of a mother accused of attempting to murder her daughter. Leo likewise in the case of child molestation accusation against a children's author.
7. Fight for Everything you Hold Dear

Oct 29, 2003 · 45 min

Mikael Frank is having a difficult time defending an accused private of The Royal Life Guards due to his own past at said regiment. Elsewhere Rebecca and Leo bond on a road trip, gathering evidence to save her uncle.
8. Loverboy

Nov 5, 2003 · 45 min

In order to prove to her colleagues that she is tough enough for the job, Malene decides to have a conductor accused of rape acquitted.
9. Brotherhood

Nov 12, 2003 · 45 min

CC struggles with a kindergarten strike, his love affair and defending a professor of pathology while Rebecca and Leo defend two outlaw motorcycle gang members charged with murder.
10. A good Muslim

Nov 19, 2003 · 45 min
11. False Witsnesses

Nov 26, 2003 · 45 min

With CC on a cruise, the firm relies on Michael and Leo to handle the cases. Michael gets romantically involved with his client in a case in which his own assistant is a witness and Leo thinks his client might have abused him as a child.