In Copenhagen just after the First World War, young Karolina works as a factory seamstress. Her husband is missing but, for her, he died long ago. A brief hope for a new marriage is dashed by the mother of the groom, who does not approve of Karolina’s working-class background, leaving her alone and pregnant. In this difficult situation, she meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. An unusual relationship develops between the women... In The Girl with the Needle, a social drama set against the backdrop of expressionist horror, Magnus von Horn takes an unsettling look at life in post-war Europe, echoes of which can still be felt today. The film was screened in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Anna Kořínek
122 min / Black & white, DCP
Director Magnus von Horn
/ Screenplay Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek
/ Dir. of Photography Michał Dymek
/ Music Frederikke Hoffmeier
/ Sound Oskar Skriver
/ Editor Agnieszka Glińska
/ Art Director Jagna Dobesz
/ Producer Malene Blenkov, Mariusz Włodarski
/ Production Nordisk Film Production
/ Coproduction Lava Films, EC1 ŁÓDŹ, Lower Silesia Film Centre, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film Sweden
/ Cast Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Avo Knox Martin, Joachim Fjestrup, Tessa Hoder
/ Sales The Match Factory
/ Contact Danish Film Institute
Magnus von Horn (1983, Gothenburg, Sweden). Selected filmography: The Here After (Efterskalv, 2015), Sweat (2020), The Girl with the Needle (Pigen med nalen, 2024).
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