Smilla's Sense of Snow

• Movie

  Type

• 1997

  Year

• 2h 1m

  Runtime

• ★ 6.5

  Rating

• Action / Crime / Drama

  Genre

Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.

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Cast

Julia Ormond

Smilla Jasperson

Gabriel Byrne

The Mechanic

Richard Harris

Dr. Andreas Tork

Jim Broadbent

Dr. Lagermann

Tom Wilkinson

Prof. Loyen

Robert Loggia

Moritz Jasperson

Vanessa Redgrave

Elsa Lübing

Bob Peck

Ravn

David Hayman

Telling

Peter Capaldi

Birgo Lander

Mario Adorf

Capt. Sigmund Lukas

Erik Holmey

Hansen