Drabet (2005)

Director:

Per Fly

Writers:

Per Fly (writer)
Dorthe Warnø Høgh (writer)

Release Date:

26 August 2005 (Denmark)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of killing a policeman. |

Plot Keywords:

Denmark | Middle Class | Third Part

Awards:

7 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Jesper Christensen	...	Carsten
Pernilla August	...	Nina
Charlotte Fich	...	Lisbeth
Beate Bille	...	Pil
Vibeke Hastrup	...	Jette
Julie Ølgaard	...	Lærke
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Samy Andersen	...	Politiassistent
Lars Bangsholt	...	Journalist
Melany Denise	...	Supporter of Court Case
Kurt Dreyer	...	Dommer
Mogens Holm	...	Fængselbetjente
Jesper Hyldegaard	...	Fængselspræst
Joel Hyrland	...	Family member
Mads Keiser	...	Lars
Magnus Polar Kjær	...	Mikkel (as Magnus Kjær)
Henrik Larsen	...	Forsvarsadvokat
Susanne Lessel	...	Fængselbetjente
Jakob Ulrik Lohmann	...	Politiassistent (as Jacob Lohmann)
John Martinus	...	Boghandler
Jan Meyer	...	Dingo
Lars Mogelberg	...	Police officer
Michael Moritzen	...	Poul
Vivian Nielsen	...	Kriminalassistant
Birgitte Prins	...	Fængselbetjente
Bodil Sangill	...	Lisbeths mor
Morten Thunbo	...	Civil betjent
Thomas Voss	...	Tobias / The son
Mads Wille	...	Peter

Also Known As:

Manslaughter (USA) (festival title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Denmark:15 | Iceland:12 | Sweden:11 | Germany:12

Company:

Spillefilmkompaniet 4 1/2

Trivia:

The last part of director Per Fly's "class trilogy", following "Bænken" and "Arven".

Movie Connections:

Follows Bænken (2000)

Mediocre morality tale from Denmark

A teacher's activist mistress runs over and kills a police officer. The teacher leaves his wife to stand by his girlfriend. The focus in this one seemed off to me. The atmosphere is of a thriller or a noir, when instead the issues would have been brought out better without these elements (e.g., the lighting and the musical score). I also felt the plot was poorly developed. The girlfriend and the two men who were with her during the fateful night get off nearly scot-free because none of them confesses – and therefore they can't prove which one of them was the driver. Either the Danish legal system is the worst in the world or their detectives really suck, or, probably the true option, the screenwriters don't have a clue how these things actually work. (n.b. – according to one IMDb reviewer, the first option is the correct one!).