Cecilie (2007)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Hans Fabian Wullenweber

Writers:

Nikolaj Arcel (writer)
Rasmus Heisterberg (writer)

Release Date:

1 June 2007 (Denmark)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Winter | Schoolteacher | Drowning | Lake | Ghost

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Sonja Richter	...	Cecilie Larsen
Anders W. Berthelsen	...	Per Hartmann
Claus Riis Østergaard	...	Mads Larsen
Kurt Ravn	...	Karsten Levinsen
Lars Mikkelsen	...	Lasse N. Damgaard
Morten Suurballe	...	Peter Thomassen
Peder Holm Johansen	...	Michael Konnerup
Julie Grundtvig Wester	...	Camilla Simonsen
Petrine Agger	...	Louise, Lærer
Thomas W. Gabrielsson	...	Peter, Genbo
Mille Dinesen	...	Mette, Genbo
Janus Nabil Bakrawi	...	Christian, Læge
Niels Weyde	...	Sørensen, Øverlæge
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Helene Egelund	...	G. Simonsen, 1972
Rolf Hansen	...	Portør
Christian Hetland Jepsen	...	Peter Thomasen
Andreas Jessen	...	Michael Konnerup
Kristian Kjærsgaard	...	Dreng med mobil
Mads Knarreborg	...	Karsten Levinsen
Carsten Kressner	...	Doctor
Anne-Dorte Krog	...	Sygeplejerske
Steen Mathiesen	...	Betjent
Ida Randal	...	Trine Holm
Thomas Ravn	...	Læge
Lene Tiemroth	...	G. Simonsen
Jacob Weble	...	Betjent
Sus Wilkins	...	Trines veninde

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Denmark:15

Filming Locations:

Svendborg, Fyn, Denmark

Company:

Nimbus Film Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: Per finds articles dated February 1972 on Ekstrabladets web site. Ekstrabladet did not start saving articles digitally until December 1990.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Cecilie under overfladen (2007) (V)

Lacking ANY originality

Danish horror-thriller at it's finest. Big shame that Denmark has never released any good films in this genre. 'Cecilie' has got nothing new in mind. This movie sadly repeats clichés seen a thousand times before. I would recommend any average Bollywood-flick on ghosts instead of this useless waste of time. This is a haunting-story like most of them; the dead returns in spirit-form to undo injustice perpetrated against them in life. There's nothing disturbing or the least scary in this classic setup. Unless you're maybe totally new to these kind of films. What is really frightening is the lousy screenplay, lacking any interesting plot-events or the least original initiative. Sonja Richter normally seems talented. In this film, though, she seems utterly talentless, burnt out & is lacking any chemistry with her male counterpart. She's not at any point believable and she's not able to keep one's interest in this by all means ridiculous film. It saddens me that the danish film industry spends money on such worthless movies. All known & talented actors are casted, but none of them able to raise this movie above the ridiculously dull, lame and unoriginal.