Princess (2006/I)

Director:

Anders Morgenthaler

Writers:

Anders Morgenthaler
Mette Heeno

Release Date:

16 June 2006 (Denmark)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Drama

Plot:

Due to his sister's death, the 32 year old August returns and consequently abandons his profession as a missionary priest...

Plot Keywords:

Grief | Revenge | Porn Star | Death | Priest

Awards:

3 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Thure Lindhardt	...	August (voice)
Stine Fischer Christensen	...	Christina (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jens Arentzen
Rasmus Bjerg
Jiming Cai
Liv Corfixen	...	Luder i bil (voice)
Ida Dwinger	...	Mor (voice)
Mira Hilli Møller Hallund	...	Mia (voice)
Rikke Hallund
Henrik Ipsen	...	Caretaker
Tommy Kenter	...	Preben (voice)
Margrethe Koytu	...	Karen (voice)
Søren Lenander	...	Sonny (voice)
Karen Rosenberg	...	Kvinde (voice)
Christian Tafdrup	...	Charlie
Peter van Hoof	...	Various Characters (voice)
Niels Weyde	...	Betjent Andersen (voice)
Gunnar Wille

Directed by
Anders Morgenthaler

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mette Heeno
Anders Morgenthaler

Produced by
Jens Arnoldus	....	producer
Sarita Christensen	....	producer
Peter Garde	....	executive producer
Thomas Häberle	....	executive producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen	....	executive producer
Peter Rommel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Mads Brauer
Casper Clausen

Cinematography by
Kasper Tuxen		(live action) (as Kasper Tuxen Andersen)

Film Editing by
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

Casting by
Lene Seested

Production Design by
Rune Fisker

Art Direction by
Gitte Bundgaard-Malling

Makeup Department
Mandy Ketcheson	....	contact lens coordinator

Production Management
Charlotte Buch	....	post-production manager
Charlotte Buch	....	post-production supervisor
Trine Finnich	....	assistant production manager
Dorte Gude	....	post-production supervisor (as Dorthe Gude)
Jonas Ask Hamed	....	production manager
Pia Nielsen	....	post-production supervisor

Art Department
Esben Fisker	....	production designer: animation
Snorre Krogh	....	storyboard artist
Mathilde Lippmann	....	property master
Thomas Nøhr	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Jakob Garfield	....	sound assistant (as Jakob Garfield Mortensen)
Julien Naudin	....	foley artist
Kasper Rasmussen	....	sound editor (as Kasper Janus Rasmussen)
Peter Schou	....	sound editor
James Seddon	....	dolby consultant

Visual Effects by
Cedrik Roger Gérard Marquis	....	compositor
Cedrik Roger Gérard Marquis	....	visual effects
Johannes Sebastian Jørgen Erik Møgelvang	....	compositor (as Johannes S.J.E. Møgelvang)
Johannes Sebastian Jørgen Erik Møgelvang	....	digital artist
Johannes Sebastian Jørgen Erik Møgelvang	....	visual effects (as Johannes S.J.E. Møgelvang)
Andreas von Cotta-Schønberg	....	compositor
Andreas von Cotta-Schønberg	....	digital artist
Andreas von Cotta-Schønberg	....	visual effects
Julie Margaret Williams	....	colorist (as Julie Williams)

Animation Department
Stine Marie Buhl	....	animator (as Stine Buhl)
Daniel Callaby	....	animator
Klaus Gjørup	....	animator
Camilla Haages	....	junior animator
Mads Juul	....	animation director
Mads Juul	....	animator
Ole Madsen	....	animator
John Kenn Mortensen	....	animator (as John K. Mortensen)
Kristjan Møller	....	animation director
Slaven Reese	....	animator
Jakob Welner	....	cg animator

Editorial Department
Ejvind Bording	....	color timer
Gregers Dohn	....	trailer editor
Rune Holm	....	colorist
Ida Marie Harder Jeppesen	....	post-production coordinator
Dan Loghin	....	assistant editor
Sune F. Andersen	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Mikkel Maltha	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Esben Fisker	....	title designer
Nina Helveg	....	production coordinator
Hans 'Haj' Jørgensen	....	systems administrator
Ann Køj	....	production accountant
Freddy Neumann	....	publicist
Ida Sinding	....	production assistant
Charlotte Sommer	....	laboratory coordinator
Jeppe Ullé Walther	....	pipeline developer
Vinca Wiedemann	....	artistic manager

Production Companies

• Shotgun Pictures (co-production)
• Zentropa Entertainments (as Zentropa Grrrr)

Distributors

• Filmfreak Distributie (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Biografdistribution (2005) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Seven Films (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Équation (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Art Mood Entertainment (2006) (Spain) (all media)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (DVD)
• Det Danske Filminstitut (worldwide)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Palisades Tartan (2006) (USA) (all media)
• Tarantula Films (2007) (Mexico) (all media)
• Tartan (2007) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Det Danske Filminstitut  funding
• EF Rental  equipment
• Mainstream ApS  sound studio
• Minerva Film  post-production facilities
• New Danish Screen  funding
• Nordisk Film ShortCut  film lab

Also Known As:

Runtime:

90 min | Canada:78 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Germany:82 min

Country:

Denmark | Germany

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Denmark:15 | France:-12 | Australia:R | Australia:R (2006) | Argentina:18 | Germany:16 | UK:18 | Finland:K-18 (self-applied) | Norway:15 | Sweden:15

Company:

Shotgun Pictures

Trivia:

The film consists of 80% animation and 20% live action.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Smagsdommerne: Episode #3.16" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Sjæl i flammer

Kids and porn

The BBC series Monkey Dust used animation to portray fairly adult themes. In fact, there were many motifs that seem to come directly from that show, as well as the animation style. I suspect the film has either copied this style directly, or their is a shared artistic connection.

The film covers the porn industry and its fallout. It is put together quite skilfully, but has no consistent mood and ends rather sentimentally. The spine is an almost Kill Bill style revenge plot, around which the sharp edges of the real world intrude. The film has heart but no gravity; it weaves a spell around itself but not the audience. So in the end the whole is considerably less than the sum of its well put together parts.