Comedy ·Drama ·TV Movie · Denmark · 1990 · 1h 34m

The Birthday Trip

Kaj's fødselsdag

The Birthday Trip poster
Director
Lone Scherfig
Cast
Steen Svare as Kaj Bertel Abildgaard as Kajs ven Peter Bay as Kajs ven Ivan Horn as Kajs ven Michael Boesen as Kajs ven Dorota Pomykała as Magdalena
Crew
Anthony Dod Mantle — Director of Photography Kim Hattesen — Director of Photography Leif Axel Kjeldsen — Editor Anders Koppel — Original Music Composer Peter Bay — Writer Kris Kolodziejski — Writer
Tagline

When the shy hot dog vendor Kaj's 40th birthday is comming up his friends invite him to celebrate his birthday on a trip to Poland with booze and ladies

Synopsis

When the hot-dog vendor Kaj from the small town of Skælskør in Denmark turns 40, his friends take him on a trip to Poland, to a long party with cheap liquor and emigration eager polish ladies. It will go merrily, but it gets serious for Kaj as he meets a girl who mistakes him for a wealthy Toyota dealer she has exchanged letters with.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Lone Scherfig Director Anthony Dod Mantle Director of Photography Kim Hattesen Director of Photography Leif Axel Kjeldsen Editor Anders Koppel Original Music Composer Peter Bay Writer Kris Kolodziejski Writer Jørgen Hinsch Producer Claus Bjerre Production Design Ryszard Jedrychowski Costume Design Teresa Piwonska Costume Design Margrethe Rasmussen Costume Design
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