''Princess'' is a 2006

adult animated An adult is an animal that has reached full growth. The biological definition of the word means an animal reaching sexual maturity and thus capable of reproduction. In the human context, the term ''adult'' has meanings associated with social and ...

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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Anders Morgenthaler Anders Morgenthaler (born 5 December 1972) is a Danish comics artist, children's book author, animator and film director. Biography Morgenthaler is a graduate of Designskolen Kolding and the National Film School of Denmark. Having worked as a ...

and co-written by Morgenthaler and

Mette Heeno Mette is a female given name of Scandinavian origin. It is descended from the name Margaret and is also considered a variant of Matilda. Notable people *Mette Abildgaard (born 1988), Danish politician * Mette Andersen (born 1974), Danish cyclist ...

. The film tells the harsh story of a missionary named August (

Thure Lindhardt Thure Frank Lindhardt (; born 24 December 1974) is a Denmark, Danish actor, educated at the drama school at Odense Teater, Odense Theatre in 1998. Life and career Lindhardt grew up in Roskilde. At the age of 12, he got a part in Bille August's ...

) whose sister, a former porn star nicknamed "The Princess," has died of drug abuse and left behind her 5-year-old daughter. August adopts the child and they embark on a violent mission of vengeance to destroy all existing pornographic material featuring Princess. ''Princess'', rated for mature audiences, won awards at three European film festivals and was nominated for the 2007

Robert Award The Robert Award () is a Danish film prize awarded each year by the Danish Film Academy since 1984. Description The Robert-Prisen (Robert Award) is an annual award given by the Danish Film Academy, launched in 1984. It is the Danish equivalent ...

for Best Danish Film.

Cast

as August (voice) *

Stine Fischer Christensen Stine Fischer Christensen (born 3 February 1985) is a Danish actress. She has appeared in more than fifteen films since 1997. For her performance as ''Anna Louisa Hansson'' in '' After the Wedding'' she won the Bodil and Robert Award for Best A ...

as Christina (voice) *

Jens Arentzen Jens may refer to: * Jens (given name), a list of people with the name * Jens (surname), a list of people * Jens, Switzerland, a municipality * 1719 Jens, an asteroid See also * Jensen (disambiguation) Jensen may refer to: People and fictional ...

Rasmus Bjerg Rasmus Bjerg (born 28 July 1976) is a Danish actor, comedian and singer. He has enjoyed much success alongside Jonas Schmidt, in series like ''P.I.S. - Politiets Indsats Styrke'', '' Wulffmorgenthaler'', '' Dolph & Wulff'' and ''Jul i Verdens ...

* Jiming Cai *

Liv Corfixen Liv Corfixen (born 13 January 1973) is a Danish actress and documentary filmmaker. Career Corfixen worked as an actress in Denmark, appearing in a small roles in Susanne Bier's '' The One and Only'' and her husband Nicolas Winding Refn's f ...

as Hooker in car (voice) *

Ida Dwinger Ida Dwinger (born 6 March 1957) is a Danish actress. She graduated from Odense Theater School in 1984. Filmography Movies * '' Open Hearts'' aka Dogme #28 (2002) * '' Facing the Truth'' (2002) * '' Reconstruction'' (2003) * ''Princess'' ( ...

as Mother (voice) * Mira Hilli Møller Hallund as Mia (voice) * Rikke Hallund *Henrik Ibsen *

Tommy Kenter Tommy Osvald Charlie Kenter (born 15 April 1950 in Copenhagen) is a Danish actor. He had his debut already when he was 11 years old in '' Cirkus Buster'', performing under the name Tommy Kanter. He later appeared as "fru Christoff" in the satir ...

as Preben (voice) *

Margrethe Koytu Margret(h)e is an alternate spelling of the feminine given name Margaret (name), Margaret. People so named include: * Margrete or Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412), Queen of Denmark and Queen of Norway and Sweden by marriage * Margrethe II of D ...

as Karen (voice) *

Søren Lenander Søren (, ) or Sören (, ) is a Scandinavian given name that is sometimes anglicized as Soren. The name is derived from that of the 4th-century Christian saint Severin of Cologne,Portal Rheinische Geschichte"Severin (circa 330-400), Heiliger und B ...

as Sonny (voice) * Karen Rosenberg as Woman (voice) *

Christian Tafdrup Christian Tafdrup (born 8 April 1978) is a Danish actor, film director, and screenwriter. As a director, he is best known for his directorial debut ''Parents'' (2016) that won the 2017 Robert Award for Best Director, as well as his psychological ...

as Charlie * Peter van Hoof as Various Characters (voice) *

Niels Weyde Niels is a male given name, equivalent to Nicholas, which is common in Denmark, Belgium, Norway (formerly) and the Netherlands. The Norwegian and Swedish variant is Nils. The name is a developed short form of Nicholas or Greek Nikolaos, after Saint ...

as Officer Andersen (voice) *

Gunnar Wille Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior ...

References

External links

''Princess''
at IMDb
''Princess''
at Det Danske Filmistitut (in Danish)
Review of ''Princess''
at BeyondHollywood.com 2006 films 2006 animated films 2006 drama films Danish adult animated films Danish drama films German animated feature films German drama films Films directed by Anders Morgenthaler 2006 directorial debut films 2000s Danish-language films 2020s German films {{2000s-Denmark-film-stub