Princess (2006)

Due to his sister's death, the 32 year old August returns and consequently abandons his profession as a missionary priest. His beloved sister Christina, who went from greatness to decay as ... See full summary »

Director:

Anders Morgenthaler

Writers:

Mette Heeno, Anders Morgenthaler

Stars:

Thure Lindhardt, Stine Fischer Christensen, Jens Arentzen

4 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Credited 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)
Campbell Snavely	...	Lead

Storyline

Due to his sister's death, the 32 year old August returns and consequently abandons his profession as a missionary priest. His beloved sister Christina, who went from greatness to decay as the famous porn-star The Princess, is dead after years of drug abuse. She leaves behind her 5-year old daughter Mia, whom August feels obliged to take care of. Weighed down by grief and guilt he decides to revenge the dead of Christina - and takes Mia on a mission to destroy all existing pornographic material featuring The Princess. The mission escalates into a brutal and violent rout, where August is desperately trying to protect the only precious thing in his life, Mia, why he is forced to make a fatal decision.

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Plot Keywords:

crying baby | video camera | filming | girl | video | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Denmark Germany

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

16 June 2006 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Hercegnő

Box Office

Budget:

DKK 8,600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shotgun Pictures, Zentropa Entertainments

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Connections

Remake of Araki: The Killing of a Japanese Photographer (2003)

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Soundtracks

Hold On!
Written by Sweatmaster
Performed by Sweatmaster

User Reviews

It could never have been made as a live movie...

This is great anime for adults. The story moves you, affects you, so that you will remember it. It is like the hardcore Japanese manga anime stuff with over the top violence and gore, but also with lots of implied sick, twisted, disturbing things. It is truly cruel to watch. A lot of other things I watch are considered sick and disturbed but they never affected me. Princess did...

Sometimes real live film appears in the film, mainly when the characters watch TV. Maybe that is to make viewers more involved in the characters? But I feel the anime characters are more engaging. I do not think the movie gained anything by doing this. Especially the last 1 minute or so of live stuff should have been deleted.

The animations/drawings were great. Especially the lighting. The perspective in the lines were considerably unnatural, which was annoying for me. The characters were portrayed really well. The story was incredibly tragic and great.

I give it a 9 out of 10 if I pretend the last minute is gone.