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    THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE

    Directed by Magnus von Horn
    Denmark | 115 minutes | Awards Buzz – Best International Feature Film

Film Festival 2025

Gritty realism meets bold expressionist design in this true-crime drama set in WWI-era Copenhagen, following a factory worker, fired after becoming pregnant by her boss, who finds succor with a woman running an underground adoption agency for unwanted babies.

Note: Filmmaker Magnus von Horn is one of Variety's 10 Directors to Watch for 2025!

Congratulations to the The Girl with the Needle team on making the shortlist for Best International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards!

film details

Director: Magnus von Horn
Producers: Malene Blenkov, Mariusz Włodarski
Screenwriter: Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek Knudsen
Cinematographers: Michał Dymek
Editor: Agnieszka Glińska
Music: Emilie Skovgaard Sørensen
Cast: Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm
Country: Denmark
Language: In Danish with English subtitles
Year: 2024
Running Time: 115 minutes
Director Filmography: Sweat (2020), The Here After (2015)
Primary Company: MUBI
Contact Email: cwells@mubi.com

Film Festival 2025