Pain of Love

Infobox Film | name = Pain of Love


caption = Front cover of the Danish DVD box
director = Nils Malmros
producer = Per Holst
writer = Nils Malmros
John Morgensen
starring = Anne Louise Hassing
Søren Overgaard
Birthe Neumann
Waage Sandø
music = Gunner Møller Pedersen
cinematography = Jan Weincke
editing = Birger Møller Jensen
distributor = Egmont Entertainment
released = October 30 1992
runtime = 115 min.
country = DEN SWE
language = Danish
budget =
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imdb_id = 0107350
amg_id = 1:148319

"Pain of Love" (Danish:"Kærlighedens Smerte"), (1992), is a Danish dramatic tragedy written and directed by Nils Malmros. It stars Anne Louise Hassing and Søren Overgaard in a beautiful but bitter story about a young college student whose small setbacks in school and relationships lead her toward an inexorable descent into suicidal depression. The film won the 1993 Robert for Best Film and became the only film in Danish cinema to sweep the Bodil Awards with wins for Best Danish Film and for all four acting categories.

Plot

Cast

*Anne Louise Hassing ... Kirsten
*Søren Overgaard ... Søren
*Birthe Neumann ... Kirstens mor
*Waage Sandø ... Kirstens far
*Anni Bjørn ... Inge-Lise
*Peder Dahlgaard ... Anders
*Kamilla Gregersen ... Julie
*Finn Nielsen ... Lasse
*Ove Pedersen ... Psychology Examiner
*Mads-Peter Neumann ... Psychology Monitor
*Victor Marcussen ... Psychology Monitor
*Karin Flensborg ... Examiner
*Jytte Irene Møller ... Monitor
*Eva Marie Zacho ... Woman at store
*Jytte Kvinesdal ... Midwife
*Jette Frovin Jensen ... Nurse
*Solvej Larsen ... Nurse
*Ejnar Hans Jensen ... Doctor
*Tanja Skov ... Kirstenat 9-years-old
*Sven Ole Schmidt ... Viggo
*Peter Dau ... Pilgaard
*Ole Simonsen ... Keld
*Poul Clemmensen ... Fredlund
*Henrik Skensved .. nurse
*Christian Alsøe ... Torben
*Martin Berg ... Gert
*Poul Otto Udsen ... Lejrchef
*Marianne Pedersen ... Pige
*Majken Jensen ... Pige
*Laura Katborg ... Pige
*Niels Ørnen Norup ... Dreng

External links

* [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:148319 All Movie Guide]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107350 IMDb]
* [http://www.danskefilm.dk/index2.html The Danish Film Database (In Danish)]