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RUNTIME
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Tight 23-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Helium
2014 0h 23m DA
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7.3
SOLID
★7.3TMDB · 47
DramaFamily
Synopsis
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A young boy, Alfred, is dying, but through the stories about Helium, a magical fantasy world, told by the hospital's eccentric janitor, Enzo, Alfred regains the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Marijana Janković
Nurse
Casper Crump
Enzo
Pelle Falk Krusbæk
Alfred
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Anders Walter
- Languages
- Danish
- Countries
- Denmark
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ERA
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Released 12 years ago.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
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Marijana Janković and Casper Crump and Pelle Falk Krusbæk carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt3346410 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 47 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Anders Walter directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 23-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 12 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Marijana Janković and Casper Crump and Pelle Falk Krusbæk carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt3346410 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 47 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 23 min · 0h 23m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DA
- Certification (US)
- 7
- IMDB
- Helium (2014)
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Anders Walter
Community reviews
What people are saying
- CinemaSerf★ 7/10
There is something quite unsentimentally touching about this story of the young “Alfred” (Pelle Falk Krusbæk). He is a perfectly lucid, but wheelchair bound, lad who is terminally ill in a Danish hospital and who sits in the garden daydreaming with his toy aeroplane. One afternoon he meets the handyman “Enzo” (Casper Crump) sitting on a bench, who imparts some of the fruits of his vivid imagination to the young lad leaving him enjoying some simple adventures in a land of helium-fuelled fantasy. There does appear to be an absence of parents here, and so “Enzo” begins to bond more emotionally with his new friend and as “Alfred” enters a more intensively caring environment, he has to enlist the help of his nurse (Marijana Jankovic) to stay in contact. There are no happy endings or miraculous cures here, but the conclusion is almost as fitting and surely must bring a lump to your throat. It’s a film that reminds us of just how important joy is in life, especially as it’s ebbing away, and there are two performances here that show the importance of care being more than a bed and some pills.
Production companies
Who made it
- M&
M&M Productions
DK
Key crew
- ProducerKim Magnusson
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- janitor
- dying young
- sick child
- helium
- childhood innocence
- short film
- imagination
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV2014-03-047· TV2
