Film detail | The Greatest Heroes

Days of Danish Cinema

Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Subtitles: České
Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg
Year: 1996
Length: 90`
Rating: 15
Screenplay: Thomas Vinterberg, Bo hr. Hansen
Director of Photography: Anthony Dod Mantle
Music: Hans Moller
Edited by: Jesper W. Nielsen, Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Production: Nimbus Film, Zentropa Entertainments

Synopsis: Karsten is given a weekend furlough from prison. In the morning after a party - suffering a strong hangover - a woman comes to visit him letting him know that they have a 12-year-old daughter together named Louise, whose existence he had no idea about. He definitely hadn't counted on being a father. Nonetheless, together with his schizophrenic buddy Peter, he decides to meet his daughter. After spending time together, Louise doesn't want to return to her other father, who beats her, and Karsten doesn't quite like the prospect returning to prison. The three of them find themselves in a car heading out, with the aid of credit cards from a German citizen, for northern Sweden to a girl friend of both men, who went there for work. Their actions attract the attention of the locals, as well as from an ever increasing group of police officers.

Thomas Vinterberg: Thomas Vinterberg (1969) is a film director and also one of the founders of the outstanding Dogma 95 film movement. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark. He's captivated audiences with his short films. He made his debut with the feature-length The Biggest Heroes (De Storste helte, 1996), and the family drama The Celebration (Festen, 1998) brought him renown. His later works include, e.g., It's All About Love (2003 ), Dear Wendy (2005) and Submarino (2009).