The Boys from St. Petri
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The Boys from St. Petri is a 1991 Danish
drama film
directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival
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The film is inspired by the activities of the Churchill Club, but the actual plot is fiction.
Cinema of Denmark
Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since the 1980s has maintained a steady stream of product due largely to funding by the state-supported Danish Film Institute. Historically, Danish films have been noted for their realism, religious and moral themes, sexual frankness and technical...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen is a Danish film director, musician, and song writer. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques.-Early career:...
. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival
1992 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Gérard Depardieu *John Boorman *Carlo Di Palma *Jamie Lee Curtis *Joële Van Effenterre *Lester James Peries *Nana Djordjadze *Pedro Almodóvar *René Cleitman...
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The film is inspired by the activities of the Churchill Club, but the actual plot is fiction.
Cast
- Tomas Villum JensenTomas Villum JensenTomas Villum Jensen is a Danish actor and film director. He has appeared in 29 films and television shows since 1991. He starred in The Boys from St. Petri, which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival....
- Lars Balstrup - Morten Buch Jørgensen - Gunnar Balstrup
- Nikolaj Lie KaasNikolaj Lie KaasNikolaj Lie Kaas is a prominent Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s and who is still actively working today. He is also the host of the annual Zulu Comedy Galla on Danish TV....
- Otto Hvidmann - Christian Grønvall - Søren Brinck
- Karl Bille - Olaf 'Luffe' Juhl
- Søren Hytholm Jensen - Anders Møller
- Joachim Knop - Aage Terkilsen
- Xenia Lach-Nielsen - Irene
- Bent MejdingBent MejdingBent Mejding is a Danish actor. He won the Robert Award in 1985 and 2007. He is married to the actress Susse Wold.-References:* The Danish film institute....
- Provst Johannes Balstrup - Helle Merete Sørensen - Fru Ingeborg Balstrup
- Ida Nepper - Gerda Balstrup
- Philip Zandén - Jacob 'Rosen' Rosenheim
- Solbjørg Højfeldt - Fru Hvidmann
- Tilde Maja Frederiksen - Lis Hvidmann
- Amalie Ihle Alstrup - Kylle Hvidmann
- Sofie Wandrup - Bitten Hvidmann