The Green Butchers

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The Green Butchers
Danish DVD artwork
Directed by	Anders Thomas Jensen
Written by	Anders Thomas Jensen
Produced by	Kim Magnusson Tivi Magnusson
Starring	Mads Mikkelsen Nikolaj Lie Kaas Line Kruse Ole Thestrup
Edited by	Anders Villadsen
Music by	Jeppe Kaas
Distributed by	Sandrew Metronome
Release dates	21 March 2003 (2003-03-21) (Denmark) 7 January 2005 (2005-01-07) (U.S.)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

The Green Butchers (Danish: De grønne slagtere) is a 2003 Danish black comedy film starring Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Line Kruse, written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen.^[1] It is a black comedy featuring two butchers, Svend "Sweat" and Bjarne, who start their own shop to get away from their arrogant boss. Cannibalism is soon introduced to the plot, and further complications arise due to the reappearance of Bjarne's intellectually disabled twin brother Eigil.