After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.
Acting
Mikkelsen's childlike fragility collides with Kaas's volcanic rage.
Writing
Jensen weaponizes Danish deadpan for devastating punchlines.
Direction
Rural Denmark becomes a character: bleak, beautiful, judging.
Director
Anders Thomas Jensen
Mads Mikkelsen
Manfred
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Anker
Sofie Gråbøl
Margrethe
Søren Malling
Werner
Bodil Jørgensen
Freja
Lars Brygmann
Lothar / Keld Gerner Nielsen
Nicolas Bro
Flinke Flemming
Kardo Razzazi
Hamdan
Peter Düring
Anton / Ringo
Lars Ranthe
Far
Rikke Louise Andersson
Mor
Alfred Røssel Læsø
Anker som barn
Joel Hesse Johansen
Manfred som barn
Anette Støvelbæk
Halberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jensen wrote this specifically for Mikkelsen after their 2000s collaborations; the childhood flashbacks mirror Jensen's own rural upbringing.
The 'Viking' alter ego isn't random—Danish welfare system's failure to treat schizophrenia in the 1990s created real 'forgotten' adults like Manfred.
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