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Dreams Don't Make Noise When They Die

Apr 26, 1979 · 1h 20m
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It has hardly been seen before that a 83-year-old actor has starred in a Danish film, but it is the case here, where Kai Holm says goodbye to a long life in film and theater service. He plays an old peasant who on his deathbed is waiting for his son (Jon Bang Carlsen). In a few days he relives the village life, he comes from, and which was marked by a hard and authoritarian upbringing. He is at his father's deathbed despair because it is still impossible to make contact, and in a crisis situation, he recognizes his father's brutality in itself. The film draws a bitter picture of human relationships where dreams while they die, degenerates into power relations.

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CAST

Kai Holm
Kresten, Eriks far
Karl Stegger
Hurtig-Karl
Jon Bang Carlsen
Erik, politiker
Irm Hermann
Margit, Eriks kone
Holger Nederby
Ras
Joan Henningsen
Festdeltager
Allan Henry Elkær
Gris-Mathis
Christian Jul Hansen
Kresten som ung
Directed by Christian Braad Thomsen

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Status
Released
Original language
DA
Budget
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Production
Dagmar Filmproduktion
Country
DK

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