Dan Laustsen - Dykkerne
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The Story , The Actors , The Director , Cinematography , Miscellaneous , Premiere , Awards ,
Goofs , Stuff to buy , Links , Pictures
Dan Laustsen - DykkerneYou can jump directly to these sections : The Story , The Actors , The Director , Cinematography , Miscellaneous , Premiere , Awards , Goofs , Stuff to buy , Links , Pictures |
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Dykkerne (The Divers)International title: BeyondThe StoryDykkerne takes place during the summer vacation. Two teenage boys visit their grandfather who lives on the island Sejerø and dive to explore old shipwrecks. They find a WW2 German submarine, but someone else is after the dark secrets hidden inside the old hull.The younger brother almost drowns in the submarine, and the older brother has to revisit the submarine to wake his brother from the coma. |
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 Dan Laustsen credit, 74 kb |
The movie has a minor supernatural element. Another theme is a love story between the older brother
and an island girl. Rather unusual, we see a loving relationship between the grandfather and his ladyfriend.The ActorsRobert Hansen plays Christian, the older brother.Born 5 October, 1979, Denmark More details about his movies on IMDB. |
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 Rosepruning, 56 kb |
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Ralf J. Hollander
plays Ask, the younger brother Born 26 June, 1985, Denmark More details about his movies on IMDB. Otto Brandenburg plays Morfar (Grandfather) Born 4 September, 1934 Has worked with Dan before in Otto is a Rhino and Emma's Shadow. More details about his movies on IMDB. |
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 Christian and Ask, 62 kb |
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Ditte Gråbøl
plays Birthe, the boys' mother. Born 22 June, 1960, Denmark Previously worked with Dan on the tv series Dybt Vand (Deep Water) More details about her movies on IMDB . Laura Aagaard plays Maja. Born ? Dykkerne is her only movie role so far, so no further details on imdb. |
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 Maja, 33 kb |
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Jytte Abildstrøm
plays mrs Randskov She was born 25 March, 1934. More details about his movies on IMDB . Baard Owe plays Eric He was born 3 July, 1936 in Norway. Has worked with Dan in Boys from Sct. Petri and the tv series Charlot and Charlotte More details about his movies on IMDB . |
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 Grandfather, 47 kb |
The DirectorÅke SandgrenBorn 13 May, 1955, Sweden. Åke Sandgren previously worked with Laustsen on these two movies: Miraklet i Valby(The Miracle in Valby, 1989) and Johannes' Hemmelighed (Johannes' Secret, 1985). More details about all his movies on IMDB . |
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 Mrs Randskov, 43 kb |
CinematographyUnderwater photographyB-photography (First Assistant Camera): John Frimann Rasmussen Second Unit, Director of Photography: Jens Schlosser Second Unit, B-photography(First Assistant Camera): Daniel Parmo Printed on 35 millimeter stock. Ratio 1.85:1. Filmed in Det Danske Film Studie, Lyngby and on location on Sejerø, Avedøre Værket, Gentofte County Hospital, Flyvestation Værløse and Gilleleje Harbor. Underwater scenes were shot at the Danish Hydraulic Institute, Hørsholm. |
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 Mom Birthe, 34 kb |
MiscellaneousAt the time, it was the most effects-laden Scandinavian movie made.PremiereThe movie premiered on 13 October, 2000 in Denmark.Premiere in Japan was 20 July 2001, Netherlands, 25 April, 2002. In addition, it has been shown at different festivals and on television in France. |
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 Eric, 27 kb |
AwardsDirector Åke Sandgren won the bronze Gryphon at the 2001 Griffoni Festival.Dan was nominated for the Danish Robert Award for his work on Dykkerne. The movie was also nominated in these categories: Best editing, production design, make-up, sound supporting actor (Brandenburg), and won for best special effects. GoofsI only found a tiny one: When Ask drives into the harbor, you can see his luggage is empty from the way air bubbles from it. |
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 Maja, 41 kb |
Things to buy:Only available on region 2 DVD in Scandinavia.LinksUnfortunately, the official site for the movie has disappeared, but I've found a link to Ghost, the Danish company who made the CGI effects of the movie. You can download a 4 minutes 12 seconds long movie about the special effects. |
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 Dan at work, 46 kb |
My commentsTo my amateur eyes, the pictures in Dykkerne fall in five categories:The luminous summer pictures - whether by day or by night. The golden pictures, mostly interiors, both day and night. The cold pictures, mainly of the bad guys and in their boat. The underwater pictures - including SFX. The rest. I am usually not a fan of films that have too many scenes taking place in the dark - but somehow I don't have a problem with this movie. Due to the "almost midnight sun", the exteriors at night are stil quite detailed, and underwater is as it should be. |
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 Watching the monitor, 34 kb |
Pictures |
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 Lighthouse, 57 kb |
 Flags on the buoys, 54 kb |
 Ask, underwater biking, 36 kb |
 On board the old minesweeper, 43 kb |
 On board grandfather's boat, 57 kb |
 View from the mast, 62 kb |
 Grandfather's boat, exterior, 53 kb |
 The mine, 64 kb |
 Ask in the old submarine, 21 kb |
 Ask entering mrs Randskov's house, night, 35 kb |
 Christian and Maja, 29 kb |
 In mrs Randskov's house, 30 kb |
 Christian going to sleep, 21 kb |
 Eric, 22 kb |
 Ask seen from inside one of the containers, 28 kb |
 What's in the container, 34 kb |
 Helicopter landing at the hospital, 31 kb |
 Boat at night, 24 kb |
 Spirits released, 43 kb |
 Celebration, 53 kb |