A Conspiracy of Faith

A Conspiracy of Faith
Theatrical release poster
Danish	Flaskepost fra P
Directed by	Hans Petter Moland
Written by	Jussi Adler-Olsen
Screenplay by	Nikolaj Arcel
Produced by	Louise Vesth Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Starring	Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Pål Sverre Hagen Jacob Lohmann  [ da ]
Cinematography	John Andreas Andersen
Edited by	Olivier Bugge Coutte Nicolaj Monberg
Music by	Nicklas Schmidt  [ da ]
Release date	3 March 2016 (2016-03-03)(Denmark)

A Conspiracy of Faith (Danish : Flaskepost fra P), also known as Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith, is a 2016 Danish crime thriller film, directed by Hans Petter Moland, based on a novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen. It is the third film in the Department Q series, after The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013) and The Absent One (2014). ^{[1] [2]}

Synopsis

An 8-year-old message in a bottle, written in blood, leads Detective Carl Morck and his assistant Assad to a series of child abductions from religious communities throughout Denmark. The majority of these abductions have not been reported for some reason, and some of them are suspected to have ended in murder. ^[3]

Cast

• Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Carl Mørck
• Fares Fares as Assad
• Pål Sverre Hagen as Johannes
• Jacob Lohmann  [ da ] as Elias
• Amanda Collin as Rakel
• Johanne Louise Schmidt as Rose Knudsen
• Jakob Oftebro as Pasgård
• Søren Pilmark as Marcus Jacobsen
• Maria Rossing  [ da ] as Rebecca

Reception

Ken Jaworowski of The New York Times praised the film's storyline construction, the mood, and the closing scene, 'beautifully blunt, ends it on the perfect note.' ^[2]

References

1. "Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith". Radio Times . Archived from the original on 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
2. Jaworowski, Ken (2016-06-16). "Review: 'A Conspiracy of Faith' Tracks a Message Written in Blood (Published 2016)". Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
3. Scheck, Frank (2016-06-16). "'A Conspiracy of Faith': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2025-09-24.

External links

• A Conspiracy of Faith at IMDb
• A Conspiracy of Faith at Rotten Tomatoes
• A Conspiracy of Faith in the Danish Film Database