In China They Eat Dogs (1999) I Kina spiser de hunde (original title)

Director:

Lasse Spang Olsen

Writer:

Anders Thomas Jensen (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 September 1999 (Denmark)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Two brothers, one cold and ruthless, the other sensitive and reluctant, and their brutal misadventures.

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Bank Robber | Angel | C4 Explosives | Gangster Comedy

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Kim Bodnia	...	Harald
Dejan Cukic	...	Arvid
Nikolaj Lie Kaas	...	Martin
Tomas Villum Jensen	...	Peter
Peter Gantzler	...	Franz
Trine Dyrholm	...	Hanne
Line Kruse	...	Astrid
Brian Patterson	...	Vuk
Søren Sætter-Lassen	...	Henning (as Søren Sætter Lassen)
Lester Wiese	...	Richard
Jesper Christensen	...	Bartender
Lasse Lunderskov	...	Jørgen
Preben Harris	...	Erling
Slavko Labovic	...	Ratko
Zarko Labovic	...	Onkel (Uncle)
Vasilije Bojicic	...	Onkel (Uncle)
Vojkan Fatic	...	Onkel (Uncle)
Nikola Labovic	...	Onkel (Uncle)
Milutin Garevic	...	Onkel (Uncle)
Anna-Britt Mathiasen	...	Gunna (as Anna Britt Mathiassen)
Martin Spang Olsen	...	Preben
Red Warszawa	...	Rockband (Rock band)
Niels Brinch	...	Interviewer
Emil Øigaard	...	Vagt 1 (Guard 1)
Erik Holmey	...	Vagt 2 (Guard 2)
B.S. Christiansen	...	Betjent 1 (Police officer 1)
Jonas Schmidt	...	Betjent 2 (Police officer 2)
Jesper Find	...	Astrids nabo (Astrid's neighbour)
Christina Birksø	...	Ung pige i bank (Young girl in bank)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vanja Bajicic	...	Onkel (Uncle)

Directed by
Lasse Spang Olsen

Writing credits
Anders Thomas Jensen		(screenplay)

Produced by
Michael Brask	....	executive producer
Steen Herdel	....	producer

Original Music by
George Keller

Cinematography by
Morten Søborg

Film Editing by
Lasse Spang Olsen

Production Design by
Robert Grant

Set Decoration by
Bent E.

Makeup Department
Charlotte Laustsen	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Elise Lund Larsen	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ian Kroch	....	assistant director

Art Department
Jacob Stig Olsson	....	property master (as Jakob Stig Olsson)
Tobias Tømming	....	property master

Sound Department
Rolf Auhagen	....	dialogue editor
Benni Christiansen	....	sound mixer
Brian Christiansen	....	sound mixer
Morten Degnbol	....	sound
Lars Lund	....	sound assistant
Diresh Mirchandani	....	sound editor
Clive Taylor	....	sound designer: Power Post

Special Effects by
Lars Andersen	....	special effects technician (as Lars Kolding Andersen)
Kim Blidorf	....	special effects runner (as Kim Petersen)
Hummer Høimark	....	special effects coordinator: Dansk Special Effekt Service
Ilja Jonbak Nielsen	....	special effects assistant (as Ilja Jon Bak Nielsen)

Visual Effects by
Steen Lyders Hansen	....	Inferno artist
Andreas Rostock	....	Inferno artist
Martin Wells	....	digital grader: Philips Spirit Datacine, The Warehouse A/S

Stunts
Michael Einspor	....	stunt props: Einspor MC-produktion
Terry Forrestal	....	stunts
Steen Herdel	....	stunts
Ole Jensen	....	stunt props
Lasse Spang Olsen	....	stunt coordinator
Lasse Spang Olsen	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Anders Askegaard	....	still photographer
Jesper Find	....	assistant camera
Hans Jacob Hansen	....	lighting assistant
Thomas Neivelt	....	lighting supervisor
Ricki Rasmussen	....	clapper loader (as Ricki Bering Rasmussen)
Otto Stenov	....	lighting supervisor
Jesper With	....	lighting technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eva Nauman	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Jesper Andersen	....	post-production coordinator
Tómas Gislason	....	teaser trailer editor
Christell Moe	....	post-production coordinator: Digital Film Lab
Lasse Spang Olsen	....	teaser trailer editor

Other crew
Mark Andersen	....	runner
Pernille Thorup Andersen	....	production assistant
Thomas Bue Schultz	....	film recordist: The Warehouse
B.S. Christiansen	....	weapons coordinator
Stine Monty Freddie	....	script supervisor
Niels Frederik	....	chef: Restaurant F
Lothar Friis	....	weapons coordinator
Hans Ib Noe Hansen	....	on-line technician
Martin Hansen	....	production assistant
Camilla Hjersing	....	runner
P.K. Jensen	....	weapons coordinator
Mogens Kløvedal	....	consultant: TV2
Jakob Larsen	....	runner
Thomas Ravn	....	location scout
Matthias Kromann Rode	....	runner
Sille Rebekka Tikøb	....	production assistant (as Sille Tikjøb)

Thanks
Tómas Gislason	....	thanks
Søren Hvestendal	....	thanks: Vejafdelingens Forvaltningskontor
Birger Møller Jensen	....	thanks
Erik Klenum	....	thanks: DS Industrien
Jan Krogsgård	....	thanks
Per Falk Larsen	....	thanks: Vejafdelingens Forvaltningskontor
Nikoline Hede Madsen	....	thanks
Eddie Simonsen	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Steen Herdel Filmproduktion
• Scanbox Entertainment (in cooperation with)
• TV2 Danmark (in cooperation with)

Distributors

• A-Film Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• EnterTech Home Entertainment Inc. (2001) (USA) (subtitled)
• Hollydan Works (2001) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2001) (video)
• Scanbox Entertainment (Denmark)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2000) (Finland) (video)
• TLA Releasing (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• TiMe Filmverleih (Germany)

Special Effects

• Dansk Speciel Effekt Service

Other Companies

• Det Danske Filminstitut  financing
• Amagerbanken  thanks
• Apple  thanks
• Autonorden  thanks
• Bendixen Biler A/S  thanks
• Blegdamsvejens Fængsel  thanks
• Café Langebro (København)  thanks
• Columbus Film  thanks
• DS Industrien  thanks
• Destiny-601  inferno effects
• Digital Film Lab  post-production coordination
• Einspor MC-produktion  stunt props
• Fritidsagenten  thanks
• H.B.J. Transport  stunt props
• Hertz Biludlejning A/S  thanks
• Hotel- og Restaurantskolen  thanks
• Københavns Havn  thanks
• Københavns Politi  thanks
• Meka Møbelcenter A/S  thanks
• Musikbranchens Reklamebureau  graphical design
• North Face, The  thanks
• Nybolig  thanks
• Omega Watches  thanks
• Parken  thanks
• Power Post Audio  sound design
• Rock Island  thanks
• Sun Studie  mixing studio
• Søren Hvalsø A/S  thanks
• The Warehouse  digital color grading
• The Warehouse  film recording
• Tuborg  thanks
• Vejafdelingens Forvaltningskontor  thanks

Also Known As:

"I Kina spiser de hunde" - Denmark (original title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish | English | Serbian | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA | Denmark:15 | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Café Langebro, Islands Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark

Company:

Steen Herdel Filmproduktion

Goofs:

Continuity: The alarm clock in the opening sequence shows 6:45 am and a while later, it starts beeping but still shows 6:45 am.

Quotes:

Richard:[Richard just found out that bartender is a Devil] Dammit, I should've known... you little devil you... but I haven't seen you before!
Bartender:It's also my first pick-up

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Zulu Late Night, Live!: Lasse Rimmer/B.S. Christiansen (#1.1)" (2009)

WOW! A philosophical gangster comedy!

I have seen both IN CHINA THEY EAT DOGS and it's prequel, OLD MEN IN NEW CARS, and I have to say that this is the best of them. Where OLD MEN is a little more formulaic and recognizable as an average crime comedy, CHINA has fantastically bizarre elements that surprise and alarm. It's amazing how comical death can be if handled in the right way.

The film does bring up genuinely philosophical questions of right and wrong that, in my household, spurred interesting discussions about morality vs. social norm.

By the end of the film you most likely will be thinking about the same things and hoping that in your last hours you too will be able to avoid the men in the funny pants.