The Birthday Trip
5.7
“When the shy hot dog vendor Kaj's 40th birthday is comming up his friends invite him to celebrate his birthday on a trip to Poland with booze and ladies”
When the hot-dog vendor Kaj from the small town of Skælskør in Denmark turns 40, his friends take him on a trip to Poland, to a long party with cheap liquor and emigration eager polish ladies. It will go merrily, but it gets serious for Kaj as he meets a girl who mistakes him for a wealthy Toyota dealer she has exchanged letters with.
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Steen Svare
Kaj
Known for
The Kingdom
Italian for Beginners
Bertel Abildgaard
Kajs ven
Also in
Pretty Boy
Elvis Hansen, en samfundshjælper
Peter Bay
Kajs ven
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Elvis Hansen, en samfundshjælper
Ivan Horn
Kajs ven
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Michael Boesen
Kajs ven
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Once a Cop...
Klovn
Dorota Pomykała
Magdalena
Known for
Kill Me If You Dare
Tadeusz Wojtych
Magdalenas far
Known for
Sara
Katarzyna Łaniewska
Magdalenas mor
Known for
Topsy Turvy, or Egg Nogg 2
Interrogation
Tadeusz Szymków
Magdalenas bror
Known for
The Pigs
Łukasz Drozdowski
Magdalenas søn
Also in
Chce mi się wyć
Kazimierz Ostrowicz
Magdalenas bedstefar
Also in
Gruby
Misja
Peter Andreas Dam
TV-fotograf
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Blackout
Ungeren
Lone Scherfig Director · Peter Bay Writer Kris Kolodziejski Writer
Director
Lone Scherfig
Writer
Peter Bay
Writer
Kris Kolodziejski
Composer
Anders Koppel
Cinematographer
Anthony Dod Mantle
Cinematographer
Kim Hattesen
Editor
Leif Axel Kjeldsen
Production designer
Claus Bjerre
Costume designer
Ryszard Jedrychowski
Costume designer
Teresa Piwonska
Costume designer
Margrethe Rasmussen
First release August 3, 1990 · Produced in Denmark, Poland · Languages Danish, Polish
Production
Det Danske Filmstudie
Production
Regner Grasten Film
Production
Denmark · Poland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Kaj's fødselsdag
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Danish · Polish
Release dates
Denmark · August 3, 1990
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No release date listed for United States.
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