| A Funny Man | |
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| Directed by | Martin Zandvliet |
| Written by | Martin Zandvliet Anders Frithiof August |
| Produced by | Michael Ricks |
| Starring | Nikolaj Lie Kaas |
| Cinematography | Jesper Tøffner |
| Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
A Funny Man (Danish : Dirch) is a 2011 Danish semi-biographical drama film directed by Martin Zandvliet, and starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, about the Danish actor and comedian Dirch Passer. [1] [2]
Dirch Hartvig Passer was a Danish actor and comedian. He was greatly renowned for his improvisational skills and, with a filmography comprising 90 films, one of Denmark's most prolific actors. His life is depicted in the Danish semi-biographical film A Funny Man directed by Martin Zandvliet and starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Dirch Passer.
Brothers is a 2004 Danish psychological thriller war film directed by Susanne Bier and written by Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen. It stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Connie Nielsen and Ulrich Thomsen.
Nikolaj Lie Kaas is a Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s. Kaas graduated from the National Theater School in Denmark in 1998. He first appeared on screen in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's film The Boys from St. Petri in 1991 as Otto, the rebel son of a traitor.
Kjeld Petersen was a Danish film and stage actor. He appeared in 41 films between 1945 and 1962, and also enjoyed successes as dramatic stage actor and revue comedian, particularly in a crazy comedy duo with Dirch Passer, under the name "The Kellerdirk Brothers", lasting through the 1950s until his death.
Christoffer Boe is a Danish film director and screenwriter. His awards include the FIPRESCI Director of the Year at San Sebastián International Film Festival and the Golden Camera at Cannes Film Festival in 2003. He is also co-founder and director of the film production company AlphaVille Pictures Copenhagen.
Applause is a 2009 Danish film starring Paprika Steen from director/co-writer Martin Peter Zandvliet and Koncern Film. It tells the story of an actress's journey to reclaim her life and her family from the ravages of alcoholism and divorce.
The Robert Award for Best Danish Film is presented at an annual Robert Award ceremony by the Danish Film Academy
The Robert Award for Best Director is presented at an annual Robert Award show hosted by the Danish Film Academy. The category was introduced in 2001 and all directors of Danish films irrespective of the language of the film are eligible. The winner is selected among five nominees.
The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is a Danish Film Academy award presented at the annual Robert Award ceremony to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a Danish film.
The 65th Bodil Awards were held on 3 March 2012 in the Bremen Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2010. Lars von Trier's Melancholia won the awards for Best Danish Film and Best Cinematography. The only other multiple winner was A Funny Man, which took the awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Set Design. It also won the new Audience Award which was introduced this year in collaboration with Blockbuster. The awards for Best Leading and Supporting Actresses went to Lena Maria Christensen won the award for Best Actress for her performance in A Family and Paprika Steen won Best Supporting Actress for SuperClásico. Testamentet directed by Christian Sønderby Jepsen earned the award for Best Documentary. Winter's Bone was named Best American Film while the Iranian A Separation was selected as Best Non-American Film.
Freddy Frogface is a 2011 Danish 3D animated comedy film directed by Peter Dodd, and based on the book Orla Frøsnapper by Ole Lund Kirkegaard. It was later dubbed into English and was released in several other countries. It is the first film in a trilogy of computer-animated films based on children's books by Kirkegaard, after Jelly T (2012) and Otto the Rhino (2013).
The Robert Award for Best Score is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out every year since 1984, except 1988.
The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 1984.
The Robert Award for Best Screenplay is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 1984, but except in 1991 and 1993. On two occasions, in 2005 and in 2015, the Academy handed out two awards in the category, one for best original screenplay, and one for best adapted screenplay.
The Robert Award for Best Song is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 2002, bar 2014 and 2015.
The 20th Robert Awards ceremony was held on 2 February 2003 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2002.
The 29th Robert Awards ceremony was held on 5 February 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2011.
Martin Pieter Zandvliet is a Danish film director and screenwriter.
August Rosenbaum is a Danish composer, record producer and jazz pianist.
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