When a Man Comes Home

Sep 14, 2007

1h 40m

★ 4.8

Overview

A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: the town´s most illustrious son, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian, a kitchen boy who is as good as married, falls head over heels in love with the new maid, Maria. Their love affair, along with rumours that the opera singer and the kitchen boy are related, turns the town upside down, threatening to ruin everyone´s high expectations and the opera singer´s triumphant return.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Nimbus Film

Breidablick Film AB

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Cast

Sebastian

Oliver Møller-Knauer

Maria

Ronja Mannov Olesen

Claudia

Helene Reingaard Neumann

Hans Kristian Schmidt

Thomas Bo Larsen

Sebastians mor

Karen-Lise Mynster

Sebastians far

Nicolaj Kopernikus

Direktøren

Morten Grunwald

Onkel Anna

Ulla Henningsen

Kokken

Shanti Roney

Peter

Paw Henriksen

Peters bror

Morten Schaffalitzky

Opvasker

Christopher Læssø

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