Mænd og høns
Danmark 2015

Faren til et par voksne brødre dør, og det viser sig, at brødrene kun er halvbrødre og har andre biologiske forældre. De opsøger deres far, og det viser sig at de har yderligere 3 halvbrødre. Situationen i det fædrene hjem i mildest talt underlig. De fem voksne mænd isolere sig i det forfaldne hjem og situationen udvikler sig mere og mere grotesk. Gabriel er interesseret i farens forskning, og det er chokerede forskning faren havde gang i. Gabriel bliver spærret inde og det betyder at det kommer til et opgør mellem brødrene, inden finalen, hvor alt kan ske.

Per Kjær

Instruktør:
Anders Thomas Jensen

Manuskript:
Anders Thomas Jensen

Medvirkende:
Mads Mikkelsen (Elias)
Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Gregor)
David Dencik (Gabriel)
Nicolas Bro (Josef)
Søren Malling (Franz)
Bodil Jørgensen (Ellen Abbott, Flemmings datter)
Rikke Louise Andersson (Sara, leder af plejehjem)
Ole Thestrup (Flemming Abbott, Borgmester, Ellens mand)
Birthe Neumann (Inger Lis, pensionist)
Stig Hoffmeyer (Adrian)
Kirsten Lehfeldt (Ingrid Abbott, læge, Flemmings søster)
Lisbet Dahl (Susan, leder af børnehave)
Kjeld Nørgaard (Færgefører)
Maj-Britt Mathiesen (Mia)
Inger Lise Larsen (Tove)
Lars Lunøe (Far)
Philip Møller (Døds Bo)
Valdemar Bemmann Bredning (Barn)
Tobias Kowalczyk (Barn)
Karen Marie Jensen (Stemme)

Credits:
Produktionsselskab: M&M Productions A/S ; i co-produktion med Studio Babelsberg ; DCM Productions ; in association with Filmfyn v/ Bo Damgaard ; Film I Väst ; ZDF/Arte , Nadcon ; with support from The Danish Film Institutut v/ Kim Leona ; DR v/ Filmklubben ; German Federal Film Fund ; Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg ; German Federal Film Board ; Eurimages ; Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg ; Investitionsbank Berlin
Producer: Kim Magnusson & Tivi Magnusson
Executive producer: Christoph Fisser, Carl Woebcken, Henning Molfenter, Dario Suter, Christoph Daniel, Marc Schmidheiny & Joel Bandeis
Associate producer: Peter Bækkel, Jessica Ask, Peter Nadermann & Meinolf Zurhorst
Line producer: Kristina Kornum & Philipp Klausing
Storyboard: Simon Bang
Production assistants: Jamie Ryan, Tobias Vestergaard, Jeppe Marstrand, Marc Ziebe, Anton Falck Gangsted & Nanna Brandt-Rishave
Producer assistants: Julie Konradsen, Mie Frandsen, Lasse Volfing & Camilla Gaarder
Post-production supervisor: Nanna Van Elk
Production coordinator: Søren Frimodt Møller & Christina Pind Rasmussen
1st ad: Peter Bækkel
2nd ad: Arn Lou
Set PA: Amanda Marie Magnusson & Anna Viktoria Irgens Bækkel
Location manager: Rasmus Rise
Location assistent: Gustav Meiling = Gustav Meiling Madsen
Director of photography: Sebastian Blenkov
Focuspuller: Søren Berthelin
Camera assistent: Kasper Loft Bylov
Data wrangler/DIT: Andreas Hansen
Clapper/loader: Rasmus Søndergaard Rygaard
VTR operator: Kasper Bundvad
Steadicam operator: Florian Emmerich
Continuity: Falke Schwalbe
Key grip: Magnus Kragh Ohmsen
Grip: Christian Brøndum
Low loader: Philip Cooke
Still photographer: Rolf Konow
Klipper: Anders Villadsen
Production design: Mia Stensgaard
Art director: Jesper Clausen & Cornelia Ott
Supervising art director: Anders Engelbrecht
Art department coordinator: Thomas Karlsen
Prop master: Trine Gram & Rasmus Koch
Prop master (prep): Jacob Wirth Carlsen
On-set propsman: Casper Nilsson, Christina Kallan, Jesper Hyllested Madsen, Luis Bramsen & Thomas Willemoes Høyer
Prop assistant: Simon Kofoed & Axel Wirth Carlsen
Sound designer: Nino Jacobsen
Sound recordist: Jonas Langkilde
Boomer: Peter Kofoed
Head of lighting department: Michael Sørensen
Best boy: Mathias Asger Rasmussen
Electrician: Peter Junker Sørensen
Electrician – selected days: Jonathan Go-Matsushima
Costume deisgn: Manon Rasmussen
Costumer: Rebekkah Leve
Costume assistant: Lucie-Marie Layers
Makeup: Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
SFX make-up: Soda ApS, Morten Jacobsen & Thomas Foldberg
Makeup assistant: Birgitte Samson & Trine Cordes Berg
Visual effects supervisor: Peter Hjorth [Fotograf]
Engelbrecht Construction A/S
Head of construction: Thomas Frisch
Carpenters: Chris Dam Jensen, Christian Fichner Andersen, Esben Nielsen, Jeppe Boje, Jon Ami Kristiansson, Rolf Walsted, Martin Walther, Sylwio Mrozinski & Simon Voss
Smith: Gorm Nielsen
Head of painters: Christine Bechameil
Painters: Liselotte Møller, Marie Søegaard Tarpøe, Niels Valentin, Tom Tolstoj & Birgitte Thiesen
Graphics: Barbara Sandberg
Animal wrangler: Fauna Film Praha ; Ota Bares ; Radim Macha ; Petr Straka ; Petr Fulhammer
Extras casting: Rie Hedegaard, Karin Jagd & Anders Nygaard
Extras coordinator: Anita Juel Lystbæk
Stunt coordinator: Deni Jordan
Stuntman: Henrik Eiberg
Speciel effects: FX Team, Christian Kitter & Søren Haraldsted
FX stunt props: Kristoffer Bentzon, Palnatoke F/X & Mads Broe, Palnatoke F/X
German Unit:
Line producer: Philipp Klausing
Production coordinator: Paul Melzow
Production secretary: Léa Germain
Office PA: Teresa Hetzel
Accountant: Anna Schmigalla
Payroll accountant: Margit Jütz
Draghtsperson: Adina Glöckner
Set decoration buyer: Uli Isfort
Set decoration buyer assistant: Mike Paul Müller
Set dresser: Ludolf Böhm, Wolfgang Hein, Petra Pieper & Jan Dunkel
On-set carpenter: Roman Berger
Assistant standby prop: Beate Kosubek
Prop driver: Tom Kirsten
Prop electrician: André Galler
Prop painter: Ines Johnson-Spain
2nd ad: Rickie Lee Roberts
2rd ad: Frederike Karsch
2nd assistant camera: Julian Hitomi
Video assistant: Thomas Kelling
Construction: Art Department Studio Babelsberg
Construction manager: Uwe Schaer
Construction buyer: Melanie Reichert
Hod Painter: Felix Gallo
Painter: Jakob Bogatzi & Kay Scholz
Hod carpenter: Jörg Klöcking
Carpenter: Michael Baum, Sven Treichel & Daniel Ballschmieter
Rigger: Isfried Würzberger & Andreas Schweigel
Metal worker: Andre Faust & Jan Tamme
Seamstress: Christine Böhler
Rigging gaffer: Sascha Wolfram
Best boy: Björn Körner
Electrician: Paco Didlaukies & Sebastian Lindner
Junior electrician: Ronald Deter
Key grip: Matthias Gelhausen
Grip: Laurenzius
Location manager: Michael Herbell
Set manager: Roy Luchterhand
Assistant set manger: Sebatian Luck
Set PA: Tom Bother, Melanie Lage & Johan Siebold
Make-up: Katja Melches & Fay Hatzius
Boom operator: Benjamin Dunker
Transportation manager: Andreas Grasshoff
Drivers: Peter Schinlauer, Frank Gust, Sascha Graetz & Sven Jorden
Facility: Ilias Grigoriou
Truck Wrangler: Stefan Arendt
Castering: Mundwerk Catering
Studio Babelsberg:
Production executive: Sonja B. Zimmer
Production executive/Location: Markus Bensch
Business affairs: Katja Hörstmann
Financial controller: Wolfgang Schwedler
Assistante to executive producers: Jenifère Nieschmidt & Marie Wildehain
Head of corporate communications: Eike Wolf
Corporate communications: Bianca Makarewicz
Legal consultant: Unversagt V. Have & Dr. Andreas Pense
For DCM Productions:
Head of acquisitions: Wiebke Andresen
Legal and business affairs manager: Eun-Zi Kim
In-house consultant: Herr Shibana
The Entire: DCM Team
Post-production supervisor: Nanna Van Elk
Post-production coordinator: Julie Konradsen
Visual effects supervisor: Peter Hjorth [Fotograf]
Post-production facilities: Cameo Film A/S
Colorist: Lasse Marcussen
Online: Bjørn Munch
Compositing: Sammy Larsen
Avid load/log and assistance: Louis Berthelsen
In-house technical supervisor: Emma Engberg & Emilie Johansen
Credits: Carina Jensen, Grids
Sound editor: Jakob Garfield
Foley editor: Rune Palving
Foley artist: Julien Naudin
Foley engineer: Julian Martin
Foley studio: Sarl Malakoff Studio
Sound studio: Ludus
Mixing studie: Ministri
Visual effects by Chimney Group:
IN-house executive post-production producer: Fredrik Zander
In-house VFX producer: Andreas Hylander
In-house VFX supervisor (Haymaker): Alex Hansson
VFX artists Chimney: Fredrik Nord, Ulf Lundgren & Martin Öhgren
VFX artists Haymaker: Mikael Orbing, Richard Blank, Urban Forsberg & Timo Närhi
VFX coordinator Chimney, Warzawa: Ewa Otwinowska & Marta Król
VFX artists Chimney, Warzawa: Krzysztof Greygowski, Tomasz Tejchman, Wojciech Swiatkiewicz, Natasza Wróblewska, Lukasz Jablonski
VFX artists industriromantik: Jacob Otterström & Linus Lindbalk
VFX artists mindboom: Alexander Ternstrand & Hani Farran
Filmgate:
In-house VFX producer: Sean Wheelan
In-house VFX coordinator: Alicia Appelgren
Mattepaint: Christian Lindholm
“D comp: Daniel Nielsen, Magnus Olsson & Gustav Törnroth
Zentropa Post Production Sweden:
In-house VFX producer: Henning Lind Eriksen
VFX artist: Emil Eriksson
Mattepaint: Pär Olofsson
The German Broncos:
VFX artists: Kim Fersling, Alexander Schepelern & Rickard Didriksson
Legal Services: Advokatselskabet Ak Németh ; Anja Kempinski Németh
Accounting: M&M Productions A/S
Chief production accountant: Ingelise Olsen
Authorised accountant: Baker Tilly
Insurance: Media Insurance Brokers v/ Jens-Georg Hansen
Camera equipment: Kameraudlejningen ApS
Lighting equipment: Lysudlejningen ApS
Sound equipment: Jonas Langkilde
Grip equipment: Filmgear A/S
Craft service: Produktionen.dk
Film bus: Jens Ring, Jan Schultz & Leif Lunn
Distribution: Buena Vista International
Film and distribution manager: Mads Nedergaard
Marketing manager: Lars Hønsgaard
Booking: Pauline Kacprzak
PR: Kasper Jørgensen
Invoicing: Tine Ernst
International sales: Levelk
Completion bonds: European Film Bonds and DFG ; Deutsche Filmversicherungsgemeinschaft, Per Neumann, Hans Lönnerheden, Sabina Österling & Lise-Lotte Døcker
Subtitles: Sidsel Hybschmann & Daniel Birch
Trailer: Lars Wissing
Teaser: Jesper Sichlau
TV spots: Lars Wissing
Arbejdernes Landsbank spot: Jesper Sichlau & Daniel Birch
Poster: Claus Retpen
Teaser poster: Weloverpeople

Musik:
Original music composed and arranged by: Frans Bak & Jeppe Kaas
Musikere: Ole Kibsgaard (sav), Viggga Ackermann Kortzau (vocal) & Jan Rørdam (guitar)
Orkester: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by: Adam Klemens
Recorded at: Smecky Music Studios, Prague
Recording engineer: Jan Holzner
Session supervison: Stanja Vomackova
Orchestral contractor: James Fitzpatrick for Tadlow Music
Orkesterering: Thomas Bryla
Pre production: Keld Haaning Ibsen
Pre music mix: Jan Rørdam
Source music arrangement: Rasmus Christensen
Final music mix: Jørgen Knub
Numre: “Tango Jalousie” (music: Jacob Gade) fremført af Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Numre: “Donau Vals” (music: Johann Strauss II) fremført af Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Anden information:
Oprettet d. 05.02.2015
Senest redigeret d. 31.05.2023
Genre: komedie

Længde: 104 minutter

Censur: 15 år

Biograf premiere:
05.02.2015

Er udgivet på DVD
Udgivelsesdato: 12. juni 2023
Kommentar: Udkom på BD: 12.06.2023 ; Udkom første gang på DVD: 11.06.2015

Vist i tv:
DR101.01.2017, 26.01.2019.
DR216.05.2020, 22.05.2020, 21.12.2021.
DR308.01.2017, 03.01.2018, 05.01.2018, 03.02.2019.
TV226.12.2025.
TV2 Echo18.11.2023, 23.11.2024, 05.03.2025, 03.06.2026.


Sjov og rablende skør historie, som vanligt fra Anders Thomas Jensen.

Lone Pedersen


Ole Thisted siger i filmen at humoren her på øen er lidt 1:1. Det er nok også et meget godt udtryk for filmen som helhed. Forventer i hvert fald ikke, at den vil gå over i filmhistorien som nogen stor film. Bortset fra dette, er det dog fantastisk skuespil.

Per Kjær