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Smilla's Sense of Snow

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1997

121 minutes (2 hrs 01 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Bille August

Starring

Jens Jorgen Fleischer · Julia Ormond · Agga Olsen · Patrick Field · Matthew Marsh · Gabriel Byrne

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 28th February 1997

Germany release: 13th February 1997

Denmark release: 28th February 1997

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 31st Oct '97
Debut position: 11
Highest position: 11
Debut gross: £74.1 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 1

Chart position history

UK box office

31 Oct, 1997
11

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£74.1 Thousand

US total gross
United States Flag

$2.4 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$2.5 Million

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Director

Role

Bille August

Directed By

Jim
Broadbent

Tom
Wilkinson

Actor

Character

Jens Jorgen Fleischer

Inuit Hunter

Julia Ormond

Smilla Jaspersen

Agga Olsen

Juliane Christiansen

Patrick Field

Policeman

Matthew Marsh

Detective

Gabriel Byrne

The Mechanic

Jim Broadbent

Dr. Lagermann

Tom Wilkinson

Prof. Loyen

Charlotte Bradley

Mrs. Lagermann

Richard Harris

Dr. Andreas Tork

Charles Lewsen

Pastor

Robert Loggia

Moritz Jaspersen

Emma Croft

Benja

Bob Peck

Ravn

Ann Queensberry

Mrs. Schou

Vanessa Redgrave

Elsa Lubing

David Hayman

Telling

Ida Julie Andersen

Smilla

Maliinannguaq Markussen-Molgard

Smilla's mother

Alvin Ing

Licht

Peter Capaldi

Birgo Lander

Mario Adorf

Capt. Sigmund Lukas

Jurgen Vogel

Nils Jakkelsen

Erik Holmey

Hansen

Peter Gantzler

Maurice

Lars Brygmann

Verlaine

Clipper Miano

Isaiah Christiansen

Morten Arnoldus

Dockworker

Lars Bjarke

Gangster