The Wake (2000)
The Wake is the title of a large-scale multimedia project, the main element of which is an eight-hour long silent movie. The film is based on Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (London 1939), a limit-transgressing, perhaps even limit-dissolving book that not only transgresses the limits of what literature is and is capable of, but inscribes transgressions on almost all conceivable levels. It is at the same time dream book, history book and necrology. It is almost impossible to determine whether we are dealing with a long poem, a prose narrative or a piece of drama.
Directors: Michael Kvium, Christian Lemmerz.
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Claus Christensen as The Father |
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Niels Olaf Gudme as The Father |
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Sarah Boberg as The Mother |
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Elina Löwensohn as The Mother |
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Rikke Louise Andersson as The Daughter |
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Hildigunn Eyðfinsdóttir as The Daughter |
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Thomas Bo Larsen as One of the Sons |
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Sonny Tronborg as One of the Sons |
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John Frey as One of the Sons |
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Philippe Richard as One of the Sons |
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Merete Nørgaard as The Maid |
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Mark Duran as Porn Actor |
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Gry Worre Hallberg as Schoolgirl |
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Anne Bærskog Hauger as |
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Mette Agnete Horn as Museum Guide |
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Kitt Johnson as Dancer |
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Ditte Olsson as Porn Actress |
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Steen Rasmussen as TV-show |
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Knud Vesterskov as Prosecutor |
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Michael Wikke as Tv-show |
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Lærke Winther as Schoolgirl |
| Crew | Lars Beyer | Cinematography |
| Production | Dino Raymond Hansen | Executive Producer |
| Writing | James Joyce | Novel |
| Directing | Michael Kvium | Director |
| Directing | Christian Lemmerz | Director |