The Experiment (2010) ( Eksperimentet )

The Experiment (2010) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Eksperimentet
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Danish ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Louise Friedberg

Written By:
Louise Friedberg
Rikke De Fine Licht

Actors:
Tanja Kielsen ..... Kirsten
Laura With Bødker ..... Johanne
Julia Naamansen ..... Victoria
Benjamin With Bødker ..... Benjamin
Pilutaq Mati Stork ..... Abel
Najaaraq Stork ..... Cathrine
Nukappiaaluk Nielsen ..... Jonathan
Cecilie A. Kjeldsen ..... Helene
Hugo Magnus Jerimiassen ..... Otto
Iben Constance Francie Lange ..... Petrine
Charlie Lange ..... Lars
Sten-Peter Sanimuinak ..... Konrad
Aputsiaq Jensen ..... Ole
Najaaraq Margit Davidsen ..... Dorthe
Kristian Falck-Petersen ..... Daniel
Laura Skaarup Jensen ..... Karen
Ellen Hillingsø ..... Gert
Morten Grunwald ..... Hr. Omann
Kurt Ravn ..... Inspektør Svendsen
Laura Bro ..... Frk. Høgh
Mads Wille ..... Niels
Finn Nielsen ..... Jørgen Møller
Nukâka ..... Margrethe (as Nukâka Coster-Waldau)
Paniaraq R. Søltoft ..... Ingrid
Domilia Marianne Singertat ..... Marie
Peder Holm Johansen ..... Betjent Jensen
Astrid Danielsen ..... Marianne
Angunnguaq Larsen ..... Vittus
Miki Sloth Pedersen ..... Svend
Miki Jacobsen ..... Hr. Heilmann
Kari Waver ..... Hr. Lynge

Synopsis:

THE EXPERIMENT is the story of the nurse Gert, who is appointed as headmistress of a special children's home, owned by the Danish state in Greenland, 1951. The children's home is intended to accommodate 16 carefully selected Greenlandic children, who have just come home after a year of civilization in Denmark. Now they are to be introduced into the Greenlandic community as role models. Gert, who lives alone and has no family, accepts the assignment with pride. She is idealistic and ambitious and feels passionate about saving Greenland from destitution. The means to this end is to educate and civilize the 16 children in the Danish language and culture, so they can spearhead Greenland's transformation from being a poor hunter society to being an equal part of Denmark. Due to her blind faith in the experiment, Gert underestimates the obvious personal costs to the children. And when the children as well as the Danish state fail her, she finds it harder and harder to maintain her idealism.

In 1952, Danish government officials select 16 Greenlandic children to participate in an experiment. They are removed from their families and accommodated in a children's home in Nuuk. Here, the headmistress is put in charge of turning them into good, Danish citizens in a long-term effort to bring Greenland out of its current state of destitution. This becomes an uphill battle.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 21 July, 2011.

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