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
Anne Marie Helger
as Karen
Claus Bue
as Direktør
Thomas Hedemann
as Lars
Peter Rygaard
as Ulric
Bjarne Liller
as Snedker
Kjeld Løfting
as Falsk Læge
Lars Lippert
as Claus
Gitte Rugaard
as Lone
Kjell Nilsson
as Turistkoncert
Lene Brøndum
as Fru Sørensen
Pauli Ryberg
as Sindballe
Povl Carstensen
as Værkfører
Karl Antz
as Tysker
Sune Otterstrøm
as Ung svend på fabrik
Rasmus Haxen
as Taxachauffør
Kim Larsen
as Sinke
Erik Clausen
as Viggo
Niels Martin Carlsen
as Jydsk arbejder
Leif Sylvester
as Iversen
Torben Zeller
as Carlsen
Helle Ryslinge
as Oda
Per Tofte Nielsen
as Tjener 1
