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The Girl with the Needle

7.6

Released September 06, 2024Runtime 2h 3min

Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Lava Films

Nordisk Film Sweden

EC1 Łódź

Film i Väst

Creative Alliance

Dolnośląskie Centrum Filmowe

Production Countries

Denmark

Poland

Sweden

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $470,300
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

Buy

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Cast

Vic Carmen SonneKaroline

Trine DyrholmDagmar

Besir ZeciriPeter

Joachim FjelstrupJørgen

Tessa HoderFrida

Ava Knox MartinErena

Ari AlexanderSvendsen

Søren Sætter-LassenRing Master

Magnus von HornFrida's Husband

Anna TerpiłowskaStrict Woman

Dan JakobsenDwarf

Anna TulestedtOld Landlady

Benedikte HansenJørgen's Mother

Monika KępkaAssistant at the Baths

Maciej BerezowskiBaby

Nela ŁapkaGirl with a Dirty Face

Robert TrempskiGiant

Slawomir MaciasBlind Musician

Gabriel ZubowskiMan-Bird

Agnieszka Przyborowska-MitroszWoman with Beard

Peter Sand MagnussenConstable

Lars Ulrich LarssonJuror

Thomas KirkForeman

Per Thiim ThimLandlord Olaf Jensen

Peter Secher SchmidtProsecutor

Cordelia MajgaardYoung Maid

Tommy Wurtz PetersenForeman in Surgar Factury

Liv Vilde ChristensenGirl with Baby

Lizzielou CorfixenFrida's Sister

Petrine AggerOlder Bath House Assistant

Ragnhild KaasgaardWoman at Sugar Factory

Clara KoksebyRespectful woman in Apt

Tone Suvi Ellegaard EbbeRespectful Woman's Daughter

Jakob Højlev JørgensenDoctor

Jonas MikkelsenMale Customer in Sweets Shop

Hector EngelbrechtNewspaper Boy

Torsten SonneOrphange Director

Birgitte Marianne KroghSecretary in Sewing Factory

Lasse HaastrupPolice Officer

Anders HoveJudge

Helle Marianne SommerRaging Woman in Court

Crew

Magnus von HornDirector

Dagna KidońFirst Assistant Director

Peter Sand MagnussenSecond Assistant Director

Miłosz SawickiSecond Assistant Director

Robert KwilmanSecond Assistant Director

Line Langebek KnudsenWriter

Magnus von HornWriter

Malene BlenkovProducer

Luiza SkrzekProduction Manager

Mariusz WłodarskiProducer

Mikael LundbergProduction Manager

Katrine VogelsangExecutive Producer

Henrik ZeinExecutive Producer

Lone ScherfigExecutive Producer

Calle MarthinExecutive Producer

Natalia StysłoCo-Producer

Agnieszka OlędzkaCo-Producer

Marta KrymarysCo-Producer

Monika GłowackaCo-Producer

Wenancjusz SzusterCo-Producer

Magdalena Klich-KozłowskaCo-Producer

Błażej ModerCo-Producer

Tanja GrunwaldCasting

Agnieszka CalikAdministration

Ewa DyderskaAccountant

Wera WięckowskaProducer's Assistant

Aleksandra LeszczyńskaProduction Coordinator

Wiktoria HładkoProducer's Assistant

Sylwia DyderskaAccountant

Izabela RejmanProducer's Assistant

Michał KiedrowiczProduction Coordinator

Agnieszka KuleszaProduction Coordinator

Jagna DobeszProduction Design

Michał DymekDirector of Photography

Frederikke HoffmeierOriginal Music Composer

Małgorzata FudalaCostume Designer

Agnieszka GlińskaEditor

Jason MerleAssistant Editor

Anne Cathrine SauerbergMakeup Department Head

Barbara KoczarowaCo-Art Director

Zuzanna KotCo-Costume Designer

Paula KuklaCo-Art Director

Marcin BednarskiAssistant Set Decoration

Filip AndrysiakAssistant Set Decoration

Rafał OrygaProps

Ewa MroczkowskaSet Decoration

Anna PodhajnySet Propsman

Wojciech MichalecAssistant Set Decoration

Aleksandra DłutowskaCostume Assistant

Wojciech KonkolHealth and Safety

Filip BuckiStunts

Michał BurdanStunts

Artur KlimekStunts

Przemysław SosnowskiMaster Lighting Artist

Łukasz BąkStill Photographer

Joanna RóżańskaStunts

Monika PiteraTailor

Adam MendrySteadicam Operator

Marcin SkośAssistant Grip

Jarosław GolecStunt Coordinator

Łukasz ZarzycznyCostume Assistant

Alena BakanavaTailor

Edmund DembińskiTailor

Barbara BendykCostume Consultant

Monika DembińskaTranslator

Rajmund BączkowskiCatering

Maciej TomkówSteadicam Operator

Szymon PolakGrip

Kamil PardoStunts

Natalia SalamonikCatering

Paweł MonsielStunts

Piotr CzuprynCostume Assistant

Dariusz WojasBest Boy Lighting Technician

Małgorzata Barcz-WadasTailor

Łukasz CzubakStunts

Maja von HornTranslator

Maria SzczepankiewiczStunt Double

Wiktoria DomańskaCatering

Kamil OwsińskiCatering

Klara KłoczyńskaStunt Double

Hanna Mańkowska-PliszkaMedical Consultant

Artur MierzejewskiStunt Coordinator

Krzysztof SkoniecznyVehicles Coordinator

Agnieszka SmoczyńskaThanks

Anna JadowskaThanks

Tomasz KolankiewiczThanks

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Reviews

by Brent Marchant

Having been trained as a journalist, I’m generally not one to back away from an unsettling story, whether told through reporting or on the silver screen. However, there are times when I have to question the wisdom of whether certain films should be made in the first place. Just because it can be do...

by SonOfUniverse

I really enjoyed this movie. It was dark, chilling, unsettling and very real. The cinematography took me away. It immersed me so much from picture to picture. Yes, this movie is grotesque and pushes a boundary. But the storytelling is quite fascinating, I love how they created something equally uns...

The Girl with the Needle: Technical Brilliance, Narrative Limitations Magnus Van Horn's "The Girl with the Needle" is a masterclass in period production design and atmospheric storytelling, yet ultimately falls short of its narrative potential. Set in the bleak landscape of post-World War I D...