6 Movies Starring Jakob Cedergren

Stealing Rembrandt

Stealing Rembrandt

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-09-05

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark, UK

Runtime:

109 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (2459 Reviews)

Director:

Jannik Johansen

Cast:

Writer:

Jannik Johansen

Anders Thomas Jensen

Fullplot:

Four small-time criminals led by the seasoned, but realistic Mick, unite in a plot to steal a painting from a museum for a businessman who has emotional ties to it. By accident they steal the wrong painting and find themselves with an original Rembrandt worth millions. They eye a getaway from their everyday worries and debts, but instead their problems are only multiplied.

Dark Horse

Dark Horse

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-05-13

Languages:

Danish, English

Countries:

Denmark, Iceland

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2577 Reviews)

Director:

Dagur Kèri

Fullplot:

A young man spurs romance and helps his friend and himself go through times and struggles of their ordinary life in Denmark.

Terribly Happy

Terribly Happy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-10-24

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (4103 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaMystery

Cast:

Writer:

Henrik Ruben Genz (screenplay)

Dunja Gry Jensen (screenplay)

Erling Jepsen (novel)

Fullplot:

Robert Hansen is a cop in Copenhagen who makes a mistake, is remanded for therapy, then assigned to a small town in South Jutland, where cows and problems disappear into the mud. He quickly learns that the town bully, Jèrgen, beats his wife, an outsider like Robert. He tries to get her to swear out a complaint against Jèrgen; she flirts with Robert. When someone dies and Robert knows the prime suspect is innocent, he halts vigilante justice and things get complicated. He wants to protect himself and the daughter of Jèrgen, and he wants to reconnect with his own daughter back home. Is rural justice his ticket back to Copenhagen? Is there any chance at happiness?

Submarino

Submarino

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-09-01

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (6410 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jonas T. Bengtsson (novel)

Tobias Lindholm (screenplay)

Thomas Vinterberg (screenplay)

Fullplot:

As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. He drinks, lives in a shelter and tries to help an old friend. When their mother dies, Nick meets his brother at the funeral. The brother, who remains nameless, is a single father to a young boy, but also supports a drug habit that is spiraling out of control. When an opportunity presents itself, he becomes a drug dealer to secure his son's future. Eventually, the two brothers meet again.

Faro

Faro

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-03-15

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden, Finland

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (290 Reviews)

Director:

Fredrik Edfeldt

Fullplot:

A movie about a young girl and her dad, and their relationship to each other. Hella's dad is questioned by the police over a murder. Hella only has her dad, so if he get arrested she will go into foster care. So they take their things leave the house to live in the woods.

Sorrow and Joy

Sorrow and Joy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-11-14

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (657 Reviews)

Director:

Nils Malmros

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

In SORROW AND JOY filmmaker Johannes and his wife, schoolteacher Signe, experience the biggest sorrow and misfortune one can ever imagine. Nevertheless, in all the hopelessness they must try to reach for mutual and mature love in order to continue life after death. Director Nils Malmros is one of Danish films most significant personalities and during the last forty years his characters have always had a strong autobiographical element. Being his most personal film to date, SORROW AND JOY is no exception.

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