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Direktøren for det hele (2006) -- An IT company hires an actor (Jens Albinus) to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander (Fridrik Thor Fridriksson).
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Overview

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6.7/10   3,664 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Lars von Trier (writer)
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Release Date:
8 December 2006 (Denmark) more
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Plot:
An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
a play, not a movie, but so darn good at it! more (26 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jens Albinus ... Direktøren for det hele / Kristoffer / Svend E
Peter Gantzler ... Ravn
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson ... Finnur (as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson)

Benedikt Erlingsson ... Tolk

Iben Hjejle ... Lise
Henrik Prip ... Nalle
Mia Lyhne ... Heidi A.
Casper Christensen ... Gorm
Louise Mieritz ... Mette
Jean-Marc Barr ... Spencer
Sofie Gråbøl ... Kisser

Anders Hove ... Jokumsen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Boss of It All (Germany) (International: English title)
Direktören för det hele (Sweden)
Il grande capo (Italy)
Le direktør (France)
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Runtime:
99 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
This movie is shot with camera technique called Automavision, an innovation in which the camera angles and movements are selected by a computer. The media notes explain technique, "a principle for shooting film developed with the intention of limiting human influence by inviting chance in from the cold". There are odd framings and jump cuts within scenes making everything seem a bit unsettled. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Smagsdommerne: (#4.16)" (2006) more

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13 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
a play, not a movie, but so darn good at it!, 7 May 2007
7/10
Author: XeniaGuberman from St. Ptersburg, Russia

This movie is undoubtedly an ideological departure from the recent LVT endeavours. It has no tear-jerking aspirations, except as a matter of laughs. In a way, it is self-ridiculing, adding an extra layer of hilarious logical traps. It is a bit slow in the third quarter, but then picks up. Special noteworthy inventions: the Icelandic buyer (a riot!), his translator, mythical Gambini and the "Hanged Cat"! Acting, acting, acting is very witty and plastic. It makes the piece (with mostly indoors setting) less cinematic, more of a filmed play (which is undoubtedly the intention of the director). Good entertainment and fairly original.

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Muggy Autumns? sphodros
The two 'Presidents' (spoiler, sort of) elizabethjwilliams
Probably the funniest ending I have ever seen vesterager
Automavision, am I crazy or is every article wrong??? Muchi
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This is brilliant rallero
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