Special Unit - The First Murder vs The Man Who Knew Infinity

Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.2/10 for The Man Who Knew Infinity). The Man Who Knew Infinity is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 5m. The Man Who Knew Infinity is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Special Unit - The First Murder posterSpecial Unit - The First Murder2025 VS The Man Who Knew Infinity posterThe Man Who Knew Infinity2016
Special Unit - The First MurderThe Man Who Knew Infinity
Audience score★ 8.8/10★ 7.2/10
Year20252016
Length2h 5m1h 48m
GenresCrime, Drama, HistoryDrama, History
Country––
DirectorChristoffer BoeMatt Brown
Main castNicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille LehfeldtToby Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Northam, Kevin McNally, Stephen Fry

Synopsis

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…

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

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