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Sammi, Henrik, Miriam, and Gert are prison officers and colleagues in an old, worn-down Danish prison. Their work environment is raw and hostile, and their respective lives outside the prison walls are filled with conflict, secrets, and loneliness for very different reasons. Secrets, that will soon resurface and have great consequences not only for the four prisoners, but for everyone inside and outside the walls.

1 Seasons
6 Episodes
Ended
Drama Crime
Cast & Characters
episode image Welcome Home, Soldier
7.8/10 (85 votes)

#1 Welcome Home, Soldier

S1:E5

News spreads that there is a dirty cop in the prison, so new precautions are taken to smuggle in; the four guards face challenges when they receive a devastating message about the inmate they put in an unauthorized leg lock.

episode image The House Always Wins
7.8/10 (95 votes)

#2 The House Always Wins

S1:E6

The officers tensely wait for the response to the death of the inmate as the two rival gangs begin to talk to each other; a huge prisoner riot breaks out.

episode image Welcome, My Friend!
7.5/10 (128 votes)

#3 Welcome, My Friend!

S1:E1

Sammi takes charge as a prison guard in a big, old prison called Huset, where the strong inmates dominate the weak; the prison guards receive a shocking message.

episode image What's Up?
7.4/10 (105 votes)

#4 What's Up?

S1:E2

The clean-up campaign begins as two consultants from the Correctional Service monitor how the prison is run; prison guard Miriam attempts to repay her son's debt.

episode image Can I Get a Cough?
7.4/10 (89 votes)

#5 Can I Get a Cough?

S1:E4

The inmates suspect there is a snitch among them; Gert wonders how new drugs keep coming in; a big fight with handmade weapons takes place.

episode image Is There Bad News?
7.3/10 (97 votes)

#6 Is There Bad News?

S1:E3

The information from Sammi's secret source leads to more successful raids, which impresses the consultants but puts the strong inmates under pressure and makes them desperate as their business is ruined.

Cast & Chracters

character image Miriam

Miriam

Actor: Sofie Gråbøl
character image Henrik

Henrik

Actor: David Dencik
character image Gert

Gert

Actor: Charlotte Fich
character image Sammi

Sammi

Actor: Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt

The highest rated episode of Prisoner is "Welcome Home, Soldier" (S1E5) with a rating of 7.80.

This episode received 85 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Is There Bad News?" (S1E3) with a rating of 7.30.

This episode received 97 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Welcome Home, Soldier" (S1E5) with a rating of 7.80.

This episode received 85 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Is There Bad News?" (S1E3) with a rating of 7.30.

This episode received 97 votes.

Name Department Job
Josephine Farsø Art Production Design
Søren Schwartzberg Art Production Design
Ann-Sofie Lund Hagelskjær Nielsen Costume & Make-Up Costumer
Christina Dahlin Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head
Christina Vestergaard Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist
Inga Ross Costume & Make-Up Special Effects Makeup Artist
Jill Arnfjord Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist
Julie Holst Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist
Kristina Thuring-Møller Costume & Make-Up Costume Assistant
Sarah Thaning Costume & Make-Up Costume Design
Simone Bundgaard Lauritzen Costume & Make-Up Costumer
Adam Wallensten Crew Cinematography
Bjørn Kopp Directing First Assistant Director
Christian 'Krølle' Pedersen Directing First Assistant Director
Frederik Louis Hviid Directing Director
Lachlan Forbes Directing Second Assistant Director
Marco Lawson Directing Assistant Director
Mette Kloumann Jensen Directing Continuity
Michael Noer Directing Director
Anna Heide Editing Editor
Jakob Juul Toldam Editing Editor
Julius Krebs Damsbo Editing Editor
Alberte Lorentzen-Rask Production Production Manager
Amanda-Lie Rasmussen Production Casting Assistant
Bjørk Malte Ploug Koitzsch Production Producer's Assistant
Cecilie Byder Production Post Producer
Emma Wendorff Skjøth Production Producer
Gro Therp Production Casting
Henriette Marienlund Production Executive Producer
Jacob Svensson Production Line Producer
Josefine Mathiassen Production Production Manager
Morten Egholm Production Development Producer
Rikke Lassen Production Development Producer
Rikke Tørholm Kofoed Production Producer
Signe Clemmensen Production Casting Assistant
Martin Dirkov Sound Original Music Composer
Morten Green Sound Sound
Kim Fupz Aakeson Writing Screenplay

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