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The Boss of It All

Original title: Direktøren for det hele
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
12K
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The Boss of It All (2006)
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Comedy

An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

  • Director
    • Lars von Trier
  • Writer
    • Lars von Trier
  • Stars
    • Jens Albinus
    • Peter Gantzler
    • Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lars von Trier
    • Writer
      • Lars von Trier
    • Stars
      • Jens Albinus
      • Peter Gantzler
      • Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
    • 36User reviews
    • 90Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 7 nominations

    Videos1

    Boss of it All
    Trailer 1:58
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    Lars von Trier and Jens Albinus in The Boss of It All (2006)
    Jens Albinus and Peter Gantzler in The Boss of It All (2006)
    Jens Albinus and Peter Gantzler in The Boss of It All (2006)
    The Boss of It All (2006)
    Jean-Marc Barr, Iben Hjejle, and Casper Christensen in The Boss of It All (2006)
    Lars von Trier in The Boss of It All (2006)
    Jens Albinus, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, and Peter Gantzler in The Boss of It All (2006)
    Jens Albinus and Peter Gantzler in The Boss of It All (2006)
    Iben Hjejle and Jens Albinus in The Boss of It All (2006)
    Jens Albinus and Sofie Gråbøl in The Boss of It All (2006)
    Jens Albinus and Peter Gantzler in The Boss of It All (2006)
    Jens Albinus, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, and Peter Gantzler in The Boss of It All (2006)

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    Jens Albinus
    Jens Albinus
    • Direktøren for det hele…
    Peter Gantzler
    Peter Gantzler
    • Ravn
    Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
    Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
    • Finnur
    • (as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson)
    Benedikt Erlingsson
    Benedikt Erlingsson
    • Tolk
    Iben Hjejle
    Iben Hjejle
    • Lise
    Henrik Prip
    • Nalle
    Mia Lyhne
    • Heidi A.
    Casper Christensen
    Casper Christensen
    • Gorm
    Louise Mieritz
    Louise Mieritz
    • Mette
    Jean-Marc Barr
    Jean-Marc Barr
    • Spencer
    Sofie Gråbøl
    Sofie Gråbøl
    • Kisser
    Anders Hove
    Anders Hove
    • Jokumsen
    Lars von Trier
    Lars von Trier
    • Narrator
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lars von Trier
    • Writer
      • Lars von Trier
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This movie is shot with camera technique called Automavision, an innovation in which the camera angles and movements are selected by a computer. The media notes explain technique, "a principle for shooting film developed with the intention of limiting human influence by inviting chance in from the cold". There are odd framings and jump cuts within scenes making everything seem a bit unsettled.
    • Connections
      Featured in Smagsdommerne: Episode #4.16 (2006)

    User reviews36

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    7/10
    Not one of Lars von Trier's more important works, but it's worth a watch
    Lars von Trier's Danish-language comedy. It never interested me much, though I used to love von Trier (despite always acknowledging his numerous flaws). And it is definitely one of his least good films. If we ever find ourselves looking back at his career in the distant future, this one will not be mentioned much. It's about an out-of-work actor (Jens Albinus) who is hired by a company's CEO who is pretending only to be that company's lead lawyer (Peter Gantzler) to impersonate the mythical, unseen "boss of it all". Gantzler plans to sell off the company, as well as his employee's patents, to an Icelander (played by Children of Nature's director, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson), but he doesn't want to be identified as the guilty party, instead setting up this patsy to take the blame from his crazy co-workers (among whom is Iben Hjejle, whom you may remember from Stephen Frear's High Fidelity). The film is moderately amusing. Though many people seem to think von Trier's oeuvre consists mostly of tragedies, his work is more often darkly comic. The Boss of It All isn't nearly his funniest work. The Kingdom and The Idiots are both funnier, as is arguably Europa. Friðrik Þór Friðriksson actually provides most of the film's laughs as the thunderous, Dane-hating Icelander, recalling Ernst-Hugo Järegård's Dane-hating Swede from The Kingdom. But still, The Boss of It All is good, even if it will eventually just be a footnote.
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    • Jun 14, 2009

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 8, 2006 (Denmark)
    • Countries of origin
      • Denmark
      • Sweden
      • France
      • Italy
      • Germany
      • Iceland
    • Languages
      • Danish
      • Icelandic
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Найголовніший бос
    • Production companies
      • Zentropa Productions
      • Memfis Film
      • Slot Machine
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $51,548
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,855
      • May 27, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,111,395
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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