Nikolaj Lie Kaas

  • Tomas Villum Jensen – Sprængfarlig bombe AKA Clash of Egos (2006)

    2001-2010ComedyDenmarkTomas Villum Jensen
    Sprængfarlig bombe (2006)
    Sprængfarlig bombe (2006)

    Just out of prison for violent behavior, Tony gets angry when he sees the new film by the world-famous director Claus Volter and wants his money back.Read More »

  • Anders Thomas Jensen – Retfærdighedens ryttere AKA Riders of Justice (2020)

    2011-2020Anders Thomas JensenComedyDenmarkDrama

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    Markus, who has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems like an accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up.Read More »

  • Lasse Spang Olsen – I Kina spiser de hunde AKA In China They Eat Dogs (1999)

    1991-2000ActionComedyDenmarkLasse Spang Olsen

    An intent fast paced Danish dark comedy film about two separately motivated brothers who with their slightly psychopathic tendencies end up in a touchy situation. One brother gets in serious trouble after a bank robbery and begs the other brother for help.Read More »

  • Åke Sandgren – Et Rigtigt menneske AKA Truly Human (2001)

    2001-2010Åke SandgrenArthouseDenmarkDogma FilmsDrama

    A modern fable about an invisible man who gets the chance to become a real human being. He has to learn to be brave, honest and conscientious. ‘P’ is a fantasy figure, living behind the wallpaper in seven year-old Lisa’s bedroom. Due to the destruction of the building in which Lisa lives, P leaves Lisa and her fantasy world. He ends up at a refugee center, where he learns Danish and becomes an integrated member of society. An apartment is assigned to P and he gets a job in a shoe store. P’s naiveté and good will makes him an easy prey. Without being guilty, he becomes under suspicion of being a wanted child molester. This is the story of P’s dramatic journey through the Fall of Man in an attempt to become a good citizen.Read More »

  • Susanne Bier – Brødre AKA Brothers (2004)

    Drama2001-2010ArthouseDenmarkSusanne Bier

    Plot Summary for Brødre (2004)
    Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) has everything under control: a successful military career, a beautiful wife (Connie Nielsen) and two daughters. His younger brother Jannik (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is a drifter, living on the edge of the law. When Michael is sent to Afghanistan on a UN mission the balance between the two brothers changes forever. Michael is missing in action – presumed dead – and Sarah is comforted by Jannik, who against all odds shows himself capable of taking responsibility for both himself and the family. It soon becomes clear that their feelings have developed beyond mutual sympathy. When Michael comes home, traumatized by being held prisoner in the mountains of Afghanistan, nothing is the same.Read More »

  • Ole Bornedal – Kærlighed på film aka Just Another Love Story (2007)

    Drama2001-2010DenmarkOle BornedalThriller


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    Just Another Love Story is about Jonas (Anders W. Berthelsen), a likeable but world-weary husband with a wife and two kids who lives in a leafy suburb and whose life takes an unexpected twist when he inadvertently if at all causes Julia (Rebecka Hemse) to crash her car and go into a coma. When Julia comes out of her coma her memory has vanished. Via a grotesque mix-up she and her nearest and dearest believe that when Jonas pops into the hospital to see how she is, he is in fact Sebastian (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), her exotic new boyfriend, whom they had all been expecting to fly in from abroad. Jonas assumes Sebastians identity and pretends to be the man Julia believes is the love of her life: a brand new identity, a brand new life, and an untrammeled existence full of promise opens up to Jonas. But real life cant be lived on fantasy and exotic dreams, and one day the truth comes knocking at the door.Read More »

  • Christoffer Boe – Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety (2001)

    2001-2010ArthouseChristoffer BoeDenmarkShort Film


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    Christoffer Boe studied at Copenhagen University before being accepted at the Danish Film School’s director’s course in 1997. He has directed three short movies. One of them, Anxiety, received the Prix Découverte de la Critique Française and was screened in Critics’ Week in 2002.Read More »

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