For the children's book, see The Boys from St. Petri (novel).
| The Boys from St. Petri | |
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| 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 |
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| Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
| Budget | DKr 2.2 million |
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. 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. It has been published in English as Boys from St. Petri.
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.
References
- ^ "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.
External links
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