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The Celebration

The Celebration (1998)

Original title: Festen

Every family has a secret.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Country: Denmark · Sweden
  • Runtime: 105 min
  • Rated: 15+
  • Released: 1998-06-19
  • Czech release: 1999-05-20
  • TMDB rating: 7.7 / 10 (1 297)

The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a devastating secret that turns the night into a battle of truth and denial.

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Thomas Vinterberg

Thomas Vinterberg is a Danish film director and co-founder of the Dogme 95 movement. He gained international recognition with Festen (1998) and later with Another Round (Druk, 2020), which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. His work is known for its psychological depth and social commentary.

Thomas Bo Larsen

Thomas Bo Larsen is a Danish actor who got his start in the Oscar nominated short film; Last Round (Sidste Omgang) directed by frequent collaborator, Thomas Vinterberg. Thomas Bo Larsen graduated from the Odense School of Theater in 1991 and has since become a mainstay in the Danish film and theater scene, with more t…

Ulrich Thomsen

Ulrich Thomsen is a Danish actor best known for his role in Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration (1998). He has also appeared in various international productions. In the dark Danish comedy Adams Æbler (2005), he plays Adam, a neo-Nazi sent to do community service at a rural parish run by an eccentric priest.

Paprika Steen

Paprika Steen is a Danish actress best known for her work in Danish cinema of the 1990s and 2000s. She appeared in Thomas Vinterberg's Festen (1998), one of the defining Dogme 95 films. She also features in Anders Thomas Jensen's dark comedy Adam's Apples (2005).

Henning Moritzen

Henning Moritzen was a Danish actor who spent much of his career at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. He gained international recognition for his role as the family patriarch in Thomas Vinterberg's Festen (1998), the first film made under the Dogme 95 rules. He was one of the most prominent figures of 20th-century Dani…

Birthe Neumann

Birthe Neumann is a Danish actress with a long career in theatre and film. She is perhaps best known internationally for her role in Thomas Vinterberg's Festen (1998), one of the first films made under the Dogme 95 manifesto. She has received several Danish film awards over the course of her career.

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