''Carl, My Childhood Symphony'' () is a 1994 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Erik Clausen. The film was selected as the Danish entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
67th Academy Awards
The 67th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 27, 1995, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the cer ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The film is about the childhood of the Danish composer
Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor, and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer.
Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he d ...
.
Cast
* Morten Gundel as Carl I
* Anders Forchhammer as Carl II
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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 Carl III (as Nikolaj Kaas)
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Stina Ekblad
Stina Åsa Maria Ekblad (born 26 February 1954) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actress. Living in Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as wel ...
as Maren Kirstine
* Jesper Milsted as Niels Maler
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Leif Sylvester as Blinde Anders
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Frits Helmuth
Frits Helmuth (3 July 1931 – 12 December 2004) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1938 and 2004. He was born and died in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Osvald Helmuth and is the father of Mikael Helmuth and P ...
as Outzen
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Jesper Christensen
Jesper Christensen (; born 16 May 1948) is a Danish actor. A veteran of European cinema, he has made the transition to English language projects, including '' The Interpreter'' and '' Revelations''. He has also appeared as the mysterious vill ...
as Schreiber
See also
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List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carl My Childhood Symphony
1994 films
1994 drama films
Danish drama films
1990s Danish-language films
Films directed by Erik Clausen