The Boys from St. Petri

1991 film

For the children's book, see The Boys from St. Petri (novel).

The Boys from St. Petri

Directed by| Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Written by| Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Bjarne Reuter
Produced by| Mads Egmont Christensen
Hedda Craner
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
Starring| Tomas Villum Jensen
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Cinematography| Dan Laustsen
Edited by| Leif Axel Kjeldsen
Distributed by| Nordisk Film

Release date

* 11 October 1991 (1991-10-11)

Running time

| 111 minutes
Country| Denmark
Language| Danish
Budget| DKr 2.2 million[1]

The Boys from St. Petri (Danish: Drengene fra Sankt Petri) is a 1991 Danish drama film directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film is inspired by the activities of the Churchill Club, but the actual plot is fiction. It is based on Bjarne Reuter's book Drengene fra Sankt Petri.[3] It has been published in English as Boys from St. Petri.[4]

## Cast

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* Tomas Villum Jensen as Lars Balstrup
* Morten Buch Jørgensen as Gunnar Balstrup
* Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Otto Hvidmann
* Christian Grønvall as Søren Brinck
* Karl Bille as Olaf 'Luffe' Juhl
* Søren Hytholm Jensen as Anders Møller
* Joachim Knop as Aage Terkilsen
* Xenia Lach-Nielsen as Irene
* Bent Mejding as Provst Johannes Balstrup
* Helle Merete Sørensen as Fru Ingeborg Balstrup
* Ida Nepper as Gerda Balstrup
* Philip Zandén as Jacob 'Rosen' Rosenheim
* Solbjørg Højfeldt as Fru Hvidmann
* Tilde Maja Frederiksen as Lis Hvidmann
* Amalie Ihle Alstrup as Kylle Hvidmann
* Sofie Wandrup as Bitten Hvidmann

## Reception

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The film was the third highest grossing Danish film of the year with a gross of 2.2 million Danish Krone.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Top 20 films in West European countries in 1991: Denmark". Screen Finance. 25 March 1992. p. 11.
2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Boys from St. Petri". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
3. ^ Reuter, Bjarne (2013). Drengene fra Sankt Petri. Gyldendal. ISBN 978-87-02-14465-9.
4. ^ Reuter, Bjarne B. (1996). Boys from St. Petri. Turtleback Books. ISBN 978-0-7857-7851-6.

## External links

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* The Boys from St. Petri at IMDb

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Films directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

* Wanna See My Beautiful Navel (1978)
* Rubber Tarzan (1981)
* Thunderbirds (1983)
* Emma's Shadow (1988)
* Shower of Gold (1988)
* The Boys from St. Petri (1991)
* The Island on Bird Street (1997)
* Mifune (1999)
* Skagerrak (2003)
* What No One Knows (2008)
* The Hour of the Lynx (2013)

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