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Bille August

Bille August  (born November 9, 1948) is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

17 titles
Lykke-Per

Lykke-Per

Bille August 2018 2h 42m 5.5

A gifted engineer flees his austere roots to pursue wealth and success among Copenhagen's elite. As he rises through the ranks of society, the pride propelling him threatens to be his ruin.

Feng huo fang fei

Feng huo fang fei

Bille August 2017 1h 37m 7.5

It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise more hope for his citizens. After completing its mission, a unit of the US Air Force is forced to make an emergency landing in China.

Stille hjerte

Stille hjerte

Bille August 2014 1h 38m 5.0

Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their terminally-ill mother’s desire to die before her disease worsens; but, as the weekend progresses, their mother's decision becomes harder and harder to deal with, and old conflicts come to the surface.

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Bille August 2013 1h 51m 6.0

Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.

Marie Krøyer

Marie Krøyer

Bille August 2012 1h 43m 7.0

The story of the marriage between the painters Marie and P.S. Krøyer.

Goodbye Bafana

Goodbye Bafana

Bille August 2007 1h 55m 6.5

GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence

Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence

Takeshi Kitano, David Cronenberg 2007 1h 40m 7.4

A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about Cinema.

Return to Sender

Return to Sender

Bille August 2004 1h 49m 5.5

While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Bille August 1998 2h 14m 7.7

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Bille August 1997 2h 1m 6.6

A 6 y.o. Inuit boy runs off a snowy roof in Copenhagen and dies. Smilla, a half Inuit who lives in the building and knows the boy, looks into it. What makes an acrophobic boy run up on the roof? The clues take her to Greenland.

The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits

Bille August 1993 2h 20m 7.4

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.

Den goda viljan

Den goda viljan

Bille August 1992 3h 2m

In 1909, poor theology student Henrik falls in love with Anna, the intelligent daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After marrying Henrik becomes a priest in northern Sweden. Urbane Anna hates living in the county, growing restless.

Pelle erobreren

Pelle erobreren

Bille August 1987 2h 37m 7.4

In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.

Tro, håb og kærlighed

Tro, håb og kærlighed

Bille August 1984 1h 47m 7.5

Danish teens come of age in 1963. Bjorn and Erik are close friends. Bjorn is pursued by Kirsten, a future Stepford wife, but he falls for Anna, who initiates him into love and sex. Erik is somber, caring for his home-bound mentally-ill mother while his strict father rules his life. He desires Kirsten, but she's unattainable.

Busters verden

Busters verden

Bille August 1984 1h 31m 7.0

Buster is an aspiring magician battling his status as a geek. Making things more difficult is his small size. This movie chronicles Buster's unique way of dealing with bullies, school, his first job and girls.

Zappa

Zappa

Bille August 1983 1h 43m 7.7

Denmark, 1961. Bjørn, a middle-class boy in his early teens, wants to be accepted by Steen, a bullying peer of his with wealthy but freezingly cold parents. Bjørn's other good friend is Mulle, a cheerful and more childish working-class boy.

Honning måne

Honning måne

Bille August 1978 1h 35m

A young man finds love and settles down, but when his young wife spirals into depression they both have decisions to make.

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