Italian for Beginners

Attendance optional. Passion required.

118 mins
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

Peter Gantzler

Jørgen Mortensen

Lars Kaalund

Hal-Finn

Karen-Lise Mynster

Real Estate Dealer

Bent Mejding

Reverend Wredmann

Elsebeth Steentoft

Woman in Church

Lene Tiemroth

Karen's Mother

Claus Gerving

Klaus Graversen

Jesper Christensen

Olympia's Father

Alex Nyborg Madsen

Church Singer #1 / Sportsman #1

Steen Svare

Church Singer #2 / Sportsman #2

Martin Brygmann

Evening School Teacher

Ib Tardini

Producer

Peter Aalbæk Jensen

Executive Producer

Rune Palving

Original Music Composer

Gerd Tjur

Editor

Karen Bentzon

Line Producer

Jørgen Johansson

Director of Photography

Lone Scherfig

Screenplay

William Knuttel

Unit Production Manager

Gert Duve Skovlund

Executive Producer

Lars von Trier

Associate Producer

Niels Reiermann

Assistant Director

Vinca Wiedemann

Executive Producer

Marianne Moritzen

Executive Producer

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