Fish Out of Water
De frigjorte
Release: 1993-02-26
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 6.0
Comedy
Drama
The early 1990s: 300,000 Danes are out of work. Viggo, a machinist with two grown children, is silent about feelings, scared he'll lose his job, loud about the value of trade unionism, interested in his pet fish, and argumentative at dinner. His wife Oda puts up with his moods and works on family genealogy. When Viggo is laid off, he becomes a fish out of water, hardly looking for work, starting a garden, and taking up with Karen, a polished but unhappy widow. He lies to his wife about a union training and goes to Mallorca with Karen. When she stops the affair, Viggo ends up in a psychiatric ward and must figure out what's really important in his life and in his character
Production Countries
Denmark
Production Companies
Nordisk Film Denmark
ASA Film Production
Cosmo Film
Cast
Rasmus Haxen
as Taxachauffør
Lars Lippert
as Claus
Peter Rygaard
as Ulric
Karl Antz
as Tysker
Erik Clausen
as Viggo
Bjarne Liller
as Snedker
Thomas Hedemann
as Lars
Kjell Nilsson
as Turistkoncert
Kim Larsen
as Sinke
Anne Marie Helger
as Karen
Gitte Rugaard
as Lone
Povl Carstensen
as Værkfører
Niels Martin Carlsen
as Jydsk arbejder
Leif Sylvester
as Iversen
Torben Zeller
as Carlsen
Kjeld Løfting
as Falsk Læge
Claus Bue
as Direktør
Helle Ryslinge
as Oda
Sune Otterstrøm
as Ung svend på fabrik
Pauli Ryberg
as Sindballe
Lene Brøndum
as Fru Sørensen
Per Tofte Nielsen
as Tjener 1
