''The Miracle in Valby'' ( sv, Miraklet i Valby) is a 1989 Danish-Swedish

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written and directed by

Åke Sandgren Åke Sandgren (born 13 May 1955) is a Sweden, Swedish-Denmark, Danish film director and screenwriter. He has written and directed a number of films in a variety of genres, mostly in Denmark where he now lives. Biography Sandgren studied Film Sc ...

, and starring Jakob Katz, Troels Asmussen, Lina Englund, and . The film was produced by

Nordisk Film Nordisk Film A/S (lit. "Nordic Film") is a Danish entertainment company established in 1906 in Copenhagen by filmmaker Ole Olsen. It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind the Gaumont Film Company, Pathé, and Titanus ...

, won the awards for

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and Best Screenplay at the

Guldbagge Award The Guldbagge Awards ( sv, Guldbaggen, en, Gold scarab) is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name ...

Plot

The story follows a teenage

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who discovers a frequency that can transport him back in time.

Cast

* Jakob Katz as Sven * Troels Asmussen as Bo * Lina Englund as Petra * as Hanna * Gregers Reimann as the boy from the middle ages *

Jens Okking Jens Dyhr Okking, (18 December 1939 – 21 January 2018) was a Danish actor, singer and politician. Jens Okking was mostly known outside of Denmark from Lars von Triers TV-series '' The Kingdom''. In Denmark, Okking was a notable actor for many ...

as Bo's Father *

Ingvar Hirdwall Lars Ingvar Hirdwall (born 5 December 1934), is a Swedish actor. One of the country's most prolific stage and film actors, he is probably most widely recognised for his two heterogenous roles in the Martin Beck universe; as the eponymous killer i ...

as Petra's Father * as Sven's Mother * as the vicar *

Mona Seilitz Mona Elisabet Seilitz née ''Alexandersson'' (16 January 1943 – 2 April 2008) was a Sweden, Swedish film and television actress and entertainer. Born in Malmö, she was considered to be a veteran of both Swedish dramatic and comedic television. ...

as Petra's Mother

References

External links

* * * 1989 films 1989 drama films Danish drama films Swedish drama films Danish-language films 1980s Swedish-language films Best Film Guldbagge Award winners Films whose director won the Best Director Guldbagge Award Films directed by Åke Sandgren 1980s Swedish films {{1980s-Sweden-film-stub