From ambitious dramas to a TV series inspired by the Danske Bank scandal, Baltic projects look for inspiration in the most unusual places. According to director Ove Musting, behind “Business as Usual,” the goal was not to judge the characters, “but to understand how the system seduces them.”

“This is a world where bankers behave like aristocracy, where Danish executives function like kings and where oligarchs appear almost mythological: charming, terrifying, and willing to offer unimaginable wealth for a few drops of blood.”

Corruption doesn’t start with grand criminal masterminds, he states, but with “small compromises made by normal people who believe they can outsmart the devil. ‘Business as Usual’ is thrilling, absurd, visually bold and painfully relevant. It shows how billions can f

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