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4 March 1983 (Denmark)
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Plot:
Denmark, 1961. Bjørn, a middle-class boy in his early teens, wants to be accepted by Steen, a bullying...
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A really great film!
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Cast
(in credits order) | Adam Tønsberg | ... | Bjørn |
 | Morten Hoff | ... | Mulle |
| Peter Reichhardt | ... | Steen |
| Lone Lindorff | ... | Bjørn's mother |
| Arne Hansen | ... | Bjørn's father |
| Thomas Nielsen | ... | Henning |
| Solbjørg Højfeldt | ... | Steen's mother |
| Bent Raahauge Jørgensen | ... | Steen's father (as Bent Raahauge) |
| Inga Bjerre Bloch | ... | Mulle's mother |
| Jens Okking | ... | Mulle's father |
| Elga Olga Svendsen | ... | Bjørn's grandmother |
| Willy Jacobsen | ... | Bjørn's Grandfather |
| Ulrikke Bondo | ... | Kirsten |
| Søren Frølund | ... | Teacher 'Kaalormen' |
| Michael Shomacker | ... | Asger |
 | Jonas Elmer | ... | Folke |
| Erik Friisberg | ... | Købmand |
| Helen Svanholm | ||
| Ingelise Ullner | ||
| Bent Biran | ||
| Tony Madsen | ||
| Ane Haugen Mikkelsen | ||
| Henrik Poulsen | ||
| Bibi Beuchert | ||
| Helle Merete Jensen | ||
| William Weber | ||
| Ruth Hallgren | ||
| Hubert Guillov |
Directed by | |||
| Bille August | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Bille August | writer | |
| Bjarne Reuter | book | |
Produced by | |||
| Per Holst | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Bo Holten | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Jan Weincke | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Janus Billeskov Jansen | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Kirsten Koch | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Gitte Kolvig | |||
| Françoise Nicolet | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Birte Christensen | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Ib Tardini | .... | production leader | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Mads Egmont Christensen | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| William Knuttel | .... | props | |
| Søren Parup | .... | graphic artist | |
| Søren Krag Sørensen | .... | props | |
Sound Department | |||
| Erik Bjergfelt | .... | sound | |
| Niels Bokkenheuser | .... | sound | |
| Janne Find | .... | production sound recordist | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Marcel Berga | .... | still photographer | |
| Søren Berthelin | .... | assistant camera | |
| Ulf Björck | .... | lighting technician | |
| Jan Guldbrandsen | .... | lighting assistant | |
| Eg Norre | .... | grip | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Tómas Gislason | .... | assistant editor | |
| Michael Frank Nielsen | .... | color timer | |
Other crew | |||
| Stine Monty Freddie | .... | script (as Stine Monty) | |
| Jørgen Melgaard | .... | consultant | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- International Spectrafilm (1984) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
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103 min
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A great film about adolescence. I wish more people could see this film, because it is a true masterpiece. It isn't just a pleasant movie about growing up. It contains some truly powerful and painful scenes. Not with blood and violence, but with small and subtle means Bille August portrays the clash between good and evil when boys grow up to be men. The sequel, Tro, håb og kærlighed or Twist and shout is also a good movie, but it is somewhat superfluous because Zappa contains everything that a film about young people should contain. Quite a lot of danish films are very good when it comes to portraying the good and bad of growing up. Most of Bille Augusts early films are good, but other directors have made great films like Tree of Knowledge (1981), Dance of the Polar Bears (1990), Den Store badedag (1991) or for the younger kids Guldregn (1988). In my opinion though, Zappa is by far the strongest movie of them all.