''Itsi Bitsi'', also known as ''Steppeulven'', is a 2014 Danish
drama film
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directed by
Ole Christian Madsen
Ole Christian Madsen (born 18 June 1966) is a Danish film director and screenwriter, script writer. Among his most successful projects are the movies ''Flame & Citron'', ''Prag (2006 film), Prag'', ''Angels in Fast Motion'' (danish language, da. ' ...
. It is a biopic of the band
Steppeulvene
Steppeulvene (Danish language for The Steppe Wolves) was a Denmark, Danish rock music, rock band which despite its short life has become the icon for the Danish hippie music scene. The name of the group was taken from the 1927 novel ''Steppenwolf ...
. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the
2014 Toronto International Film Festival
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.
Filming took place in a number of locations across Croatia, including
Motovun
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Zadar
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, and
Zagreb
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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 ...
as Eik's father
*
Ola Rapace
Sonny Ola Rapace Jawo (; né Pär Ola Norell; born 3 December 1971Julia Ragnarsson as Majbritt
* Christian Gade Bjerrum as Christian Arnø
*
Anette Støvelbæk
Anette Støvelbæk (born 27 July 1967) is a Danish actress. She was born in Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The c ...
as Eik's mother
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Marie Tourell Søderberg
Marie Tourell Søderberg (born 26 July 1988) is an actress known for 1864 (2014) and Itsi Bitsi (2015). She graduated from Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York in 2007 and finished her education at the Danish National School of P ...
as Iben Nagel Rasmussen
* as Henrik
*
Caspar Phillipson
Caspar Phillipson (born 13 January 1971) is a Danish actor and singer who perform on screen, stage, and as a voice actor, predominantly in Scandinavian productions. Phillipson is best known in the English-speaking world for his portrayal of John ...
as
Halfdan Rasmussen
Halfdan Wedel Rasmussen (29 January 1915 in Copenhagen – 2 March 2002) was a Danish poet. He was known for his literary nonsense verse for children and his serious adult writings about social issues and human rights. He was awarded with th ...