Headhunter (2009)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Headhunters |
| Original title | Headhunters |
| Country of production | Denmark |
| original language | Danish |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rumle Hammerich |
| script | Rumle Hammerich, Åke Sandgren |
| production | Åke Sandgren |
| music | Jacob Groth |
| camera | Dan Laustsen |
| cut | Camilla Skousen, Henrik Vincent Thiesen |
| occupation | |
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Headhunter is a Danish business thriller from the director Rumle Hammerich from 2009. The basic idea for the film came from the director himself. His Swedish colleague Åke Sandgren built a complete story from it, which Hammerich adapted into a script.
The German subtitle for DVD sales is Die Macht des Geldes .
action
The Copenhagen recruiter Martin Vinge is hired by the aging CEO of a large commercial enterprise (Sieger Family Corporation) to find a successor for him. Vinge hesitates. Since Sieger sen. but the costly surgery of Martin's 8-year-old son Jakob financed as a secret patron, Vinge feels obliged to accept the order out of gratitude. Shortly afterwards, winner's son Daniel also seeks contact with Vinge. He tries to thwart his father's plan because Sieger sen. suffers from progressive dementia and Daniel himself wants to become CEO and then sell the company to German competitors. If Vinge goes public with this inside knowledge, he must fear for his son's life. Therefore, he decides against it, even though he would have been only too happy to do so to damage Daniel's reputation.
Finally, Sieger sen. The hired headhunter Vinge that he was only faking dementia and a heart attack to test how his son would react to possible successors that Vinge should present. Daniel eliminated one of the successor candidates by ruining his reputation. Winner sen. is satisfied with his son, who, as it turned out, knows how to defend himself through intrigues, and can now resign with a clear conscience.
useful information
The film was shot in Copenhagen . Frederik's Church and the Church of St. Alban with the Gefion Fountain can be seen in a short fade-in .
The Danish film critic Tobias Lynge Herler sees parallels in the plot with the history of the Danish logistics company AP Møller-Mærsk . The CEO's son founded a competing company in 1912 in order to finally be able to make his own decisions.
criticism
"Staged in calming pictures, Hammerich largely dispenses with depictions of violence and rather shows the subtle mind games between the people involved."
Award
Leading actor Lars Mikkelsen and supporting actor Henning Moritzen won the Danish film award Robert in 2010 for their acting performance in Headhunter .
Web links
- Headhunters in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ DVD cover
- ↑ cf. photo
- ↑ [1] Quote: "Filmen vil uden tvivl blive kendt som dén med den ublufærdige inspiration fra forholdene bag facaden på AP Møller / Mærsk-koncernen, hvor magt and penge ifølge Hammerich synes at overvinde alt."
- ↑ http://www.businesshistory.com/ind._shipping.php
- ↑ prisma.de: Headhunter
- ↑ IMDb Awards