The Legacy (TV series)

The Legacy (Danish: Arvingerne, literally "the heirs") is a Danish television drama created by Maya Ilsøe and produced by DR. Series 1 was first broadcast on the Danish national television channel DR1 on 1 January 2014, and was sold to a number of other countries worldwide even before it had aired in Denmark.[1] The series is a modern family portrait which tells the story of four siblings trying to cope with their mother's death which has turned all of their lives upside down. After the success of the 10-episode first series, a second season of seven more episodes started broadcast on Danish television on 1 January 2015,[2] and a third series of nine episodes started in January 2017.

The Legacy
Also known asArvingerne
Created byMaya Ilsøe
Written byMaya Ilsøe
Maja Jul Larsen
Anders August
Lolita Belstar
Karina Dam
Per Daumiller
Lasse Kyed Rasmussen
Directed byPernilla August
Louise Friedberg
Jesper Christensen
Heidi Maria Faisst
StarringTrine Dyrholm
Jesper Christensen
Marie Bach Hansen
Carsten Bjørnlund
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Country of originDenmark
Original languageDanish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time1 hour
Original release
NetworkDR
Release1 January 2014 (2014-01-01) –
26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)

Plot

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Series 1

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The Legacy starts out at the legendary manor Grønnegaard on southern Funen, where the internationally renowned artist Veronika Grønnegaard has lived an eccentric and colorful life since the wild sixties. The serial follows Veronika's four adult children whose free and chaotic childhood at Grønnegaard has left its mark on them in very different ways. They live scattered to the four winds until Veronika unexpectedly dies and they are forced to gather to wind up the estate. Just before she dies, Veronika leaves the manor to her daughter Signe, who was given up for adoption. Signe lives with her partner in a quiet residential area in the local town and has never known the truth of her parentage. What was meant to be a quick and painless estate division becomes the start of a journey into secrets and lies that turn their lives upside down and forces them to look at each other and themselves with new eyes.

Series 2

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Series 2 has been screened.[3]

Series 3

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The third and final season was aired weekly in January and February 2017 at Danmarks Radio.[citation needed]

Cast

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Character Season 1
(2014)
Season 2
(2015)
Season 3
(2017)
Gro Grønnegaard Trine Dyrholm
Frederik Grønnegaard Carsten Bjørnlund
Emil Grønnegaard Mikkel Følsgaard
Signe Larsen Marie Bach Hansen
Veronika Grønnegaard Kirsten Olesen  
Thomas Konrad Jesper Christensen  
Lone Ramsbøll Kirsten Lehfeldt
Solveig Riis Grønnegaard Lene Maria Christensen
Robert Eliassen Trond Espen Seim
John Larsen Jens Jørn Spottag
Lise Larsen Annette Katzmann
Hannah Grønnegaard Karla Løkke
Villads Grønnegaard Victor Stoltenberg Nielsen
Melody   Naya Beck Smilla Hougaard

References

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  1. ^ "DRs Arvingerne solgt til udlandet inden premieren". Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Arvingerne vender tilbage med en stor hemmelighed". BT. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ "ARVINGERNE II | Arvingerne | DR". Dr.dk. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
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