Mifune (film)

Mifune
Directed bySøren Kragh-Jacobsen
Written bySøren Kragh-Jacobsen
Anders Thomas Jensen
Produced byBirgitte Hald
Morten Kaufmann
StarringIben Hjejle
Anders W. Berthelsen
CinematographyAnthony Dod Mantle
Edited byValdís Óskarsdóttir
Music byThor Backhausen
Karl Bille
Christian Sievert
Distributed byScanbox[1]
Release date
  • 12 March 1999 (1999-03-12)
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesDenmark
Sweden
LanguageDanish
Box office351,000 admissions (Denmark)[1]

Mifune (Danish: Mifunes sidste sang, "Mifune's Last Song") is a 1999 romantic comedy film, starring Iben Hjejle and Anders W. Berthelsen. Directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, it was the third film made according to the Dogme 95 group rules. The film was a great success in Denmark and an international blockbuster, ranked among the ten best-selling Danish films worldwide. It was produced by Nimbus Film.

At the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, the film won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize and Iben Hjejle won an Honourable Mention.[2] It was the Danish submission for Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards, but was not nominated among the finalists.

  1. ^ a b "Denmark Top 10 1999". Screen International. 4 February 2000. p. 29.
  2. ^ "Berlinale: 1999 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 31 January 2012.