The Breakthrough
2025 · Miniseries · TV-14 · 38 min · ★ 7.0 · 65% critics
A double homicide haunts a small community for years as leads dry up and pressure mounts on everyone connected to the case. With time running out, a determined investigator turns to a genealogist and emerging DNA methods, hoping a new approach can finally bring long-delayed answers.
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Details
- Original title
- Genombrottet
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-01-07
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- Swedish
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 38 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (131 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a patient Scandinavian true-crime miniseries focused on grief, persistence, and new investigative tools, similar in mood to Quicksand or Three Pines; Not for you if you need constant action or fast pacing.
Pros: gripping true-crime mystery; strong emotional weight; compelling performances | Cons: slow, sometimes padded; genealogy details unclear; profanity and dubbing issues
Themes
- detective
- based on novel or book
- miniseries
- unsolved murder
Cast & crew
Peter Eggers
as John
Mattias Nordkvist
as Per
Jessica Liedberg
as Francy
Karin de Frumerie
as Lollo
Julia Sporre
as Stina
Julius Fleischanderl
as Ante
Annika Hallin
as Karin
Bahador Foladi
as Saad
Jonatan Rodriguez
as Miran
Per Burell
as Kjell
Directed by Lisa Siwe
Episodes1 season · 4 episodes
Season 14 episodes
- S1E1The Unthinkable41mNetflix
- S1E2Leave No Stone Unturned35mNetflix
- S1E3Family Tree40mNetflix
- S1E4A Lonely Person43mNetflix