''Webmaster'' (original title ''Skyggen'', also known as ''The Shadow'') is a 1998 Danish

cyberpunk Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting said to focus on a combination of "low-life and high tech". It features futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cyberwa ...

thriller film. Directed by Thomas Borch Nielsen, it stars Danish actor

Lars Bom Lars Bom (Olesen) (born 8 April 1961) is a Denmark, Danish actor, educated at Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance, The Danish National School of Theatre in 1985. Lars Bom has worked in various roles in Theatre, Film and Telev ...

as the cerebral, machine-like hacker-turned-webmaster J.B., who performs his job while hanging upside down, wearing virtual reality goggles, his mind busy deep inside cyberspace. Upon witnessing a murder, he teams up with the impulsive, energetic Miauv ( Puk Scharbau). The film furthermore won a Silver Grand Prize at the 1999 Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, and a Danish Robert Award for Best Production Design. The movie was financed by the Danish bank "Forstædernes Bank"Forstædernes Bank is no longer a functional lending and savings institution. and the final production cost was not disclosed by neither producers nor the director. When the movie was released in Denmark in 1998 it was met with mixed reviews.

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''Skyggen'' at the Danish National Filmography

Zeitgeist (production company)
1998 films Cyberpunk films Danish science fiction films 1990s Danish-language films 1998 science fiction films {{1990s-Denmark-film-stub