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9 July 2004 (USA) morePlot:
A young man is torn between his individual hopes and his sense of duty when his father dies and he is expected to take over the family industry. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
17 wins & 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
Shakespearean Tragedy Updated to the Family Business moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ulrich Thomsen | ... | Christoffer | |
| Lisa Werlinder | ... | Maria | |
| Ghita Nørby | ... | Annelise | |
| Karina Skands | ... | Benedikte | |
| Lars Brygmann | ... | Ulrik | |
| Peter Steen | ... | Niels | |
| Diana Axelsen | ... | Annika | |
| Jesper Christensen | ... | Holger Andersen | |
| Ulf Pilgaard | ... | Aksel | |
| Dick Kaysø | ... | Jens Mønsted | |
| Sarah Juel Werner | ... | Marie-Louise | |
| Linda Myrberg | ... | Ung skuespillerinde (Young actress) | |
| Lucy Andoraison Hansen | ... | Mira | |
| Eric Viala | ... | Frederic Rousseau | |
| Valerie Quent | ... | Frederic Rousseaus kone (Frederic Rousseau's wife) |
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Also Known As:
Arvet (Sweden)Inheritance (Europe: English title)
The Inheritance (Europe: English title)
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115 min | Germany:107 min (Filmfest Hamburg)Color:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:10 | Norway:15 | Singapore:R(A) | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated | Australia:MA | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12Fun Stuff
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Errors in geography: In some scenes you can clearly spot that they have been filmed in Malmö, and not in Stockholm where they supposedly take place. For instance are the public transport buses not in "Stockholm" colours and in another scene there is a phone number visible on a shop window, which has the Malmö prefix. moreFAQ
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"The Inheritance (Arven)" is the best look since "The Godfather" at the corrosive impact of family business where there's no boundaries between family and business.
The starting premise is strikingly similar to another Scandinavian drama, the Icelandic "The Storm (Hafið)," as in both we start off with a prodigal son happily and romantically involved abroad but forced back to deal with the patriarch's dramatic decision that has ever widening ramifications.
But whereas the first went off in psycho-sexual directions from a fishery, this Danish film stays realistically in the board room of a steel plant as much as the bed room.
Here, his wife is a Shakespearean actress and the Shakespearean references I caught are played up beyond "King Lear,"as the matriarch, a scarily formidable Ghita Nørby, whose role could be taken by Judi Dench or Glenn Close in an American remake, is a Lady MacBeth, and he's baited by a CFO with a pronounced Iago modus operandi, while the wife, the very moving Lisa Werlinder, is left to plead like Portia in "Julius Caeser."
Un-Hamlet-like, Ulrich Thomsen's manipulatable Christoffer plunges into decisions that succeed at high psychological prices for him and those around him, reminding me of the classic closing line of the adaptation of Henry James, "The Heiress": "I've learned from masters."