Direktøren for det hele (2006)

Director:

Lars von Trier

Writer:

Lars von Trier

Release Date:

8 December 2006 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Firm | Boss | Business | Negotiation

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Jens Albinus	...	Direktøren for det hele / Kristoffer / Svend E
Peter Gantzler	...	Ravn
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson	...	Finnur (as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson)
Benedikt Erlingsson	...	Tolk
Iben Hjejle	...	Lise
Henrik Prip	...	Nalle
Mia Lyhne	...	Heidi A.
Casper Christensen	...	Gorm
Louise Mieritz	...	Mette
Jean-Marc Barr	...	Spencer
Sofie Gråbøl	...	Kisser
Anders Hove	...	Jokumsen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lars von Trier	...	Narrator (uncredited)

Directed by
Lars von Trier

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lars von Trier

Produced by
Lene Børglum	....	executive producer
Meta Louise Foldager	....	producer
Eva Jakobsen	....	assistant producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen	....	executive producer
Signe Leick Jensen	....	producer (as Signe Jensen)
Skuli Fr. Malmquist	....	co-producer
Thor Sigurjonsson	....	co-producer
Marianne Slot	....	co-producer
Vibeke Windeløv	....	producer

Film Editing by
Molly Marlene Stensgaard

Set Decoration by
Simone Grau

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kristoffer Nyholm	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Peter Albrechtsen	....	sound assistant: pre-production
Kristian Eidnes Andersen	....	sound
Alex Hudd	....	sound consultant: dolby
Ad Stoop	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Peter Hjorth	....	Automavision developer

Camera and Electrical Department
Søren Pedersen	....	clapper loader
Claus Rosenløv Jensen	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Julia Bloch	....	assistant editor
Bodil Kjærhauge	....	assistant editor
Karen Maarbjerg	....	post-production coordinator

Other crew
Lina Bach Christensen	....	production coordinator
Linda Daae	....	continuity
Peter Hartwig	....	software developer
Janus Schumacher	....	production assistant
Marie Sonne-Jensen	....	assistant to producer

Production Companies

• Zentropa Productions
• Memfis Film (co-production)
• Slot Machine (co-production)
• Lucky Red (co-production)
• Pain Unlimited GmbH Filmproduktion (co-production)
• Trollhättan Film AB (co-production)
• Liberator Productions (collaboration)
• Orione Cinematografica (co-production)
• Zik Zak Kvikmyndir (collaboration)
• Film i Väst (co-production)
• Sveriges Television (SVT) (co-production)
• Det Danske Filminstitut (co-production)
• Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (co-production)
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond (co-production)
• Icelandic Film Center (co-production)
• Canal+ (with the participation of)

Distributors

• Bir Film (2006) (Turkey) (all media)
• A-Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• ArtCam (2007) (Czech Republic) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• CP Classics (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Diffusion Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• IFC First Take (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Lucky Red (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Biografdistribution (2007) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Seville Pictures (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Belgium) (all media)
• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Luxembourg) (all media)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Alpha Medienkontor (2009) (Germany) (all media)
• ArtCam (2009) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• ArtCam (2009) (Slovakia) (all media)
• Budapest Film (2009) (Hungary) (all media)
• California Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Central Partnership (2009) (Russia) (all media)
• Golem Distribución (2009) (Spain) (all media)
• Green Light Films (2009) (Iceland) (all media)
• Gutek Film (2009) (Poland) (all media)
• Independent Film '97 (2009) (Romania) (all media)
• LNK Audiovisuais (2009) (Portugal) (all media)
• Les Films Séville (2009) (Canada) (all media)
• Les Films du Losange (2009) (France) (all media)
• Medusa Home Entertainment (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
• Shani Films (2009) (Israel) (all media)
• Sonet Film (2009) (Denmark) (all media)
• Sonet Film (2009) (Sweden) (all media)
• TV2 Norge (2009) (Norway) (all media)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2010) (Finland) (TV)
• Zentropa Real ApS (2007) (Denmark) (all media)

Other Companies

• Soundtrack  trailer

Also Known As:

"The Boss of It All" - Germany, International (English title)
"Direktören för det hele" - Sweden
"El jefe de todo esto" - Spain (imdb display title)
"Il grande capo" - Italy
"Koko homman pomo" - Finland (imdb display title)
"Le direktør" - France
"Самый главный босс" - Russia
"El jefe de todo" - Argentina (imdb display title)
"Emret patronum" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"Főfőnök" - Hungary
"O Grande Chefe" - Brazil
"Reditel zemekoule" - Czech Republic
"Sef nad sefovima" - Serbia (imdb display title)
"Szef wszystkich szefów" - Poland
"To megalo afentiko" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Denmark | Sweden | Iceland | Italy | France | Norway | Finland | Germany | Spain

Language:

Danish | Icelandic | English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:M18 | Italy:VM14 | Brazil:16 | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA | Norway:10 (TV rating) | Sweden:Btl | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Zentropa Productions

Trivia:

This movie is shot with camera technique called Automavision, an innovation in which the camera angles and movements are selected by a computer. The media notes explain technique, "a principle for shooting film developed with the intention of limiting human influence by inviting chance in from the cold". There are odd framings and jump cuts within scenes making everything seem a bit unsettled.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Skuespillerne for det hele (2007) (V)

a play, not a movie, but so darn good at it!

This movie is undoubtedly an ideological departure from the recent LVT endeavours. It has no tear-jerking aspirations, except as a matter of laughs. In a way, it is self-ridiculing, adding an extra layer of hilarious logical traps. It is a bit slow in the third quarter, but then picks up. Special noteworthy inventions: the Icelandic buyer (a riot!), his translator, mythical Gambini and the "Hanged Cat"! Acting, acting, acting is very witty and plastic. It makes the piece (with mostly indoors setting) less cinematic, more of a filmed play (which is undoubtedly the intention of the director). Good entertainment and fairly original.