One of Those Things | |
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Danish | Hændeligt uheld |
Directed by | Erik Balling |
Written by | Erik Balling Anders Bodelsen English dialogue David Hohnhen Jesse Lasky Jr |
Based on | novel Hit and Run Run Run by Anders Bodelsen |
Produced by | Erik Balling |
Starring | Roy Dotrice Judy Geeson |
Production company | Nordick Films |
Distributed by | Nordick Films Rank (UK) |
Release date | 1971 (UK) |
Country | Denmark |
Languages | English Danish |
Budget | 3.5 million Danish kroner [1] |
One of Those Things is a 1971 Danish film. The movie was shot in Denmark in 1969, using British actors and English dialogue in order to make it more appearing to the international market. [2]
Its Danish title was Hændeligt uheld.
An automobile plant manufacturer, Henrik Vinther, is part of a big business deal with a Japanese company. He is invited to a party by a younger woman, Susanne. Driving home, Henrik hits an elderly man, but drives on. The next day he hears a report that the man has died.
Henrik's employers force him to appear on television to discuss a new deal with a Japanese company. He is spotted by Susanne, who blackmails him into giving her a job. Henrik's wife has a drinking problem.
In Japan, Henrik and Susanne sleep together. Henrik's wife tells him she is pregnant.
The film was shot in Copenhagen with mostly Danish money, although it was sold to the Rank organisation. [1]
The film was released in the UK in 1971. The Daily Mail called it "insidiously calculated" but with "smooth acting." [3] The Observer commented on "a cast of excellent British actors doing their best to bring some life to a completely plastic production." [4] The Guardian called it "mostly daft... professional, competent and utterly empty of any significance whatsoever." [5]
Variety called it "a smooth psychological thriller... every moment is handled with superior suspense and psychological sense. The photography by Jorgen Skov is imaginative without straining for effects. The editing job...is excellent... Good, modern film fare, entertaining without being neither pretentious or condescending." [1]
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