The Celebration
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Thomas Vinterberg
Poul Kajbaek
Bjarne Henriksen
Birthe Neumann
Gulli Sejrsen
Gry Worre Hallberg
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
At a countryside manor an annual feast is being prepared. It is to be an all out effort to celebrate the head of the family. Helge Klingenfelt, owner of the manor and family partriarch, is turning sixty. Everyone has been invited including his children, Christian, Michael, and Helene. As the guests arrive, Helge summons his eldest son, Christian, to a meeting. In his office, he asks Christian to make a speech in commemoration of Christian's twin sister Linda, who died the year before.
Director
Thomas Vinterberg
Cast
Poul Kajbaek
Bjarne Henriksen
Birthe Neumann
Gulli Sejrsen
Gry Worre Hallberg
Poul Petersen
Lene Laub Oksen
Kate Goldschmidt
Lasse Jacobsen
Kaj Rasmussen
Bent Henningsen
Dorte Olofsen
Sigrid Aalbaek
Klaus Bondam
Erna Boas
Kasper Olofsen
Rosmarie Jorgensen
Lasse Lunderskov
Trine Dyrholm
Lars Bo Jensen
Jens Norring
Emilian Sejersen
Bent Kaiser
Peter Krag
Robert Strandgard
Annette Jakobsen
Paprika Steen
Vibeke Dalset
Dan Eilertsen
Henning Mortizen
Linda Laursen
Vibeke Kaiser
Christine Jorgensen
Stig Poul Hansen
Ulrich Thomsen
Maria Myrgard
Soren Sogreni
Mikkel Jacobsen
Therese Glahn
Anette Jakobsen
John Johnsen
John Boas
Janne Thomsen
Helle Dolleris
Susanne Funck
Thomas Bo Larsen
Gbatokai Dakinhah
Lars Brygmann
Crew
Fritz Anderson
Niels C Anderson
Mie Andreasen
Thomas Caspersen
Anthony Dod Mantle
Anthony Dod Mantle
Bo Ehrhardt
Niels Wilhelm Gade
Jan Gundtofte-bruun
Birgitte Hald
Rie Hedegaard
Peter Hjorth
Morten Holm
Eigil Jacobsen
Lars Bo Jensen
Signe Jensen
Morten Kaufmann
Thomas Bo Larsen
Torben Stig Nielsen
Valdis Okarsdottir
David Osterbog
Mogens Rukov
Lene Seested
Karina Strand
Camilla Thomsen
Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 9, 1998 (NY, LA)
Released in United States October 16, 1998 (Los Angeles)
Limited Release in United States October 23, 1998
Released in United States on Video August 24, 1999
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 27 - September 7, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 25 - October 11, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at St Louis International Film Festival October 29 - November 8, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 26 - October 12, 1998.)
Released in United States August 1998 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Rosebud) August 16-30, 1998.)
Winner of the audience award at the 1999 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Co-winner of the Jury Prize, along with Claude Miller's "Class Trip" (France/1998), at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Nominated for the 1998 award for Best Foreign Language Film from the Chicago Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 1998 award for Best Foreign Film from New York Film Critics Circle.
Winner of the 1998 award for Best Foreign Film from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 1998 Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film.
Winner of the Best Director award at the 1998 Gijon International Film Festival.
Winner of the Special Jury Award at the 1998 Gijon International Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall October 9, 1998
Released in United States October 16, 1998
Limited Release in United States October 23, 1998
Released in United States on Video August 24, 1999
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States August 1998
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States November 1998
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States September 2007
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 27 - September 7, 1998.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 25 - October 11, 1998.
Shown at St Louis International Film Festival October 29 - November 8, 1998.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 26 - October 12, 1998.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Rosebud) August 16-30, 1998.
Shown at Haugesund Norwegian International Film Festival August 23-30, 1998.
Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.
Shown at Denver International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) October 8-15, 1998
Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.
Shown at Gijon International Film Festival in Spain November 20-27, 1998.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 27 - February 7, 1999.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Thematic Retrospective. Cold Fever) September 20-29, 2007.
"The Celebration" is Thomas Vinterberg's first film made in accordance with Dogme 95, the artistic movement he co-founded with fellow Scandinavian filmmakers Lars Von Trier and Soren Kragh-Jacobsen. Established in the fall of 1995, the group has declared itself "a rescue operation to counter certain tendencies in film today. Dogme 95 opposes the auteur concept, make-up, illusions and dramaturgical predictability. Dogme 95 desires to purge film so that once again the inner lives of characters justify the plot."
Released in United States August 1998 (Shown at Haugesund Norwegian International Film Festival August 23-30, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Denver International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) October 8-15, 1998)
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.)
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at Gijon International Film Festival in Spain November 20-27, 1998.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 27 - February 7, 1999.)
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Thematic Retrospective. Cold Fever) September 20-29, 2007.)
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