Gardenia vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.1/10 for Gardenia). Gardenia is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 5m. Gardenia is the older of the two (1979 against 2025). Both are crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gardenia
Special Unit - The First Murder| Gardenia | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 1979 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Crime | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Domenico Paolella | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Martin Balsam, Venantino Venantini, Licinia Lentini, Franco Diogene, Franco Califano | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
Gardenia
A businessman comes into conflict with a gangster when he refuses to allow drugs to be sold through his restaurant.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…
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