A composer with a straining birth name is caught between his mother fixation and his need to father his own ambitions. Oscar nominated short film from 1997
Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen
User score
9 votes
Released
January 1, 1997
14m
Danish
Stig Hoffmeyer
Werner
Frits Helmuth
Gert
Vera Gebuhr
Werner's mother
Søren Sætter-Lassen
Arne
Lis Vogel
Werner's grandmother
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