The Guilty (2018 film)

The Guilty
Theatrical release poster
DanishDen skyldige
Directed byGustav Möller
Written by
  • Gustav Möller
  • Emil Nygaard Albertsen
Produced byLina Flint
Starring
CinematographyJasper J. Spanning
Edited byCarla Luff
Music by
  • Carl Coleman
  • Caspar Hesselager
Production
companies
Distributed byNordisk Film Distribution
Release dates
  • 21 January 2018 (2018-01-21) (Sundance)
  • 14 June 2018 (2018-06-14) (Denmark)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryDenmark
Languages
  • Danish
  • English
Budget€500,000[1]
Box office$4.6 million[2]

The Guilty (Danish: Den skyldige) is a 2018 Danish crime thriller film written by Gustav Möller and Emil Nygaard Albertsen and directed by Möller in his directorial debut.[3] It premiered in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival,[4] and was later selected as the Danish submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards,[5][6][7] making the December shortlist.[8]

The Guilty is a drama that unfolds entirely within the confines of an emergency call center, with Jakob Cedergren in the central role of Asger Holm, a distressed Copenhagen police officer with a pending court hearing for use of deadly force, who handles incoming 112 emergency calls. The tension and drama of the film are largely conveyed through the telephone conversations that Asger Holm engages in.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Guilty (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ^ Naderzad, Ali (21 September 2018). ""The Guilty," from Denmark, goes to the Oscars". Screen Comment. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Sundance Film Festival Unveils Full 2018 Features Lineup". Variety. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Danmarks bedste bud på en Oscar: En nervepirrende thriller med titlen: 'Den skyldige'". Politiken (in Danish). 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  6. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (20 September 2018). "Oscars: Denmark Selects 'The Guilty' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  7. ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (21 September 2018). "The Guilty enters the Oscars race for Denmark, Woman at War for Iceland". Cineuropa. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Academy Unveils 2019 Oscar Shortlists". The Hollywood Reporter. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.