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  • Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
  • R
    121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
R
121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A 6 y.o. Inuit boy runs off a snowy roof in Copenhagen and dies. Smilla, a half Inuit who lives in the building and knows the boy, looks into it. What makes an acrophobic boy run up on the roof? The clues take her to Greenland.
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Director
Writers
Peter Høeg (novel "Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne") | Ann Biderman (screenplay)
Cinematographer
Editor
Janus Billeskov Jansen (as Janus Billeskov-Jansen)
Casting Directors
Tove Berg Bramsen | Leo Davis (as Leonora Davis) | Risa Kes
Production Designer
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Release date
Feb 28, 1997 (United States)

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Cast

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29 cast members
Name Known for
Jens Jørgen Fleischer
Inuit Hunter (as Ona Fletcher) Inuit Hunter (as Ona Fletcher)   See fewer
Julia Ormond
Smilla Jaspersen Smilla Jaspersen   See fewer
Agga Olsen
Juliane Christiansen Juliane Christiansen   See fewer
Patrick Field
Policeman Policeman   See fewer
Matthew Marsh
Detective Detective   See fewer
Gabriel Byrne
The Mechanic The Mechanic   See fewer
Jim Broadbent
Dr. Lagermann Dr. Lagermann   See fewer
Tom Wilkinson
Prof. Loyen Prof. Loyen   See fewer
Charlotte Bradley
Mrs. Lagermann Mrs. Lagermann   See fewer
Richard Harris
Dr. Andreas Tork Dr. Andreas Tork   See fewer
Charles Lewsen
Pastor (as Charles Lewson) Pastor (as Charles Lewson)   See fewer
Robert Loggia
Moritz Jaspersen Moritz Jaspersen   See fewer
Emma Croft
Benja Benja   See fewer
Ann Queensberry
Mrs. Schou Mrs. Schou   See fewer
Vanessa Redgrave
Elsa Lübing Elsa Lübing   See fewer
David Hayman
Telling Telling   See fewer
Ida Julie Andersen
Smilla as a child Smilla as a child   See fewer
Maliinannguaq Markussen-Molgard
Smilla's mother (as Maliinannguaq Markussen-Mølgård) Smilla's mother (as Maliinannguaq Markussen-Mølgård)   See fewer
Alvin Ing
Licht Licht   See fewer
Peter Capaldi
Birgo Lander Birgo Lander   See fewer
Mario Adorf
Capt. Sigmund Lukas Capt. Sigmund Lukas   See fewer
Jürgen Vogel
Nils Jakkelsen Nils Jakkelsen   See fewer
Erik Holmey
Hansen Hansen   See fewer
Peter Gantzler
Maurice Maurice   See fewer
Lars Brygmann
Verlaine Verlaine   See fewer
Clipper Miano
Isaiah Christiansen Isaiah Christiansen   See fewer
Morten Arnoldus
Dockworker (uncredited) Dockworker (uncredited)   See fewer
Lars Bjarke
Gangster (uncredited) Gangster (uncredited)   See fewer
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