''Journey to Saturn'' ( da, Rejsen til Saturn) is a 2008 Danish

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, directed by Thorbjørn Christoffersen and

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. It was produced by A. Film A/S and loosely based on Claus Deleuran's comic from 1977 of the same name. The film revolves around a group of Danish astronauts who journey to

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on a quest for

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. The film also depicts and mocks several Danish stereotypes and characters, like the royal family, the (at the time) Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Extreme right-wing politician Mogens Glistrup, Danish therapist Carl Mar Møller, Muslim immigrants, American yeehaw's, Jesus, and Danish lack of style and presentability in general.

Plot

A corporate-backed rocket takes off from

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to explore and conquer

for natural resources. The crew consists of wannabe astronaut Per Jensen, military instructor and hardliner Sgt. Arne Skrydsbøl, supply officer Fisse-Ole (Pussy-Ole), tour chef and caterer Jamil Ahmadinejad volunteering because he failed his nationality test (and gets another chance), and two pilots. Upon arrival, the crew makes contact with aliens but it becomes apparent that the chief of the Danish corporation wishes to conspire with the aliens to sell off all the water on Earth (except Greenland). The mission was meant to fail, and the astronauts were never meant to return home. The aliens clear out the Earth spaceship and head to Earth on the way looking into some of the loot from Earth - including a video film they believe to be instructions on friendly Earth greetings, but being in fact a German pornographic movie involving large sausages. The astronauts are left for dead in space, but fall through a

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and land in

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where they get some support. Leaving Heaven guided by the

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in the form of a dove, they refuel and make it back to the Moon where they encounter some US astronauts in their secret lunar missile base (including a redneck campervan,

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and

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). The team then use a US space-based surveillance system to find the centre of the water theft conspiracy back on Earth. The crew return to Earth and rescue a hostage scientist (Per Jensen's girlfriend) at the installation after an gunfight with. They defeat an alien monster with a keg of beer in a manner similar to that in

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and escape the installation just in time as it is destroyed by a nuclear bomb, sent from the Moon.

Voice cast

* Casper Christensen as Per Jensen *

Frank Hvam Frank Hvam Nielsen, known professionally as Frank Hvam (born 12 September 1970) is a Danish stand-up-comedian. Hvam was born in Viborg and grew up on a farm in Ørum Sønderlyng. His legal name is Nielsen, but he uses only his middle name prof ...

as Sergeant Arne Skrydsbøl *Ali Kazim as Jamil Ahmadinejad *Simon Jul Jørgensen as

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-Ole *

Iben Hjejle Iben Hjejle (22 March 1971) is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the Stephen Frears film '' High Fidelity'' (2000). In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television sitcom ''Langt fra Las Vegas'' (''Far from ...

as Susanne Mortensen: Chief technical flight director *

Lars Hjortshøj Lars Hjortshøj (born 3 June 1967 in Hinnerup) is a Danish stand-up comedian and television and radio host. He has taken part in many Danish shows, including '' Casper & Mandrilaftalen'' and in the sit-com '' Langt fra Las Vegas''. As of Februa ...

as Ib *Bjarke Søballe Andersen as Crowd *Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen as Drunk *

Peter Belli Peter Belli (born Georg Peter Brandt; 19 June 1943 in Kiel) is a Danish singer and actor. Career Peter's debut as a singer was in 1959, for a band called ''Trefters''. In the 1960s, Belli became Denmark's first rock star, alongside his band, ...

as Alien Dictator *

Rasmus Bjerg Rasmus Bjerg (born 28 July 1976) is a Danish actor, comedian and singer. He has enjoyed much success alongside Jonas Schmidt, in series like '' P.I.S. - Politiets Indsats Styrke'', '' Wulffmorgenthaler'', ''Dolph & Wulff'' and '' Jul i Verden ...

as Agent 2 *

Klaus Bondam Klaus Bondam (born 19 November 1963, in Aakirkeby) is a Danish actor and politician. Acting career Bondam has been the manager two theatres, (1996–2003) and Folketeatret (2003–2005), and been administrative manager of Mungo Park theatre ...

as Kurt Maj: A businessman *Thorbjørn Christoffersen as General *Tine Clasen as Crowd *Claus Darholt as Assistant *Tobias Dybvad as the Prime Minister *Craig Frank as Afro-American Astronaut *Morten Pilegaard Jespersen as Crowd *Roberto Johansson as Jørgen from Hundige Shortwave Radio Club *Karsten Kiilerich as German Peasant * Henrik Koefoed as Doctor & Alien Researcher *Flemming Krøll as

Prince Henrik Prince Henrik of Denmark (; born Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat; 11 June 1934 – 13 February 2018) was the husband of Margrethe II of Denmark. He served as her royal consort from Margrethe's accession on 14 January 1972 unt ...

*Tilde Landgreen as Small girl *Jørgen Lerdam as Liberal Journalist *

Anders Lund Madsen Anders Lund Madsen (born 15 October 1963) is a Danish journalist, comedian, author, radio personality and talkshow host. He hosts the talkshow "Det Nye Talkshow – med Anders Lund Madsen". Together with his brother Peter Lund Madsen, he has perfo ...

as Reserve Jesus *Justin Murphy as Redneck Astronaut *Kjeld Nørgaard as Skt. Peter *Esben Pretzmann as Alien Soldier *

Lasse Rimmer Lasse Rimmer Nielsen is a Danish stand-up comedian and television and radio host. He made his first appearance as a stand-up comedian in 1993 at Café Din's in Copenhagen and participated in '' DM i Stand-Up (Danish Championship in Stand-up)'' i ...

as TV Reporter / Gert *Ask Rostrup as Intercom voice *Sidsel Rostrup as Angel *Puk Scharbau as German peasant girl *

Jonas Schmidt Jonas Tveje Bisgaard Schmidt is a Danish self-taught actor and comedian, best known for portraying Dolph the Fascist Hippo. Career Jonas Schmidt has appeared in numerous roles, mostly comedy however. He first gained fame, portraying the nerdy ...

as Agent 1 *Regitze Stampe as Crowd *Martin Wichmann as Tax cheater

External links

Official site (In Danish)
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