Mammon

What would you sacrifice?

Episodes

The Sacrifice

The journalist Peter Verås get tips from an anonymous source about a financial scandal. The devastating evidence comes to his own brother, the director of one of Norway's largest companies. Peter still choose to let the paper go out on it. The revelations have major consequences for the brother and Peter struggle with guilt. Peter gets very surprising information IRS investigator Vibeke, which makes him initiate further investigations.

1 hr

The Awakening

The journalist Peter Verås find after five years a first sign that his brother was forced to take his own life. He and sister in law Eva finds it who knew the secret of his brother. The only thing he reveals is the word "Abraham" before he shoots himself. Peter chases on and promises to keep his closest outside, but police and colleagues no longer trust Peter's explanations. The closer he gets the truth, the more certain he is to keep what he finds hidden.

1 hr

The Descent

Peter has found the relationship between brother and Aage Haugen's suicide. Both are in possession of the paintings with references to child sacrifice in the Bible, both were afraid that something happens to their children and both killed himself on the same date - 22.10. Peter'm sure someone has pushed them to commit suicide and that the paintings are a prayer for help. While trying both the Evening Post and Peter to find out how the financier Tom Lied so quickly has become one of Norway's richest men.

1 hr

The Pact

Peter understands that his brother has been involved in even greater horrors than suicide, and someone trying to warn Peter about what has been happening. He believes there are several in the same situation who want to get the truth out, but that they fear being exposed as whistleblowers. Peter and the Evening Post suspects that the conspiracy extends into the corridors of power. To answer Peter must find the mysterious whistleblower and get to the bottom of what happened 25 years ago.

1 hr

The Murder

Peter's nephew has disappeared and Peter dare not go to the police for fear that someone will hurt Andrew. Along with his sister in law and Vibeke they search for the boy. Probably an atrocity related to the brother coming to light as they will find a coded message - a cry for help. The track leads to a secret network - and Peter will notice that the threat against his brother is trying to hit himself. The snowball rolls and it is impossible to stop.

1 hr

Doomsday

When one person close to Peter is badly injured and another is killed, he becomes the main suspect in both crimes and Norway's most hunted individual, and is only able to trust his former boss.

1 hr

Videos

Trailer [Subtitled]

Cast and Crew

Jon Øigarden

Peter Verås

Laura Christensen

Ellen Claussen

Nils Ole Oftebro

Frank Mathiesen

Trond Espen Seim

Statsminister Michael Woll

Ingar Helge Gimle

Finansminister Erik Ulrichsen

Anna Bache-Wiig

Inger Marie Steffensen

Ingjerd Egeberg

Eva Verås

Anders Danielsen Lie

Johannes Ritter Hansen

Iben Akerlie

Amelia Woll

Bjarte Hjelmeland

Christian Schjelderup

Richard Sveen

Sound Designer

Øyvind Veberg

Visual Effects Supervisor

Martin Horntveth

Original Music Composer

Erik S. Watland

Sound Effects Editor

Bjørn Even Skogsfjord

Colorist

Thomas Underhaug Fosseli

Art Direction

Richard Sveen

Supervising Sound Editor

Erik S. Watland

Foley Artist

Magnus Torkildsen

Dialogue Editor

Tom Erik Lie

Sound

Mammon

Peter Verås is an uncompromising journalist in the most respected newspaper in Norway. He makes his life’s biggest mistake when he gets hold of evidence of a financial fraud from an anonymous source. It turns out the evidence points to his own brother. As he still pursues and the story breaks, the brother commits suicide. Peter tries to track down the anonymous source, only to discover that the source was the brother himself. A search for the truth has commenced that involves media, high – ranked politicians as well as the financial elite. The closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes for him and his brother’s family.

Orignal Language

Seasons

Genre

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Status

Ended

Release Data

2014-01-01

Production Companies

NRK Drama

Streaming Network

NRK1