

The Guilty
Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.
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7.3/10
1,921 votes
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- Released
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- Language
- Danish
- police officer
- police station
- cellular phone trace
- phone call
- suspended cop
- emergency
- desk work
- alarm dispatch
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Denmark
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PremiereBengaluru International Film Festival22 Feb 2019
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival21 Jan 2018
- TheatricalR19 Oct 2018
- Physical5 Feb 2019
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival11 Oct 2018
- Theatrical1526 Oct 2018
- Digital / OTT1528 Jan 2019
- Physical1525 Feb 2019
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Digital / OTT1 Oct 2021
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival9 Jun 2018
- TheatricalM14 Jan 2019
CanadaCA
- Theatrical19 Oct 2018
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical25 Apr 2019
AustriaAT
- Theatrical1 Nov 2018
BelgiumBE
- PremiereALBrussels International Film Festival28 Jun 2018
- TheatricalAL18 Jul 2018
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival18 Oct 2018
- Theatrical1220 Dec 2018
ChileCL
- Theatrical9 May 2019
ChinaCN
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival10 Apr 2019
Frequently asked questions
The Guilty was released on 22 February 2018.
Audience reviews
3- J9/10
Jan
10/5/2018
Absolutely loved it - a "small" but great movie, and best proof that you don't need a big budget to keep an audience glued to the screen and at the edge of their seats. It's basically a room, a man and a telephone, and still manages to tell an intense story (and with a twist). Grim, but still has a few fun moments of relief. Fantastic performance by Jakob Cedergren, who also turned out to be a really nice guy (saw it…
- R9/10
r96sk
6/15/2023
Great stuff, I love films like this. <em>'The Guilty'</em> is a film that takes place at just one location, something that always has the potential to hinder a film's watchability - but when it's done right, there is nothing more engrossing to watch, and this 2018 flick is just that. I did predict where it was going, but as I always say: predictability in itself is never a negative, for me anyway. I can still a…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/12/2025
There’s something really effectively claustrophobic about this one-man crime drama. “Asger” (Jakob Cedergren) is a cop, not without his own baggage, reluctantly manning the emergency line when he gets a worryingly intriguing call from a woman who is clearly in distress. He establishes that she is on a motorway, in a white van and has two children who have been left alone at their home. As his shift is coming to an en…
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