Manslaughter | |
Director: | Per Fly |
Producer: | Ib Tardini |
Music: | Halfdan E |
Cinematography: | Harald Paalgard |
Editing: | Morten Giese |
Distributor: | Nordisk Film |
Runtime: | 100 min |
Country: | Denmark |
Language: | Danish |
Manslaughter (Danish: Drabet) is a 2005 Danish drama film written and directed by Per Fly. The film stars Jesper Christensen, Beate Bille and Pernilla August as well as Fly's wife Charlotte Fich.
Manslaughter won the Nordic Council Film Prize in 2005, multiple awards at the 2006 Bodil Awards — including Best Actor, Best Film and Best Supporting actress — as well as being nominated for several other major film awards. Beate Bille also received a Shooting Star Award at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival for her role in the film.[1]
The film is part of a trilogy by Fly about the Danish society. Bænken is about the underclass, Arven about the upper class and Manslaughter about the middle class.