Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Søren Pilmark | ... | Torkild | |
Ulrich Thomsen | ... | Peter | |
Mads Mikkelsen | ... | Arne | |
Nikolaj Lie Kaas | ... | Stefan | |
Sofie Gråbøl | ... | Hanne | |
Iben Hjejle | ... | Therese | |
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Frits Helmuth | ... | Carl |
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Ole Thestrup | ... | Alfred Jæger |
Peter Andersson | ... | Færingen | |
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Niels Anders Thorn | ... | William |
Henning Jensen | ... | Peters Far | |
Solbjørg Højfeldt | ... | Peters Mor | |
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Jesper Asholt | ... | Torkilds Far |
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Helle Dolleris | ... | Torkilds Mor |
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Bent Mejding | ... | Farfar |
Four small-time gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, starting a new life, renovating the house and forming it into a restaurant. But they can't avoid being caught up by their past. Written by Volker Merl <volko@foni.net>
A lot of the humour in this extremely funny movie cannot be translated into English. One example: At one point Stefan is caught crying while reading a poem from the book that lends it title to the entire film. This causes some scepticism among his friends, who asks him exactly what he is reading. He then says that the book is written by one "Ove Ditlevsen". To a danish audience it is obvious, that the book actually is by the famous danish (female) author "Tove Ditlevsen", but none of our heroes seems to know her. The sensitive Stefan is backed up by Thorkil who insists that "Actually Ove Ditlevsen is one of this country's finest authors".