The two friends, Peter and Kristian, share a boyhood dream of traveling into space in their own home-built space rocket. If they succeed, the two Danes will write themselves into the annals of history as the world's first amateurs to go into space. Peter and Kristian, who are the only people on the project full-time, have gathered a small group of spaceflight enthusiasts who contribute to the project alongside their regular jobs. The team has been working like this for five years, with the majority of their building materials bought in DIY stores. And now their rocket is nearly ready. But different opinions arise and collide, and suddenly the two friends wind up in a serious argument. They lose their tempers and before long they are in a space race, not against the world, but each other.
| Original title | Amateurs in Space |
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| Danish title | Amateurs in Space |
| Keywords | Denmark, Space, Space exploration, Space missions, Space rockets, 2010-2019 |
| Director | Max Kestner |
| Producer | Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær |
| Director of Photography | Claus Mejling, Poul Meyer, Max Kestner, Kim Høgh Mikkelsen |
| Editor | Jacob Thuesen |
| Sound | Hans Møller |
| Composer | Paul Leonard-Morgan |
| Appearance | Peter Madsen, Kristian von Bengtson |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | DOXBIO |
| International sales | Autlook Filmsales |
| Danish theatrical release | 02.11.2016 |
| Online release | 09.08.2017 |
| Comment | World premiere in competition at IDFA 2016. Max Kestner has directed a number of acclaimed documentaries such as Max by Chance (2004), Blue Collar White Christmas (2004) and Dreams in Copenhagen (2009). He is making his feature fiction debut with Man Divided (2017). |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for all |
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| Production company | Danish Documentary Production |
| With support from | Det Danske Filminstitut |
| Domestic distribution | DOXBIO |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Max Kestner |
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Production |
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| Producer | Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær |
| Assisting producer | Sidsel Lønvig Siersted |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Claus Mejling |
| Cinematographer | Poul Meyer |
| Cinematographer | Max Kestner |
| Cinematographer | Kim Høgh Mikkelsen |
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| Editor | Jacob Thuesen |
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Music |
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| Music | Paul Leonard-Morgan |
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Sound |
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| Sound designer | Hans Møller |
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Appearance |
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| Appearance | Peter Madsen |
| Appearance | Kristian von Bengtson |
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Reviews and articles
On the library you can find these articles and revies and other material about the film.
| Type | Source | Author | Date |
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| Anmeldelse | Information | Monggaard, Christian | 2016-11-04 |
| Anmeldelse | Politiken-Fonden | Skotte Christensen, Kim | 2016-11-01 |
| Interview | BT | Johansson, Susanne | 2016-10-30 |
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