Kastanjemanden: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Chestnut Man is set in the quiet suburb of Copenhagen, where the police make a terrible discovery one blustery October morning. A young woman is found brutally murdered in a playground and one of her hands is missing. Above her hangs a small man made of chestnuts. The ambitious young detective Naia Thulin is assigned to the case, along with her new partner, Mark Hess. They soon discover a mysterious piece of evidence on the chestnut man--evidence connecting it to a girl who went missing a year earlier and was presumed dead - the daughter of politician Rosa Hartung.

Series details

• Title: Kastanjemanden
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Danish
• Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2021-09-29
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Netflix
• Typical episode runtime: 52 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 43450
• IMDb ID: tt10834220
• TVDB ID: 386374

Cast and credited roles

• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard — Mark Hess
• Ester Birch Beck — Le Thulin
• Danica Curcic — Naia Thulin
• David Dencik — Simon Genz
• Iben Dorner — Rosa Hartung
• Lars Ranthe — Nylander
• Esben Dalgaard Andersen — Steen Hartung
• Sofie Gråbøl — Marie Holst
• Katinka Lærke Petersen — Sandra Lindstrøm
• Özlem Saglanmak — Esra Foldager
• Ida Cæcilie Rasmussen — Signe Møller

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-09-29; final listed air date 2021-09-29; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2026-05-07; final listed air date 2026-05-07; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kastanjemanden on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.