Mads Mikkelsen
Also Known As: Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen, Mads Dittman Mikkelsen, Mads D. Mikkelsen, マッツ・ミケルセン, مادس ميكلسن, 麦斯·米科尔森, 매즈 미켈슨, Μαντς Μίκελσεν, 邁茲·米克森, مس میکلسن, متس میکلسن
Biography: Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (Danish: [ˈmæsˈme̝kl̩sn̩]; born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. He rose to fame in Denmark as an actor for his roles such as Tonny in the first two films of the Pusher film trilogy (1996, 2004), Detective Sergeant Allan Fischer in the television series Rejseholdet (2000–2004), Niels in Open Hearts (2002), Svend in The Green Butchers (2003), Ivan in Adam's Apples (2005), and Jacob Petersen in After the Wedding (2006). Mikkelsen achieved worldwide recognition for playing the main antagonist, Le Chiffre, in the twenty-first James Bond film, Casino Royale (2006). His other film roles include Igor Stravinsky in Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2008), Johann Friedrich Struensee in A Royal Affair (2012), his Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award-winning performance as Lucas in the Danish film The Hunt (2012), Kaecilius in Marvel's Doctor Strange (2016), Galen Erso in Lucasfilm's Rogue One (2016), his BAFTA-nominated role as Martin in Another Round (2020), Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), Dr. Jürgen Voller in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), and Captain Ludwig Kahlen in The Promised Land (2023). Outside of film, he is known for his roles as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the television series Hannibal (2013–2015) and Cliff Unger in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding (2019). A. O. Scott of The New York Times remarked that in the Hollywood scene, Mikkelsen has "become a reliable character actor with an intriguing mug" but stated that on the domestic front "he is something else: a star, an axiom, a face of the resurgent Danish cinema". Description above from the Wikipedia article Mads Mikkelsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Birthday: November 22, 1965
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Gender: Male
TMDb-Id: 1019
IMDb-Id: nm0586568
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Known For
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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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Overview: The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2002-11-08
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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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Pusher
Overview: A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1996-08-30
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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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After the Wedding
Overview: A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2006-02-24
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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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Pusher II
Overview: Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2004-12-25
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Wildside
Overview: Charming desperado Ossy, carrying a deadly secret, tracks down his childhood pal Jimmy in Iceland. But Jimmy, now with a family and a regular job, will do anything to hide his past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1998-05-07
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Flame & Citron
Overview: Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2008-03-25
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King Arthur
Overview: The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
Genres: Adventure War History Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-07
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Torremolinos 73
Overview: Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-04-29
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Exit
Overview: There is a thin line between money and loyalty. Thomas Skepphult runs an investment company, and is arrested for the murder of his business partner when his fingerprint is found on the murder weapon. When he tries to call his lawyer, the phone is answered by someone who he thought had committed suicide years ago.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-10-06
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Charlie Countryman
Overview: While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-09
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Casino Royale
Overview: Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-14
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I Am Dina
Overview: In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, with her only friend being the stable boy, Tomas. She summons her mother's ghost and develops a strange fascination with death as well as a passion for living.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-08
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Shake It All About
Overview: Jacob is a young man used to getting everything he wants. For several years, he has been living in a happy homosexual partnership with Jørgen, and one night Jacob decides to pop the big question to Jørgen. Jørgen happily accepts Jacobs marriage proposal, but then something happens: Jacob falls in love with a girl, and not just any girl. The girl is Caroline, married to Jørgens younger brother Tom.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2001-11-16
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Prague
Overview: Christoffer and Maja's trip to Prague to bring back Chistoffer's deceased father, evolves into the story of a break-up. With the dead father lurking in the background, secrets gradually emerge threatening to destroy their marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2006-11-03
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Valhalla Rising
Overview: Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-04
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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Overview: Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The revolutionary dissonances of Igor's work parallel Coco's radical ideas. She wants to democratize women's fashion; he wants to redefine musical taste. Coco attends the scandalous first performance of The Rite in a chic white dress. The music and ballet are criticized as too modern, too foreign. Coco is moved but Igor is inconsolable.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-09-24
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Bleeder
Overview: Two stories for the price of one: Lenny works in a video shop and tries to get acquainted with the waitress Lea. Leo can't cope with the pressure of becoming a father, leading to trouble with his pregnant wife and especially her brother.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1999-08-06
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Clash of the Titans
Overview: Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-26
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The Door
Overview: A successful artist loses control of his life after his young daughter's death. A chance for a new start appears, but all is not what it seems.
Genres: Fantasy Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-11-26
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Mona's World
Overview: Mona, a single girl in her thirties, leads a life filled with adventure and romance. In her dreams that is. But an ordinary visit to the bank is about to make her real life as exciting as her imagination, and moreover, during this encounter she is introduced to the man of her dreams in a way she never dreamt of.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2001-09-07
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Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
Overview: A journey into the creative mind of the most iconic video game designer in the world. Featuring appearances from visionary artists Guillermo del Toro, Nicholas Winding Refn, Grimes, George Miller, Norman Reedus, Woodkid, Chvrches, this visually captivating documentary gives a rare insight into Hideo Kojima’s creative process as he launches his own independent studio.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-17
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A Royal Affair
Overview: A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2012-03-29
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The Hunt
Overview: A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2012-06-13
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Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
Overview: In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy and prosperous family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, this pious, upstanding man raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-08-14
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Move On
Overview: Move On is a road movie like no other, because it is inspired by film fans from all over Europe! This breath-taking movie directed by Asger Leth features Mads Mikkelsen on a secret mission in 8 episodes, each taking place in a different European country.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-05
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Now
Overview: A man and a woman meet in 1960. They marry because that's what you are supposed to do. But something goes wrong on their wedding night. They have no idea what to do with each other. Sexually. Emotionally. The husband meets a man who knows what to do with his sexuality. Suddenly a hand can do something no hand has done before and lips something no lips have ever done. The two men have a secret love affair. But there is a problem: The woman. And she has something up her sleeve. Will she act? Yes, she will. What happens? Nobody knows. Until now.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2003-01-27
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The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Overview: Join the adventure with the cast and crew, showcasing new characters, stunts, music, locations, production design, and visual effects in five chapters that chart the making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-29
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Gambler
Overview: A humorous documentary about Nicolas Winding Refn and his struggle to secure his family financially and help him get on with his life. Forced to file for personal bankruptcy after the failure of "Fear X" at the box office, Refn has only one chance to wipe the slate clean and continue his career as a filmmaker: produce sequels to his breakthrough movie "Pusher."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2006-04-20
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The Black Kaiser
Overview: In the film, the Black Kaiser (Mikkelsen), the world’s most lethal hitman, uncovers a deadly conspiracy protecting a powerful syndicate of killers, and becomes their number one target.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
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The Promised Land
Overview: Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2023-10-05
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The Boy Below
Overview: Anders is 10 years old and has one great passion: diving. He is going on holiday to Greece with his dad, whose behaviour is erratic due to his heavy drinking. They are secretive about their holiday, because the social welfare would stop them going if they knew. Only Grandmother knows. In Greece, Anders takes up his diving, but Dad isn't able to keep himself sober, and consequently Anders has nobody to turn to.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2003-01-28
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NWR
Overview: A documentary about Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, winner of the Best Director award at the Cannes Festival in 2011 for Drive. From his childhood to the shooting of his next movie, Only God Forgives, in Thailand, discover the whole career of a truly visionary filmmaker. With Ryan Gosling, Mads Mikkelsen, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Gaspar Noé, Peter Peter and Zlatko Buric.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-02
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The Salvation
Overview: In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2014-05-22
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Being James Bond
Overview: Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming 25th film No Time To Die, Craig shares his personal memories in conversation with 007 producers, Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-29
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Café Hector
Overview: Café Hector is the new in-place for the chic, high-flying, articulate jet-set, where steaming cups of cappuccino accompany their trendy chit-chat. Uffe is definitely not "in." He can't get a cappuccino, but he is given permission, just this once, to use the toilet. But Uffe is prepared for the situation. He can't take any more humiliation and he is armed!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-08
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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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Dust Bunny
Overview: An eight-year-old girl asks her scheming neighbor for help in killing the monster under her bed that she thinks ate her family.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
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Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Overview: An in-depth look at an incredible moment in film history when Steven Spielberg and George Lucas assembled an amazing creative team to collaborate on another cinematic benchmark featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews with Spielberg, Lucas, Harrison Ford, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, James Mangold, and many others as well.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-01
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Overview: A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-14
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Mufasa: The Lion King
Overview: Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.
Genres: Adventure Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-18
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Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Overview: An in depth feature length piece on the creative efforts to approach the Hannibal television series' third season "reboot" of the Red Dragon arc.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-08
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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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Hannibal: This Is My Design
Overview: An in-depth look at the production of Hannibal season 2, including everything from location shoots to special effects.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-16
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Angel of the Night
Overview: Rebecca has inherited her grandmother's Gothic mansion and brings both her best friend an her boyfriend for a weekend. While exploring the crypts they discover an old dusty book, which describes the life of a vampire. As the story unfolds, it becomes apparent that the vampire was Rebecca's great grandfather, Rico.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1998-12-04
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Arctic
Overview: A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-21
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Chaos Walking
Overview: Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-24
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Polar
Overview: When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-25
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At Eternity's Gate
Overview: Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-15
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The Flower Prisoner
Overview: Svend Aage is an aging prisoner. His son, Max, is doing well in the world "outside" - or so Svend Aage's wife tells him - and is quite unaware that his father is in jail. One day, a new inmate arrives at the gates to serve the most severe sentence ever handed out for violence and drug-related crime. It's Max.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1996-08-12
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The Caretaker
Overview: A man surveilling a woman sees something he can't ignore.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Tubabu
Overview: Directorial debut by DoP Oleg Lukichev
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ru
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Another Round
Overview: Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2020-09-24
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The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Overview: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-04
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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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Behind the Moomins
Overview: Interviews with the English language voice cast of 'Moomins and the Comet Chase.'
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Tom Merritt
Overview: Based on Edgar Lee Master's "Spoon River Anthology" from 1915, this is the story of Tom Merritt.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-15
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Doctor Strange
Overview: After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-25
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Billion Dollar Spy
Overview: The true story of a man who became the Pentagon's most valuable spy during the last years of the Cold War.
Genres: History Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Overview: Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-06
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The Three Musketeers
Overview: The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-31
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The Phantom
Overview: An enigmatic stranger, a couple who no longer exist, danger in the shadows and the key to it all - The new Ford Edge. Mads Mikkelsen and screen legend Barbara Steele star alongside the new Ford Edge in LE FANTÔME.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-14
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Overview: Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-25
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Becoming Bond
Overview: A documentary which shows the creation of Casino Royale (2006).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-07
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Return of the Goat II: New World Order
Overview: The goatman is back, and he's out to get you. Are you fast enough to out-ride the legendary creature?
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-18
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