Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, Denmark, Sweden
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
The story
Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland.
- based on novel or book
- copenhagen
- denmark
- inuit
- comet
- arctic polar circle region
- conspiracy
- snow
- murder investigation
- nordic noir
- tense
The bill
Julia Ormond
Smilla Jasperson
Gabriel Byrne
The Mechanic
Richard Harris
Dr. Andreas Tork
Jim Broadbent
Dr. Lagermann
- Tom Wilkinson — Prof. Loyen
- Robert Loggia — Moritz Jasperson
- Vanessa Redgrave — Elsa Lübing
- Bob Peck — Ravn
- David Hayman — Telling
- Peter Capaldi — Birgo Lander
- Mario Adorf — Capt. Sigmund Lukas
- Erik Holmey — Hansen
- Matthew Marsh — Detective
- Jürgen Vogel — Nils Jakkelsen
- Charlotte Bradley — Mrs. Lagermann
- Directed
- Bille August
- Written
- Ann Biderman
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 274 ratings
- Studio
- Bavaria Film, Constantin Film, Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film Denmark, Greenland Film Production
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