Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee
(1997)
Regisseur:
Bille AugustSchauspieler:
Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Harris, Robert Loggia, Emma Croft, Vanessa Redgrave, David Hayman, Peter Capaldi, Mario Adorf, Jürgen Vogel, Peter Gantzler, Lars Brygmann, Ona Fletcher, Agga OlsenAls ein kleiner Inuit-Junge vom Dach stürzt und dabei stirbt, glaubt die Polizei an einen Unfall. Doch Smilla Jasperson, eine junge Schneeforscherin, die mit dem Buben befreundet war, schenkt dem offiziellen Befund keinen Glauben. Auf eigene Faust beginnt sie, den mysteriösen Fall zu recherchieren. Bei ihrer gefährlichen Wahrheitssuche kommt die junge Frau, in deren Adern auch Inuitblut fließt, einem internationalen Komplott auf die Spur, dem todbringende wirtschaftliche und wissenschaftliche Interessen zugrundeliegen.
Fesselnde Bestseller-Verfilmung über die Selbstfindung einer Frau vom "Geisterhaus"-Team Bille August und Bernd Eichinger.
Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.
Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.