Borgen: Season 1
In a world of political and personal intrigue, the Bafta award-winning series (Best International Drama Series) "Borgen" follows the intricate and complicated lives of politicians, media spinners and the reporters who feed off their triumphs and failures. The setting is Borgen, the nickname for Denmark's Parliamentary building, otherwise known as "The Castle". After scoring her party a landslide victory through her idealism and work ethic, the smart and sexy populist Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen) now faces the biggest dilemma of her life. The question is: Will she succumb to pressure of compromise on her ideals and face consequences both on and off the political stage? From the producers of "The Killing". 10 episodes.
Year: 2010
Genre: TV Drama, Scandinavian Cinema, Television Shows, Deluxe Box Sets
Country: Denmark
Starring: Soren Malling, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sorensen, Johan Philip Asbaek, Emil Poulsen, Freja Riemann, Thomas Levin
Duration: 580 Minutes
Rating: M - Sex scenes and offensive language.
Subtitles: Yes
8.5/10
Location in store: Drama (TV)
AVAILABILITY
DVD AVAILABLE NOW!
Box Set
For in-store pickup reservations please call 03 3650 615
ALICE ALSO SUGGESTS:
The Contender (2000)
A taut political drama/thriller about a U.S. Democratic senator (Joan Allen) chosen by the President...
The House of Cards Trilogy: House of Cards / To Play the King / The Final Cut (1990)
The "House of Cards" Trilogy - "House of Cards" (1990), "To Play the King" (1993) and "The Final Cut...
Commander in Chief: The Inaugural Edition (2005)
Geena Davis becomes America's first female president, Mackenzie 'Mac' Allen, following the death of...
The West Wing: Season 1 (1999)
Martin Sheen heads a phenomenal ensemble cast, as the fictitious newly elected Democratic US preside...
The Politician's Wife (1995)
A rivetting Channel Four mini-series with Juliet Stevenson as the wife of a British MP (Trevor Eve)...
The Good Wife: Season 1 (2009)
In 'The Good Wife', Golden Globe winner Julianna Margulies plays Alicia Florrick, the resilient wife...
The Killing: Series 1, Volume 1 (2007)
A.k.a. "Forbrydelsen". Acclaimed as one of the finest murder investigation series ever produced, "Th...
The Killing: Series 1, Volume 2 (2007)
A.k.a. "Forbrydelsen". Acclaimed as one of the finest murder investigation series ever produced, The...
The Bridge: Series 1 (2011)
A woman's body is dumped in the middle of the Oresund Bridge - right on the border between Sweden an...
Borgen: Season 2 (2011)
Birgitte Nyborg has been Denmark's Prime Minister for two years - years that have taken their toll o...
House of Cards: Season 1 (2013)
US political drama follows Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey), the House Majority Whip who, despite hi...
Morden: The Fjallbacka Murders (2013)
Fjallbacka Murders is a crime series based on the successful books by Camilla Lackberg. The main cha...
Borgen: Season 3 (2012)
Over two years have passed and Birgitte Nyborg is no longer the Prime Minister of Denmark. Disillusi...
Death of a Pilgrim (2013)
Aka "En pilgrims död". A Nordic crime mini-series about the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Pa...
Scandimania (2014)
Join Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on a journey across the land of the eternal sun as he discovers the...
The Legacy: Series 1 (2014)
Aka "Arvingerne". "The Legacy" is a modern family portrait. The series plays out at the legendary ma...
Fortitude: Season 1 (2014)
In the placid international Arctic community of Fortitude, a murder has been committed. As London's...
Mammon: Season 1 (2014)
A newspaper journalist revealing fraud in a large multinational company, finds his family involved,...
The Legacy: Series 2 (2015)
Grønnegaard now embodies the spirit of the family feud that has caused the four siblings so much sad...
The Bridge: Series 3 (2015)
13 months later Saga Norén is still working at Malmö County Police, but she misses her only friend M...
House of Cards: Season 4 (2016)
Season 4 begins Commander-in-Chief Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) fighting for his political life wi...
Les hommes de l'ombre: Season 1 ( aka The Shadow Men, aka Spin ) (2012)
The French President is assassinated in an explosion that appears to be a terrorist attack.Simon Kap...
The Bridge: Series 4 (2018)
Set two years after the conclusion of Series 3; Saga Norén is released from prison, while Henrik Sab...
Those Who Kill (2011)
About the hunt for a type of violent criminal who has yet to strike in Denmark, and who is surrounde...
Modus (2015)
During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik finds not onl...
Dicte (2013)
Dicte is a dedicated reporter and refuses to give up before she has her story. Her stubborness gives...
The Spider (Edderkoppen) (2000)
A reporter is drawn into the dark side of post-war Copenhagen as he attempts to uncover a crime synd...
Above The Street Below The Water (Over gaden under vandet) (2009)
3 ex/potentially ex couples in Copenhagen, interconnected by extramarital affairs or work at the the...
Salamander (2012)
A police inspector investigates the robbery of 66 safe deposit boxes at a private bank in Brussels.
In The Face Of Crime (2010)
The worlds of a young Russo-German cop who investigates within the Berlin Russian mafia milieu and a...
Sebastian Bergman (2010)
In two new Nordic Noir thrillers, Rolf Laasgaard, one of Scandinavia's most popular actors (Wallande...