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Overview

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6.2/10   6,646 votes
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Director:
Bille August
Writers (WGA):
Peter Høeg (novel)
Ann Biderman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 February 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Snow covers everything...except the truth
Plot:
Based on Peter Hoeg's bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
well at least it's original 6/10 more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ona Fletcher ... Inuit Hunter

Julia Ormond ... Smilla Jasperson
Agga Olsen ... Juliane Christiansen
Patrick Field ... Policeman
Matthew Marsh ... Detective

Gabriel Byrne ... The Mechanic

Jim Broadbent ... Dr. Lagermann

Tom Wilkinson ... Prof. Loyen
Charlotte Bradley ... Mrs. Lagermann

Richard Harris ... Dr. Andreas Tork
Charles Lewsen ... Pastor (as Charles Lewson)

Robert Loggia ... Moritz Jasperson
Emma Croft ... Benja
Bob Peck ... Ravn
Ann Queensberry ... Mrs. Schou
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee (Germany)
Fröken Smillas känsla för snö (Sweden)
Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne (Denmark)
Smilla's Feeling for Snow (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, some violence and a sex scene.
Runtime:
121 min
Language:
English | Inuktitut
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Bavaria Film more

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Trivia:
Director Bille August has later admitted that the film did not turn out as well as he had hoped. He said that in hindsight there was an inherent problem ever since the script stage of transforming the qualities of Peter Høeg's novel into film. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: On the boat while listening to the tape, Licht tells Smilla that there is an EEG monitoring someone's heart. EEGs measure brain waves; EKGs (also called ECGs) measure heart rate and electrical activity. more
Quotes:
Smilla: I don't say this to hurt your feelings but you really stink. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Jack Frost (#9.13)" (1997) more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
well at least it's original 6/10, 23 February 2002
6/10
Author: The_Wood from slc

Smilla's Sense of Snow is a revenge tale of sorts, that stars Julia Ormond playing the female version of Dirty Harry. At one point, she is so fed up with her father's wife, she grabs the girl by the neck with one hand, and by the crotch with the other, and says, "leave me alone!" This is one tough babe, who is sexy as hell. She wants to know what happened to her 'friend' (a homely child who lives next door to her, and was killed). Where her investigation takes her is something you would see in a James Bond film.

Nice acting by everyone -- especially Ormond. The film is just so out there, and it wears thin quickly, and goes nowhere slowly. Worth seeing for Ormond's tough girl character though.

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