The Danish Movies we look forward to in 2012 – Best Danish Movies 2012

For a complete list you should scroll down the page. Here are the two Danish Films we feel that you cannot miss this year. The best Danish films of 2012.

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Fortidens Skygge – Those who kill | 15-03-2012

Full Title: Those Who Kill – Shadow of the Past

• Directed by Birger Larssen
• Cast: Jakob Cedergren, Laura Bach, Lars Mikkelsen and Lærke Winther
• Duration: 90 Minutes
• Thriller

The theatrical film version of the popular Danish TV Series Those Who Kill. For those who do not know the series: it is about detective Kathrine Ries Jensen who works together with a legal psychiatrist Thomas Schaeffer. They are part of a special unit which specializes in serial murders. In the movie a dangerous patient from Thomas his past resurfaces.

Trailer of the film:

En Kongelige Affaere – A Royal Affair | Release date: 29 March 2012

Directed by Nicolaj Arcel

Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard and Alicia Vikander

A film directed by the screenplay writer of ‘The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo’. A Royal Affair is starring our favorite Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen. He plays the role of Johann Friedrich Struensee, the physician of the royal family who gets a strong grip on the young queen. Together they start a revolution. This is a very famous Danish story that is finally brought to the screen.

Trailer of a Royal Affaire:

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List of Upcoming Danish Movies of 2012

Title – Release date

• 10 timer til Paradis – Teddy Bear | 26-01-2012
• Lærkevej – Til døden os skiller – Park Road  | 02-02-2012
• Hvidsten Gruppe – The Village | 01-03-2012
• En kongelig affære – A Royal Affair | 29-03-2012
• Volcano | 18-04-2012
• The Secret Society of Fine Arts | 01-05-2012
• Over Kanten – (English Title not yet announced) | 03-05-2012
• Gummi T – Jelly T | 16-05-2012
• Fuglejagten – The Twitchers | 07-06-2012
• Det grå guld / Grey Gold | 23-8-2012
• Den skaldede frisør – (English title not yet announced) | 30-08-2012
• You and me Forever | 06-09-2012
• En dans på roser – English Title not yet announced | 12-09-2012
• Kapringen - English title not yet announced | 20-09-2012
• Labrador – Out of Bounds | 01-10-2012
• Marco Macaco | 11-10-2012
• Viceværten – The Caretaker | 25-10-2012
• Sover Dolly på ryggen – English title not yet announced | 08-11-2012
• Marie Krøyer | 15-11-2012

Source: Danish Film Institute
Also have a look at the movie European Movies of 2012 for the other European Countries.