The Boys from St. Petri

For the children's book, see The Boys from St. Petri (novel).

The Boys from St. Petri
Directed by	Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Written by	Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Bjarne Reuter
Produced by	Mads Egmont Christensen Hedda Craner Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
Starring	Tomas Villum Jensen Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Cinematography	Dan Laustsen
Edited by	Leif Axel Kjeldsen
Distributed by	Nordisk Film
Release date	11 October 1991 (1991-10-11)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

The Boys from St. Petri (Danish: Drengene fra Sankt Petri) is a 1991 Danish drama film directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film is inspired by the activities of the Churchill Club, but the actual plot is fiction. It is based on Bjarne Reuter's book Drengene fra Sankt Petri.[2] It has been published in English as Boys from St. Petri.[3]

Cast

• Tomas Villum Jensen as Lars Balstrup
• Morten Buch Jørgensen as Gunnar Balstrup
• Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Otto Hvidmann
• Christian Grønvall as Søren Brinck
• Karl Bille as Olaf 'Luffe' Juhl
• Søren Hytholm Jensen as Anders Møller
• Joachim Knop as Aage Terkilsen
• Xenia Lach-Nielsen as Irene
• Bent Mejding as Provst Johannes Balstrup
• Helle Merete Sørensen as Fru Ingeborg Balstrup
• Ida Nepper as Gerda Balstrup
• Philip Zandén as Jacob 'Rosen' Rosenheim
• Solbjørg Højfeldt as Fru Hvidmann
• Tilde Maja Frederiksen as Lis Hvidmann
• Amalie Ihle Alstrup as Kylle Hvidmann
• Sofie Wandrup as Bitten Hvidmann

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: The Boys from St. Petri". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
2. Reuter, Bjarne (2013). Drengene fra Sankt Petri. Gyldendal. ISBN 978-87-02-14465-9.
3. Reuter, Bjarne B. (1996). Boys from St. Petri. Turtleback Books. ISBN 978-0-7857-7851-6.

External links

• The Boys from St. Petri at IMDb