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SOFIE (Original title)SOPHIE (Alternative title)
Date: 25 September 1992 (Release)

Countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden

Directed by: Liv Ullmann

Production company billing: A Nordisk Film & TV A/S, Norsk Film A/S and AB Svensk Filmindustri production With the support of Danske Filminstitut, Svenska Filminstitutet and Nordisk Film- och TV-Fond [end] International sales: Pathé International, Paris Dolby Stereo In Colour Based on the novel 'Mendel Philipsen and Son' by Henri Nathansen.
Synopsis: The story of a Jewish woman and her close-knit family, an unfulfilled love affair with a Gentile painter and her subsequent passionless marriage, set in turn-of-the-century Denmark.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 25 September 1992Country: DenmarkRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 146 mins Length: 4142 MetresLanguage: Danish

Credits (34)
Production Company: Nordisk Film, Production Company: Norsk Film, Production Company: Svensk Filmindustri, With the support of: Det Danske Filminstitut, With the support of: Svenska Filminstitutet, Nordisk Film- och TV-Fond, [International Sales]: Pathé International (Paris), Producer: Lars Kolvig, [Producer]: Bo Christensen, Production Manager: Henrik MØller-sØrensen, Production Co-ordinator: Monica Steenberg, Production Controller: Sanne Arnt Torp, Assistant Director (1st): Tom Hedegaard, Assistant Director (2nd): Pernille Rübner-Petersen, Screenplay: Liv Ullmann, Screenplay: Peter Poulsen, Based on the novel by: Henri Nathansen, Director of Photography: Jørgen Persson, Steadicam Operator: Jacob Bonfils, Still Photographer: Rolf Konøw, Editor: Grete MØldrup, Art Director: Peter HØimark, Set Designer: Magnus Magnusson, Set Decorator: Ivar Baungaard, Costume Designer: Jette Termann, Make-up/Hair Artist: Cecilia Drott-norlén, Colour Timer: Michael Frank Nielsen, Violin Solos Performed by: Arve Tellefsen, Music Supervisor: Arve Tellefsen, Sound Design: Michael Dela, Re-recording Mixer: Petter Fladeby, Sound Editor: John Nielsen Nalle, Jewish Consultant: Bent Lexner
Cast (30)
Karen-Lise Mynster (Sofie), Ghita Nørby (Frederikke), Erland Josephson (Semmy, Sofie's father), Jesper Christensen (Høiby), Torben Zeller (Jonas), Henning Moritzen (Frederick Philipson), Stig Hoffmeyer (Gottlieb), Kirsten Rolffes (Jonas' mother), Lotte Herman (aunt Pulle), Jonas Oddermose (Aron age 3), David Naym (Aron age 7), Jacob Allon (Aron age 12), Kasper Barfoed (Aron age 18), Anne Werner Thomsen (Rose Philipson), Sanne Granngaard (Fanny Philipson), Elna Brodthagen (Sofie's grandmother), Elin Reimer (Belse), Lone Herman (Malle), Peter Hesse Overgaard (Harry Hirsch), Peter SchrØder (doctor Lagen), John Hahn-Petersen (Colin), Hardy Raen (Larsen), Mari Maurstad (Josefine), Claus Bue (Kelner), Bent Lexner (rabbi), Daniel Hertz (Julius), Anna Szaff (Dina age 9), Lea Louise Leitner (Dina age 6), Anetta Lutchen-Lehn (Mrs Hjortekar), Johannes VÅbensted (pianist)