Ulrich Thomsen
Christian Klingenfeldt
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The Celebration (Danish: Festen) is a 1998 Danish black comedy-drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and produced by Nimbus Film. The film tells the story of a family gathering to celebrate their father's 60th birthday, during which a family secret is revealed.
- US$1.3 million
- Birgitte Hald, Morten Kaufmann
- Lars Bo Jensen
Jun 19, 1998 · The Celebration: Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. With Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen. At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
- (92K)
- Drama
- Thomas Vinterberg
- 1998-06-19
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Nov 13, 1998 · The Celebration is a 1998 film by Thomas Vinterberg that explores the family secrets and tragedies of a 60th birthday party in Denmark. The film is a mix of farce and tragedy, shot on location and using natural sounds and props, and directed by Vinterberg and other Danish filmmakers.
On a wealthy man’s sixtieth birthday, a sprawling group of family and friends convenes at his country estate for a celebration that soon spirals into bedlam, as bombshell revelations threaten to tear away the veneer of bourgeois respectability and expose the traumas roiling beneath.
- Christian
A darkly comic journey into forbidden family territory. No one can ignore a person like Danish patriarch Helge Klingenfeldt, so his 60th birthday requires a celebration. Friends and relatives scurry to the country estate. Eventually, every family's secrets will come out.
