The Boys from St. Petri
| The Boys from St. Petri | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen |
| Written by | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Bjarne Reuter |
| Produced by | Mads Egmont Christensen Hedda Craner Bent Fabricius-Bjerre |
| Starring | Tomas Villum Jensen Nikolaj Lie Kaas |
| Cinematography | Dan Laustsen |
| Edited by | Leif Axel Kjeldsen |
| Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
| Budget | DKr 2.2 million[1] |
The Boys from St. Petri (Danish: Drengene fra Sankt Petri) is a 1991 Danish drama film directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film is inspired by the activities of the Churchill Club, but the actual plot is fiction. It is based on Bjarne Reuter's book Drengene fra Sankt Petri.[3] It has been published in English as Boys from St. Petri.[4]
Cast
- Tomas Villum Jensen as Lars Balstrup
- Morten Buch Jørgensen as Gunnar Balstrup
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Otto Hvidmann
- Christian Grønvall as Søren Brinck
- Karl Bille as Olaf 'Luffe' Juhl
- Søren Hytholm Jensen as Anders Møller
- Joachim Knop as Aage Terkilsen
- Xenia Lach-Nielsen as Irene
- Bent Mejding as Provst Johannes Balstrup
- Helle Merete Sørensen as Fru Ingeborg Balstrup
- Ida Nepper as Gerda Balstrup
- Philip Zandén as Jacob 'Rosen' Rosenheim
- Solbjørg Højfeldt as Fru Hvidmann
- Tilde Maja Frederiksen as Lis Hvidmann
- Amalie Ihle Alstrup as Kylle Hvidmann
- Sofie Wandrup as Bitten Hvidmann
Reception
The film was the third highest grossing Danish film of the year with a gross of 2.2 million Danish Krone.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Top 20 films in West European countries in 1991: Denmark". Screen Finance. 25 March 1992. p. 11.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Boys from St. Petri". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
- ^ Reuter, Bjarne (2013). Drengene fra Sankt Petri. Gyldendal. ISBN 978-87-02-14465-9.
- ^ Reuter, Bjarne B. (1996). Boys from St. Petri. Turtleback Books. ISBN 978-0-7857-7851-6.
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