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The Danish Poet

  • 20062006
  • 15m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.4K
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The Danish Poet (2006)
  • Animation
  • Short
  • Romance
A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.
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2.4K
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  • Director
    • Torill Kove
  • Writer
    • Torill Kove(screenplay)
  • Star
    • Liv Ullmann(voice)
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  • Director
    • Torill Kove
  • Writer
    • Torill Kove(screenplay)
  • Star
    • Liv Ullmann(voice)
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    • 14User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 10 wins & 2 nominations total

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      • Torill Kove
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      • Torill Kove(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The first Norwegian film to win an Oscar since Kon-Tiki (1950).
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Narrator: But had it not been for the Danish poet and Sigrid Undset, a rainy summer in Norway, a slippery barn plank, a careless mailman, a hungry goat, a broken thumb, and a crowded train, my parents might never have met at all, and who knows; I might still be a little seed floating around in the sky waiting for someone to come and get me.

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      Featured in The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation (2007)

    User reviews14

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    8/10
    Charming
    A sweet, loving, humorous tale. This is two stories. First, it wrestles with the issue of where we come from. Secondly, it tells the story of a Danish poet who lost his inspiration. It took him years to pull himself out of his perpetual angst when he meets a good woman. This won the best animated film in the year produced. It is colorful, not preachy, and innocent. Nice work.
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    • Release date
      • October 2006 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Norway
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Данський поет
    • Production companies
      • Mikrofilm
      • National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
      • Norwegian Film Fund
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      15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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