''Allegro'' is a 2005 Danish film directed by
Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with
Mikael Wulff. It is Christoffer Boe's second film as a director. It features
Ulrich Thomsen
Ulrich Thomsen (born 6 December 1963) is a Danish actor and filmmaker, known for his role of Kai Proctor in the Cinemax original series ''Banshee'' (2013-2016).
Biography
Ulrich Thomsen was born in (Næsby) Odense, Denmark and graduated from th ...
and former model
Helena Christensen.
Plot
Zetterstrøm (Ulrich Thomsen) once had a love affair with a woman (Helena Christensen), then left her and forgot all about his past, in favour of his musical career. While he is away from
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
, a
supernatural
Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings si ...
incident occurs, making the central part of Copenhagen inaccessible, over time it becomes impossible to enter the area due to some invisible shield. When Zetterstrøm returns to Copenhagen, he is oblivious to this incident and is guided by a mysterious man (
Henning Moritzen
Henning Moritzen (3 August 1928 – 11 August 2012) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1950 and 2010. He was born in Taarbæk, Denmark.
Partial filmography Film
* ''John og Irene'' (1949) – Gæst ved Carl ...
) into the zone. Inside the zone, Zetterstrøm must re-experience his unresolved and traumatic love affair.
Cast
* ''Zetterstrøm'' --
Ulrich Thomsen
Ulrich Thomsen (born 6 December 1963) is a Danish actor and filmmaker, known for his role of Kai Proctor in the Cinemax original series ''Banshee'' (2013-2016).
Biography
Ulrich Thomsen was born in (Næsby) Odense, Denmark and graduated from th ...
* ''Andrea'' --
Helena Christensen
* ''Tom'' --
Henning Moritzen
Henning Moritzen (3 August 1928 – 11 August 2012) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1950 and 2010. He was born in Taarbæk, Denmark.
Partial filmography Film
* ''John og Irene'' (1949) – Gæst ved Carl ...
* ''Alex in the Zone'' --
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 ...
* ''Morten'' --
Jon Lange
* ''Terence Sander'' --
Nicolas Bro
Production
The film was shot in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
, Denmark and in
Manhattan
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,
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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Film and television
* '' ...
, United States.
Soundtrack
1. From Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no.5, BWV 1056 in F minor/f-Moll/en fa mineur
II – Largo (3’ 00)
2. From Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no.1, BWV 1052 in D minor/d-Moll/en ré mineur
I – Allegro (7’ 45)
3. From Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no.3, BWV 1054 in D major/D-Dur/en ré majeur
II – Adagio e piano sempre (6’ 09)
4. From Concerto no.3, BWV 974 (After Alessandro Marcello, Oboe Concerto opus 1, in D minor/d-Moll/en ré mineur)
II – Adagio (5’ 03)
5. Aria from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (3’ 07) From
The Well-Tempered Clavier
''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time, ''clavier'', meaning keyboard, referred to a variety of ins ...
, book 1 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Teil 1) (le Clavier bien tempéré, livre 1)
6. Prelude no.1, BWV 846 in C major/C-Dur/en do majeur (2’ 00)
7. Prelude no.2, BWV 847 in C minor/c-Moll/en do mineur (1’ 30)
8. Prelude no.3, BWV 848 in C sharp major/Cis-Dur/en do dièze majeur (1’ 14)
9. Fuge no.8, BWV 853 in D sharp minor/dis-Moll/en ré dièze mineur (5’ 52)
10. Prelude no.20, BWV 865 in A minor/a-Moll/en la mineur (0’ 56)
11. Inventio no.1, BWV 772 in C major/C-Dur/en do majeur (1’ 18)
12. Inventio no.6, BWV 777 in E major/E-Dur/en mi majeur (2’ 36)
13. Inventio no.8, BWV 779 in F major/F-Dur/en fa majeur (0’ 51)
14. Sinfonia no.5, BWV 791 in E flat major/Es-Dur/ en mi bémol majeur (2’ 22)
15. Gnomenreigen (Dance Of The Gnomes)
All the music by Johann Sebastian Bach, except "Gnomenreigen" by Franz Liszt.
Complementary music by Anders Remers and Morten Green.
References
External links
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Official Web Site''Allegro'' at the 2nd edition of Venice Days(62nd Venice International Film Festival
The 62nd annual Venice International Film Festival opened on 31 August 2005 with Tsui Hark's '' Seven Swords'' and closed on 10 September 2005 with a screening of Peter Ho-sun Chan's musical '' Perhaps Love''. The lineups were announced by the f ...
)
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2000s romance films
2005 films
2000s Danish-language films
Films directed by Christoffer Boe
Danish romance films