Hearts are trump

Lars Brydesen, Denmark, 1976

120 min.DK/Feature

Werner Nielsen, a man in his 30s, saves his life by subjecting himself to a heart transplant. He finds his personality curiously changed. It becomes his obsession to learn all about the donor of his heart, a man who died in a car accident. He seeks out the man's widow disclosing why he came. They fall in love and move in together, and that's when his new heart starts failing him, too.

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Danish title	Hjerter er trumf
Other titles	Hearts are trump
Director	Lars Brydesen
Screenplay	Lars Brydesen, Jannick Storm
Producer	Erik Crone
Director of Photography	Mikael Salomon
Editor	Lars Brydesen
Sound	Per Meinertsen, Søren Tom-Petersen
Composer	Hans-Erik Philip
Production designer	Peter Høimark
Appearances	Lars Knutzon, Ann-Mari Max Hansen, Morten Grunwald, Klaus Pagh
Production country	Denmark
Production companies	Crone Film
Domestic distribution	Warner & Constantin
Technical info	35 mm, Scope, color, Sound
Danish theatrical release	19.03.1976
Cinemas	Roskilde, Slagelse, Odense, Horsens, Herning, Vejle, Randers, Århus, Aalborg, Kolding, Holstebro, Silkeborg, Hjørring, Imperial, Rialto 2
TV release	14.12.1997, TV 2, Sendt i TV i den forkortede version (75 min.).
Find more	Ebbe Iversen: Lars Brydesen - en skuffet debutant. Kosmorama 130/1976. Kaare Schmidt: Hjerter er trumf. Kosmorama 130/1976.
Danish rating	Allowed for children over the age of 12

Companies
Production companies	Crone Film
Domestic distribution	Warner & Constantin

Instruktion
Direction	Lars Brydesen
Assistant director	Anders Refn
Assistant director	Claus Weeke
Continuity	Anders Refn

Manus
Script	Lars Brydesen
Script	Jannick Storm

Produktion
Production	Erik Crone
Production manager	Christian Clausen

Foto
Cinematography	Mikael Salomon
1st assistant camera	Michael Christensen
Key grip	Jimmy Leavens

Stills
Still photographer	Fritz Schrøder

Lys
Electrical dept.	Søren Sørensen
Electrical dept.	Leif Barney Fick
Electrical dept.	Ove Hansen

Klip
Editing	Lars Brydesen

Musik
Music	Hans-Erik Philip

Produktionsdesign
Production design	Peter Høimark
Props	Jørgen Schmidt Nicolaisen
Props	John K. Olsen

Kostumer
Wardrobe	Jette Termann

Makeup
Makeup	Ruth Mahler

Lyd
Sound	Per Meinertsen
Sound	Søren Tom-Petersen

Special effects
Special effects	Peter Høimark

Medvirkende
Verner Nielsen	Lars Knutzon
Nina Bromann	Ann-Mari Max Hansen
Mads Bromann	Morten Grunwald
William Bang	Klaus Pagh
Sygeplejerske	Anne-Lise Gabold
Dr. Berg, hjertekirurg	Bent Christensen
Hanne, Verners kone	Ulla Gottlieb
Fru Karen Nielsen, Verners mor	Bodil Kjer
Psykiater	Ove Sprogøe
Lone Bang	Lotte Tarp
Gæst	Claus Weeke
Købmand	Gunnar Lemvigh
Ansat på byggeplads	Edward Fleming
Patient	Claus Nissen
Patient	Poul Thomsen
Patient	Ingolf David
Læge	Søren Steen
Læge	Michael Lindvad
En dreng	Kasper Brydesen

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