''The Boys from St. Petri'' ( da, Drengene fra Sankt Petri) is a 1991 Danish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. It was screened out of competition at the

1992 Cannes Film Festival The 45th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 May 1992. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Den goda viljan'' by Bille August. The festival opened with ''Basic Instinct'', directed by Paul Verhoeven and closed with ''Far and Away'', directed by Ro ...

. The film is inspired by the activities of the

Churchill Club The Churchill Club ( da, Churchill-klubben) was a group of eight teenage schoolboys from Aalborg Cathedral School in the north of Jutland who performed acts of sabotage against the Germans during the occupation of Denmark in the Second World War. ...

, but the actual plot is fiction. It is based on Bjarne Reuter's book ''Drengene fra Sankt Petri''. It has been published in English as ''Boys from St. Petri.''

Cast

Tomas Villum Jensen Tomas Villum Jensen (born 12 April 1971) is a Danish actor and film director. He has appeared in 29 films and television shows since 1991. He starred in '' The Boys from St. Petri'', which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film ...

as Lars Balstrup * Morten Buch Jørgensen as Gunnar Balstrup *

Nikolaj Lie Kaas Nikolaj Lie Kaas (; born 22 May 1973) is a Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s. Kaas graduated from the National Theater School in Denmark in 1998. He first appeared on screen in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's film ''The Boys from St. Petri'' i ...

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 Xenia may refer to: People * Xenia (name), a feminine given name; includes a list of people with this name Places United States ''listed alphabetically by state'' * Xenia, Illinois, a village in Clay County ** Xenia Township, Clay County, Illin ...

as Irene * Bent Mejding as Provst Johannes Balstrup *

Helle Merete Sørensen Helle may refer to: People * Alternate spelling of George de La Hèle, Renaissance composer Places Belgium * Helle (stream), a 25-km-long stream in Belgium that rises in the Eifel mountains Denmark * Helle Municipality, a former municipality ...

as Fru Ingeborg Balstrup *

Ida Nepper Ida or IDA may refer to: Astronomy *Ida Facula, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter *243 Ida, an asteroid *International Docking Adapter, a docking adapter for the International Space Station Computing *Intel Dynamic Acceleration, a techno ...

as Gerda Balstrup *

Philip Zandén Philip Zandén (born 23 July 1954) is a Swedish actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1981. He is the brother of actress Jessica Zandén. Partial filmography * '' Jönssonligan och Dynamit-Harry'' (1982) - Dir ...

as Jacob 'Rosen' Rosenheim * Solbjørg Højfeldt as Fru Hvidmann *

Tilde Maja Frederiksen The tilde () or , is a grapheme with several uses. The name of the character came into English from Spanish, which in turn came from the Latin '' titulus'', meaning "title" or "superscription". Its primary use is as a diacritic (accent) in ...

as Lis Hvidmann *

Amalie Ihle Alstrup Amalie may refer to: People * Amalie (given name), a female given name, derived from Amalia Places * Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, capital of the territory * Amalie Arena, a hockey stadium in Tampa, Florida Businesses * Amalie Oil Comp ...

as Kylle Hvidmann *

Sofie Wandrup Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to: *Sophia (wisdom) *Sophia (Gnosticism) *Sophia (given name) Places *Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu *Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana *Sophia, North Carolina, an unincorpor ...

as Bitten Hvidmann

References

External links

* 1991 films 1990s Danish-language films 1991 drama films Films directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Danish drama films {{Denmark-film-stub