''At World's End'' () is a 2009 Danish
action comedy
The action comedy is a film genre that applies to action films where humor plays a much more central role. While early films feature stuntwork and humor, academic Cynthia King wrote that the genre only came into its own as a mainstay of the America ...
film directed by
Tomas Villum Jensen
Tomas Villum Jensen (born 12 April 1971) is a Danish actor and film director
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and starring
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 ...
,
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (born 16 January 1982) is a Danish actress. She has been nominated for three Robert Awards and one Bodil Award. Born in Hillerød and raised in Birkerød, Sørensen aspired to an acting career after watching the West ...
and
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film ''Nightwatch (1994 film), Night ...
.
Plot
During the filming of a nature programme in the
Indonesia
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n rain forest, a British TV crew discover a rare white flower, but are attacked and killed by a Danish hermit, Severin Geertsen (
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film ''Nightwatch (1994 film), Night ...
). Severin, who is sentenced to death for the crime, claims he is 129 years old and that it is the leaves of the flower that have kept him young. Criminal psychiatrist Adrian (
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 ...
) and his assistant, Beate (
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (born 16 January 1982) is a Danish actress. She has been nominated for three Robert Awards and one Bodil Award. Born in Hillerød and raised in Birkerød, Sørensen aspired to an acting career after watching the West ...
) are sent to Indonesia by the Danish authorities to mentally examine Severin. Although the claim that the flower gives eternal life sounds like a hoax, within hours Adrian, Severin and Beate are fleeing from international fortune hunters and the Indonesian army, who all want to acquire the flower.
Cast
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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 Adrian Gabrielsen
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Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (born 16 January 1982) is a Danish actress. She has been nominated for three Robert Awards and one Bodil Award. Born in Hillerød and raised in Birkerød, Sørensen aspired to an acting career after watching the West ...
as Beate
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film ''Nightwatch (1994 film), Night ...
as Severin Geertsen
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Nicolas Bro as Mikael Feldt
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Søren Pilmark
Søren Louis Pilmark (born 16 October 1955) is a Danish actor. Pilmark has worked as a film and theatrical actor, a director, and as an author. Søren Pilmark er sammen med hans kone Susanne ambassadør foSOS Børnebyerne
Career
Theater
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as Consul
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Ulf Pilgaard
Ulf Pilgaard (15 November 1940 – 28 October 2024) was a Danish actor.
Life and career
Pilgaard was born in Skive, Denmark on 15 November 1940. The son of a priest, he initially studied theology before transitioning to a career in acting.
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as Werner Gabrielsen
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Birthe Neumann
Birthe Neumann (born 30 April 1947 in Vanløse, Copenhagen) is a Danish actress.
In 1972 she graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre, and was shortly afterwards employed as an actress at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen.
At t ...
as Bitten Gabrielsen
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Steven Berkoff
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As a theatre maker he is recognised for staging work with a heightened performance style known as "Be ...
as Jack Pudovski
External links
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At World's End' on Cineuropa
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At World's End' on NordicDrama
Danish action comedy films
Films set in Indonesia
2009 action comedy films
2009 films
2009 comedy films
Films with screenplays by Anders Thomas Jensen
2000s Danish-language films
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