''The Boys from St. Petri'' ( da, Drengene fra Sankt Petri) is a 1991 Danish
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...
directed by
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. It was screened out of competition at the
1992 Cannes Film Festival.
The film is inspired by the activities of the
Churchill Club
The Churchill Club ( da, Churchill-klubben) was a group of eight teenage schoolboys from Aalborg Cathedral School in the north of Jutland who performed acts of sabotage against the Germans during the occupation of Denmark in the Second World War.
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, but the actual plot is fiction. It is based on Bjarne Reuter's book ''Drengene fra Sankt Petri''.
It has been published in English as ''Boys from St. Petri.''
Cast
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Tomas Villum Jensen
Tomas Villum Jensen (born 12 April 1971) is a Danish actor and film director. He has appeared in 29 films and television shows since 1991. He starred in ''The Boys from St. Petri'', which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film F ...
as Lars Balstrup
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Morten Buch Jørgensen as Gunnar Balstrup
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Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Nikolaj Lie Kaas (; born 22 May 1973) 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'' i ...
as Otto Hvidmann
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Christian Grønvall as Søren Brinck
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Karl Bille as Olaf 'Luffe' Juhl
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Søren Hytholm Jensen as Anders Møller
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Joachim Knop as Aage Terkilsen
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Xenia Lach-Nielsen as Irene
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Bent Mejding as Provst Johannes Balstrup
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Helle Merete Sørensen as Fru Ingeborg Balstrup
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Ida Nepper as Gerda Balstrup
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Philip Zandén as Jacob 'Rosen' Rosenheim
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Solbjørg Højfeldt as Fru Hvidmann
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Tilde Maja Frederiksen as Lis Hvidmann
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Amalie Ihle Alstrup as Kylle Hvidmann
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Sofie Wandrup as Bitten Hvidmann
References
External links
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1991 films
1990s Danish-language films
1991 drama films
Films directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Danish drama films
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