Iben Hjejle Filmography

Born:: March 22, 1971 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Danish actress Iben Hjejle attained international recognition for her performances in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's 1999 film Mifune (inspired by the back-to-basics Dogma 95 filmmaking style) and Stephen Frears' enthusiastically received 2000 screen adaptation of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity. Born in...Read More

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Defiance

Actors: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Alan Corduner

Synopsis: Inspired by a true story, director Edward Zwick's epic World War II drama Defiance tells the tale of three Jewish Eastern European brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, and Jamie Bell) who narrowly escape certain death at the hands of the Nazis, subsequently vowing to avenge the deaths of their Read More

12/31/08
Rejsen til Saturn

Actors: Ali Kazim, Simon Jul Jorgensen, Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Iben Hjejle

Synopsis: As a CG-animated adaptation of a popular Scandinavian comic book by Danish author/illustrator Claus Deleuran, co-directors Craig Frank, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen's Rejsen til Saturn (Journey to Saturn) gently sends up science fiction genre as it throws in irreverent Read More

9/26/08
The Boss of it All

Actors: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, Benedikt Erlingsson, Iben Hjejle

Synopsis: Lars von Trier's black comedy The Boss of It All (Direktoren for det Hele, 2006) concerns an IT company owner who - in need of a figurehead to "hide behind" when confronted with employee problems - invented the personage of a CEO during the startup period for his corporation. The scheme worked for Read More

5/25/07
Monster Thursday

Actors: Vegar Hoel, Silje Salomonsen, Kim Bodnia, Marko Kanic, Iben Hjejle

Synopsis: The surfing love story Monster Thursday stars Vegar Hoel as Even, a directionless young man who is madly in love with his best friend's wife, Karen. The friend is a champion surfer named Tord (Christian Skolmen). When Tord must head out of town, he asks Even to make sure Karen is taken care of. In Read More

2004
Cuba Libre

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Iben Hjejle, Gael García Bernal, Andhy Mendez, Diana Bracho

2004
Manden bag døren

Actors: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Per Oscarsson, Iben Hjejle, Rita Angela

2003
Cuban Blood

Synopsis: Chaos comes knocking on the door of a charismatic "fixer" as a small town struggles to deal with the spreading revolution in director Juan Gerard's simmering tale of strife and confrontation. All Che (Harvey Keitel) wants in the quiet town he presides over is a little peace, but when rebels target Read More

2003
Skagerrak

Actors: Bronagh Gallagher, Martin Henderson, Iben Hjejle, Ewen Bremner, Gary Lewis

Synopsis: Two female drifters search for their next short-term jobs and for the reasons their lives have been filled with such wanderlust in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's modern-day romantic fable Skagerrak. Best friends Marie (Iben Hjejle) and Sophie (Bronagh Gallagher) land on the Scottish mainland after a stint Read More

2003
The Emperor's New Clothes

Actors: Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny, Tom Watson, Nigel Terry

Synopsis: A fanciful retelling of the story of Napoleon Bonaparte (played by heralded actor Ian Holm, this British costume comedy suggests that it was Napoleon's double, not the man himself, who died on St. Helena Island. The film begins by presenting Napoleon after his defeat at Waterloo, at the home of a Read More

6/14/02
Gamle Mænd i Nye Biler

Actors: Kim Bodnia, Tomas Villum Jensen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Iben Hjejle, Torkel Petersson

Synopsis: Lasse Spang Olsen directs the Danish action film Old Men in New Cars aka In China They Eat Dogs II. Harold (Kim Bodnia), Peter (Tomas Villum Jensen), and Martin (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) travel to Sweden in order to help the convict Ludvig (Torkel Pettersson) escape from prison. They return to Copenhagen Read More

2002
Flickering Lights

Actors: Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sofie Gråbøl

Synopsis: A career criminal stumbles upon his big chance to get out of the business, though not everyone thinks it's such a good idea, in this witty thriller. Torkild (Soren Pilmark) is the leader of a band of small-time crooks; having just celebrated his 40th birthday (which coincided with his being dumped Read More

2001
High Fidelity

Actors: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, Todd Louiso, Lisa Bonet

Synopsis: A man discovers that there's more to love than a good mixed tape in this dramatic comedy about music and relationships. Rob (John Cusack), an obsessive record collector in his mid-thirties, is struggling to reconcile his adolescent enthusiasm for pop music with adult responsibilities and a more Read More

3/31/00
Mifune

Actors: Anders W. Berthelsen, Iben Hjejle, Jesper Asholt, Emil Tarding, Anders Hove, Sofie Gråbøl, Paprika Steen

Synopsis: Mifunes Sidste Sang is the third feature produced according to the Dogma 95 manifesto, ten strict rules drawn up by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg. The title of the film refers to the late Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune, who played a bogus samurai of peasant origins in Akira Kurosawa Read More

2/25/00
Besat

Actors: Udo Kier, Ole Lemmeke, Kirsti Eline Torhaug, Ole Ernst, Niels Anders Thorn

Synopsis: In this slick Danish thriller, a mysterious traveler arrives at the Copenhagen airport and the city is soon thrown into darkness. When the lights are turned back on, the stranger is rushed to a hospital suffering from bizarre Ebola-like symptoms. Soren (Ole Lemmeke), an ambitious junior Read More

1999
Portland

Synopsis: Drug-dealing Danish thugs engage in various criminal activities in violently hip but gritty crime drama. The interesting cinematography provides one of the film's points of interest. But for one scene all exterior shots seemed to be filmed in grainy black and white high contrast film that is then Read More

1996