Ulrich Thomsen
24 titles
Filmography
24 results

The Celebration
(1998)Arguably portraying one of cinema’s most messed-up families ever, Festen is considered the first film made under the rules of the radical Dogme 95 movement. Thomas Vinterberg’s madcap time-bomb of latent secrets and repressed grudges makes any family dinner seem like a piece of cake.
The Inheritance
(2003)A restaurateur is torn between his individual hopes and his sense of duty when his father commits suicide and he's expected to take over the family industry. Reluctant to leave behind all that really matters to him, he is forced to take drastic steps as he attempts to save the company from bankruptcy, while in turn his neglected personal life starts on a perilous downward spiral.

The Commune
(2016)When a Copenhagen couple in the free-love era of the 1970s inherits a huge family home, they open it as a commune to a motley crew of new residents.

The Good Traitor
(2020)When his country surrenders to Nazi Germany, Denmark’s U.S. ambassador engineers a rebellious plan to defeat Hitler and give his people their freedom.

Clash of Egos
(2006)After being released from prison, Tonny goes to the cinema with his children and is enraged when the film is the opposite of his expectations. Soon after, Tonny gets an unusual opportunity to experience the world of film up close.

Adam's Apples
(2005)Adam is a neo-Nazi, who is sent on community service with the priest Ivan. Birds and worms are attacking the church's apple tree. Ivan believes it is the Devil, who is testing them, but Adams believes it is God.

Flickering Lights
(2000)Four gangsters steal a fortune from their boss and hide out in a small farmhouse, where each comes to the realisation they would like to stay there and open a small restaurant.

A Second Chance
(2014)A conscientious cop investigates a violent domestic dispute in a drug addict's squalid apartment and finds himself faced with a dreadful decision.

Brothers
(2004)Michael has a successful military career, a beautiful wife, Sarah, and two daughters. When Michael is presumed dead in action in Afghanistan Sarah is comforted by his brother Jannik. Yet Michael comes home, traumatized, but nothing is the same...

Mother at War
(2020)Erna disguises herself as a man to take the place of her intellectually disabled son, Kalle, who has been called to the front. She goes to war in his place. In the trenches, she rediscovers love.

The Broken
(2008)After seeing a double of herself, Radiologist Gina McVey unravels a dark mystery centered around a broken mirror.

Small Town Killers
(2017)In this Danish black comedy, two friends foolishly decide to hire a hitman to kill their wives.

Run
(2025)As Europe faces a surge of migration, smugglers, police, locals, and tourists are drawn into a dangerous web of survival, sacrifice, and shifting loyalties.

In a Better World
(2010)A British transplant in Denmark who just lost his mother to cancer befriends a bullied fellow student with physician parents on the brink of divorce.

The Zookeeper
(2001)Amid a devastating war in Eastern Europe, a former Communist finds himself tasked with caring for the animals in the capital's zoological gardens.

Season of the Witch
(2011)Two Teutonic Knights return from the Crusades and must escort a witch blamed for the Black Plague to a distant abbey whose monks will lift her curse.

The International
(2009)An unlikely duo - an Interpol agent and a Manhattan D.A. - work to expose the money funding an international arms smuggling. But powerful forces are working to stop them in this globe-hopping thriller!

Hitman
(2007)Based on the video game.

In Love & War
(2018)After spending three years in the trenches during the First World War, Danish soldier Esben fakes his death so he can return to his wife, Kirstine. However, he discovers things have changed at home while he's been away.

Before It Ends
(2023)In a high-stakes choice between duty and danger, a school principal must put his conscience before country as 200 German refugees are thrust into his care by the invading force as the Nazi's are placed on the back foot towards the end of World War II. As his own turn against him, he is the only voice for these displaced women and children but his compassion risks the lives of his own family.