Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Also Known As: نیکلای لی کاس
Biography: Nikolaj Lie Kaas (born 22 May 1973) is a prominent Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s and who is still actively working today. He is the son of actor Preben Kaas and actor and writer Anne Mari Lie and father of two.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Glostrup, Denmark
Birthday: May 22, 1973
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Open Hearts
Overview: Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2002-09-06
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In China They Eat Dogs
Overview: Arvid is an ordinary bank clerk who lives a rather unassuming life with his dear girlfriend. But his life is turned completely upside down when he bravely manages to avert a robbery against the bank where he works.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1999-09-10
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The Idiots
Overview: A mix of home-video and documentary styles about a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1998-04-28
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Adam's Apples
Overview: A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2005-04-15
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Flickering Lights
Overview: Four small 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, start a new life.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2000-11-03
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Brothers
Overview: A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the search, his helicopter is shot down and he is taken as a prisoner of war, but is reported dead to the family.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2004-08-27
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Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II
Overview: The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell...
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2002-07-12
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The Green Butchers
Overview: A black comedy featuring two butchers, Svend "Sweat" and Bjarne, who start their own shop to get away from their arrogant boss. Cannibalism is soon introduced to the plot, and further complications arise due to the reappearance of Bjarne's intellectually disabled twin brother Eigil.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2003-03-08
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Stealing Rembrandt
Overview: Two bumbling scrap metal thieves - father and son - steal the wrong painting during a museum heist. The painting turns out to be the only original Rembrandt painting in Denmark, and all hell breaks loose. What do you do when you've got Interpol, the Danish police and the entire Danish underworld on your heels? And who was this Rembrandt guy anyway?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2003-05-17
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Davids bog
Overview: Henrik helps his uncle clear out a rich man's villa after the owner went bankrupt and committed siucide. During the clearance he finds a book that gives minute details of perfect crimes.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Therapy
Overview: Anders and Puk move into their dream house which is still in a state of refurbishment. To be able to afford the expense, they decide to rent the basement out to family therapist Ulrik. Very soon, Ulrik has put their marriage to a severe test.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2010-02-24
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The Sun King
Overview: While changing the pipes in the tanningbeds at Golden Sun, Tommy meets the owner. A middleaged former Miss Fyn called Susse. Slowly an unusual love affair begins. Tommy's two friends Ole & Flemming give him tips on how to give Golden Sun some masculine appeal. Susse just happens to have a sleazy lawyer that does not appreciate the new look.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2005-02-11
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Angels & Demons
Overview: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-23
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Reconstruction
Overview: Late one evening Alex suddenly abandons his girlfriend, Simone, to pursue the beautiful Aimee. In his encounter with Aimee time and place dissolve for him and he becomes a stranger to Simone, to whom he cannot return.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2003-05-17
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Just Another Love Story
Overview: Jonas is a Copenhagen homicide scene photographer, happily married, with two kids. One day, his car stalls, another car slams into him, runs head on into a third car and flips into the ditch. The other driver, Julia, is critically injured. He visits her in the hospital and is greeted by her family, who assumes he must be the Sebastian she told them about, the new fiance she met in Vietnam.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2007-08-22
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The Candidate
Overview: Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But nothing is what it appears to be, and the blackmail links back to his father's death under mysterious circumstances a year and a half earlier.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2008-08-29
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Murk
Overview: The psychological thriller "Murk" tells the story of Jacob, who is investigating into the circumstances surrounding his sister's death on her wedding night.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2005-10-07
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Clash of Egos
Overview: Tony has recently been released from a sentence for violent behaviour. He promises to improve his ways and is finally granted a few hours alone with his two children. They celebrate the reunion by going to the movies to see a new film by the famous, critically acclaimed Danish director Claus Volter. But the film is not the masterpiece it is said to be on the poster; the children are crying and Tony cannot get the money back he spent on tickets and candy. Tony does not give up; he seeks out Claus Volter in order to get an explanation and a refund. It is however easier said than done to get money out of a world-renowned filmmaker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2006-08-25
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The Boys from St. Petri
Overview: A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1991-10-11
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The Whistleblower
Overview: Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-13
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Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall
Overview: Varg Veum is no longer working as a private investigator. He's got a permanent job as a teacher, and has calmed down his life, enjoying the domestic bliss with his new girlfriend Karin, but the idyll doesn't last long. Veum gets a brutal meeting with the past, when "The Knife" is released from prison, determined to take revenge on those who got him convicted for the murder of a teenage girl.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2010-08-27
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At World's End
Overview: An english tv-team discovers a special white flower in the indonesian rainforest, but they never get to investegate it further, before the danish recluse Severin has shot them down. A danish special enforcement with a psychiatrist in front is sent off, and they find out, that Severin claims, that he is 129 years old, and it's the flower, which keeps him young. Soon all hunts the white flower, which apparently gives eternal life.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2009-10-09
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A Funny Man
Overview: Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, »A Funny Man« uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found himself in after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain critical respect and servicing the audience¿s needs. Costing his kindred friendship to on-stage partner Kjeld Petersen (Lars Ranthe) Dirch takes on Steinbeck's classic »Of Mice and Men«, only for the audience to break out in laughter at his first line. Dirch's Lennie becomes a running joke, and so has, Dirch believes, his own life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2011-08-25
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Truly Human
Overview: P. is a little girl's imaginary friend who lives inside the wall of her room. But one day he magically materialises and so must learn to live in the world like everyone else - a world where he is met with suspicion and hate but also with wonder and love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2001-04-27
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Beast
Overview: Bruno loves his wife Maxine, but his love and body are slowly undergoing a transformation. Something is beginning to stir inside him and there is nothing he can do to stop it. Because when you first delve into the dark side of love to find power, aggression and hatred, there is no turning back.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2011-10-15
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The Humiliated
Overview: A very intimate look on Lars von Trier and his cast and crew, during the production of "The Idiots".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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Freddy Frogface
Overview: Based on a classic Danish children's book by Ole Lund Kirkegaard. Being small doesn't make life easy for little ten-year-old Victor and his friends, who not only have to face a world full of stern grown-ups but also the town bully Freddy Frogface. When a circus comes to the sleepy little town, Victor is thrilled at having the chance to perform in a talent show with his dog Sausage. Yet Freddy soon comes up with a sinister plot of his own to spoil Victor's plans...
Genres: Comedy Animation Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2011-02-05
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Almost Perfect
Overview: Anne has given up trying to find a man who will fit into her sensible and controlled life. Therefore she has chosen to become pregnant with an anonymous sperm donor who has been carefully chosen. But as her hormones get the better of her she realizes that the child may come to resemble the father and possibly get his less flattering characteristics. Anne feels compelled to find the sperm donor and ensure that he is as perfect as she imagines.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2012-10-04
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Mad Ship
Overview: A poor young Scandinavian immigrant couple winds up in Canada in search of prosperity, but the hardship of the Great Depression takes a toll in a way they never feared when they went in search of the dream.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-29
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Jolly Roger
Overview: The future is stolen by Captain Bill the Black. It is up to the infamous pirate Jolly Roger and his great-great-great grandchild Lula to save it, helped by the two arch-angels Theobalt and Emil.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-12
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The Keeper of Lost Causes
Overview: Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2013-10-03
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The Shooter
Overview: The five days when Copenhagen was held in a panic grip by an intelligent activist and former elite shooter, who takes to arms when a woman journalist writes about the government’s broken promises in an environmental question.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2013-02-27
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Max
Overview: Released after three years in prison, Max finds out her father, a wealthy businessman, has hired a stranger to play his son. Meanwhile, the ex-husband of the Rent-a-Family director plans to rob Max' father.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2000-03-17
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Carl, My Childhood Symphony
Overview: Combining the exultant sweep of epic period drama with the subtle intimacy of biography in a social perspective, this is a tale of materially impoverished childhood, struggling early manhood and an unrequited first love turned into good musical fortune for Carl Nielsen, one of the great composers of the 20th century. Based on the composer's autobiography, the film itself is designed to soar like a symphony.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1994-02-04
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Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Fathers and Mothers
Overview: Follows Piv and Ulrik, who are trying to become part of the parent group in their daughter's new school class, going to great lengths to be admitted.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2022-11-03
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The Absent One
Overview: Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2014-10-02
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A Second Chance
Overview: Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that changes when the two of them are called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple, caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs. It all looks very routine – until Andreas finds the couple's infant son, crying in a closet. The usually collected policeman finds himself confronted with his own powerlessness and is shaken to his core. As Andreas slowly loses his grip on justice, it suddenly becomes up to the unruly Simon to restore the balance between right and wrong.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2014-09-08
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Men & Chicken
Overview: Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2015-02-05
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Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Overview: Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creative challenges Lars von Trier presents his cast and crew to bring his vision to life from script to shoot and to the screen at home.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2022-11-20
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A Conspiracy of Faith
Overview: Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department Q follow a sinister trail that leads them to investigate a case that occurred in 2008. At the same time, new tragic events take place that test their faith and deepest beliefs.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2016-03-03
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Zulu Comedy Galla 2011
Overview: Zulu Comedy Galla is a Danish Comedy Award show shown on TV2 Zulu once a year. At the show the Comedian of the year and "Läkerols Talentpris" are awarded and three new comedians attempts to make it in to the comedy scene.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2011-09-04
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Child 44
Overview: Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-15
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The Fir Tree
Overview: The story of a Christmas tree is told through the 'voice' of the tree itself. The tree has big ambitions, doing everything it can to grow so tall that it reaches the sky. Featuring extraordinary photography, the film follows the adventures of its life from sapling to maturity. One December day, everything changes when a little boy falls in love with the fir tree.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2011-04-30
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Zulu Comedy Galla 2009
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Original Language: da
Release Date: 2009-09-01
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The Last King
Overview: Norway, 1204. A civil war between the birkebeiners —the king's men— and the baglers —supporters of the Norwegian aristocracy and the Church— ravages the country. Two men must protect a baby, the illegitimate son of King Håkon, who will be the future king and peacemaker, from those who want to kill him.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2016-02-12
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Way Home
Overview: How far are you willing to go to save the people you love? This is the question Christian is forced to answer when he is smuggled into Syria in a desperate search for his son Adam. It's a deadly and soul-searching journey into a brutal, war-torn country. Gradually, Christian realises that he must be willing to sacrifice everything he believes in to be reunited with his son.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2024-11-28
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Dogville: The Pilot
Overview: Dogville: The Pilot was shot during 2001 in the pre-production phase to test whether the concept of chalk lines and sparse scenery would work. The 15-minute pilot film starred Danish actors Sidse Babett Knudsen (as Grace) and Nikolaj Lie Kaas (as Tom).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-19
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You Disappear
Overview: Frederik is the headmaster of a private school and one day he is being accused of stealing 12 million Danish crowns from the school. But everything is not as simple as it might seem. Frederik has been living with a tumor in his brain for the last 3 years and it has changed his personality. Now his wife Mia and the defense lawyer Bernard have to try and get Frederik acquitted of all charges.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2017-04-20
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Possessed
Overview: A stranger arrives in Copenhagen from a plane from Romania. Shortly after the power is lost in the whole city.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1999-06-25
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Zulu Comedy Galla 2017
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2017-09-10
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The Purity of Vengeance
Overview: Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2018-10-04
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Collision
Overview: 'Collision' centres on a married couple, Leo and Olivia. As they are facing a crisis in their marriage, their nine-year-old daughter, Liv, becomes a messenger between her mother and father. The film explores the break-up of a family and the decisions parents make in trying to find meaning and hope when everything is falling apart
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2019-10-31
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Riders of Justice
Overview: Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2020-11-19
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Wag the Dogma
Overview: Quixotic Martino Sclavi dives deep into the Danish film scene to uncover the truth behind the Dogme 95 Manifesto, along the way the film systematically breaks each and every one of the Dogme 'vows of chastity' - employing special effects, comedy sound design, and a singing narrator to boot.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-11
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Pu-239
Overview: A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-12
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The Last Viking
Overview: Anker is released from prison after a fourteen year sentence for robbery. Anker’s brother, Manfred, is the only one who knows where the money from the heist is. Meanwhile, Manfred has developed a mental illness, causing him to forget where the loot is stashed. Together, the brothers now embark on an unexpected journey to both locate the money and discover who they really are.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: da
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Frankenstein
Overview: Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Horror
Original Language: en
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