Besat (1999)

Country of Origin: Denmark/Norway
Year of Production: 1999
Running Times: 99 mins
Length: 2728 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format:
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Zentropa Entertainments ApS/Danmarks Radio in vollaboration with SVT Kanal 1 Drama/Filmhuset Norge/Danske Filminstitut with support from Norwegian Film Institute
Executive Producers: Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Svend Abrahamsen
Produced by: Christel Jacobsen, Thomas Mai, Egil Ødegård
Production Manager: Anders Edstrand
2nd Unit Production Coordinator: Sussanne Vendelbo

SCRIPT
Script: Anders Rønnow Klarlund, Ola Saltin

DIRECTION
Directed by: Anders Rønnow-Klarlund
Assistant Director: Benedicte Rosenkrantz
Script Supervisor: Sedsel Andersen
2nd Unit Script Supervisor: Maria Lundborg

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Eigil Bryld
Lighting Technicians: Jacob Slumsøe, Th. Petersen, Jørn Tovgaard
Camera Operator: Kit Whitmore
Steadicam Operator: Henrik Harpelund
Assistant Camera: Jesper Tolstrup
2nd Unit Focus Puller: Henrik Lyngbo
Clapper Loaders: Ole Pedersen, Per Tingleff
Grip: Mark Øster
Still Photographer: Bjarne Bergius Hermansen

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Steen Schapiro, Camilla Skousen
Co-Editor: Skule Eriksen
Assistant Editors: Anne Hovad Fischer, Janne Bjerg Sørensen
Assistant To Avid Editor: Rasmus Holm
Post Production Coordinator: Lene Irgens
Color Timer: Dorthe Brandt Bankwell
Negative Cutter: Marianne Jerris
Post Production Assistant: Anne Katrine Andersen

MUSIC
Music by: Martin Rønnow-Klarlund
Music Arranger: Sanne Graulund
Musical Director: Ivan Hansen

SOUND
Sound: Sven Pors
2nd Unit Sound: Per Nordentoft
Boom Operator: Benny Jensen
Sound Editors: Christian Lund, Sven Pors
Sound Post Production: Mainstream ApS
Post Production Sound Assistant: Nicolai Linck

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designers: Winni Møller, Solveig Petersen
Make Up: Lise-Lotte Kobberø

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Lars Andersen, Flemming Mundt

VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designer: Hokus Bogus Rekorder ApS
Opticals: Swiss Effects

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Gyda Berling Rasmussen
Set Decorators: Gitte Gadebusch, Torben Bækmark Pedersen
Graphic Artists: Stig Pedersen, Jesper Wetterslev

OTHER CREW
Production Secretary: Vibeke Aagaard
Production Assistant: Rasmus Holm
Public Relations: Lene Nedergaard
Production Consultant for DFI: Michael Olsen

LOCATIONS
Locations: Copenhagen, Denmark
Location Managers: Martin Techt, Inge Wolle
2nd Unit Location Manager: Louise Vesth

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Klaus Hjuler
Stunts: Tina Robinson Hansen, Hans Peter Ludvigsen

CAST
Ole Lemmeke (Søren)
Kirsti Eline Torhaug (Sarah)
Ole Ernst (Bentzon)
Niels Anders Thorn (Jensen)
Jesper Langberg (Lyndfelt)
Valentin Popescu (Drengens Far)
Claudiu Istodor (Dr Angelson)
Bjarne Henriksen (astronomer)
Malene Christian (Lotte)
Preben Friis (Tom)
Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Morten)
Claus Flygare (Læge)
Claus Strandberg (Iversen)
Iben Hjejle (Berit)
Michelle Bjørn-Andersen (Merete)
Kim Jansson (Natbetjent)
Vasille Luca (Rumanian patient)
Julia Bunea (Rumanian nurse)
Cristina Deleanu (Rumanian doctor)
Søren Elung (Jørgen)
Niels Lyfeldt (pasbetjent)
Bente Puggaard-Müller (receptionist)
Gerda Gilboe (Fru Graversen)
Povl Bøgelund (Fængelsbetjent)
Lene Glendorf (Rengøringsdame)
Udo Kier (Vincent Monreau)

PLOT SUMMARY

A Danish doctor discovers a virus in the body of a Romanian immigrant which could cause a massive pandemic. As he continues his research, Vincent Monreau, an astologer, turns up at the hospital in the belief that an evil star has foretold a terrifying disaster.

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

France
Rating: U

Norway
Rating: 15

Singapore
Rating: NC-16

AWARDS

1999
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival, Spain
Best Film (Anders Rønnow Klarlund) - nominated

2000
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, Belgium
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver (Anders Rønnow Klarlund) - winner

Fantafestival, Italy
Best Direction (Anders Rønnow Klarlund) - winner

Robert Festival, Denmark
Årets klipper (Camilla Skousen, Steen Schapiro) - nominated
Årets belyser (Jørn Tovgaard, Th. Petersen, Jacob Glumsøe) - nominated
Årets Special Effects (Lars Kolding Andersen, Flemming Mundt) - nominated

2001
Fantasporto, Portugal
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold (Anders Rønnow Klarlund) - winner (Méliès d'Argent 2000 at Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film)
International Fantasy Film Award: Best Film (Anders Rønnow Klarlund) - nominated

TIMELINE

1999
March
26: Norway - theatrical release

June
25: Denmark - theatrical release

September
16: Canada - shown at the Toronto Film Festival

October
14: Spain - shown at the Sitges Film Festival

2000
March
2: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival

July
26: France - theatrical release

September
22: Sweden - shown at the Fantastisk Film Festival Lund

2001
March
2: Australia - television broadcast

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

666
Besatt - Swedish title
Besessen - German title
Possessed - Canadian/French title
Tainted

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Riget (1994)

KEYWORDS

astrologers, doctors, hospitals, viruses

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008