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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 40-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Cast
Zlatko Burić
Woyzeck Lotzki
Charlotte Munck
Sarah Gianopoulos
André Babikian
Ari Gianopoulos
Nicolaj Kopernikus
Jan Jean
Jesper Asholt
Lars Lundgaard
Henrik Jandorf
Zbigeiew Lotzki
Lars Brygmann
Narrator (voice)
Bjarne Henriksen
Caféejer
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Nikolaj Arcel
- Writers
- Nikolaj Arcel
- Languages
- Danish
- Countries
- Denmark
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Nikolaj Arcel directs. Eric Witzgall behind the camera. Nicolaj Monberg cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 40-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Nikolaj Arcel, shot by Eric Witzgall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Editor Nicolaj Monberg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Zlatko Burić and Charlotte Munck and André Babikian carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt0293983 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Eric Witzgall
- Editing
- Nicolaj Monberg
- Runtime
- 40 min · 0h 40m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DA
Also by
Nikolaj Arcel
Production companies
Who made it
Den Danske Filmskole
DK
Key crew
- EditorNicolaj Monberg
- ProducerStine Spang-Hansen
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2001-06-18
