Jens Jørgen Thorsen, painter, all-round provocateur and sometime filmmaker ("Quiet Days in Clichy", 1970, based on Henry Miller) spent two decades fighting everybody from the Danish government to the Vatican before he could finally shoot this madcap satire about Christ's return to contemporary hippiedom, defying all known morals and manners and getting himself laid by women, sacred and profane. English dialogue.
| Original title | The Return |
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| Danish title | Jesus vender tilbage |
| International titles | Il ritorno |
| Director | Jens Jørgen Thorsen |
| Screenplay | Jens Jørgen Thorsen |
| Director of Photography | Jesper Høm |
| Editor | Jesper Osmund, Jesper Osmund |
| Sound | Hans Møller, Hans Møller |
| Composer | Jimmy Dawkins and his Chicago Bluesmen |
| Production designer | Søren Skjær, Viggo Bentzon |
| Casting | Ivar Søe |
| Appearance | Marco Di Stefano, Johnny Melville, Jed Curtis, Jean-Michel Dagory |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Dialogue language | English |
| Domestic distribution | Constantin Film |
| Technical info | 35 mm, Eastmancolor, Dolby |
| Danish theatrical release | 13.03.1992 |
| Cinemas | Palads, BioTrio, Scala (Aalborg), Palads (Århus), Kino (Odense), Lido (Vejle), Cinema Center (Herning), Strandbio (Esbjerg), Scala Center (Holstebro) |
| Danish rating | Children under 16 not admitted |
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| Production company | Superfilm Productions |
| Domestic distribution | Constantin Film |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Jens Jørgen Thorsen |
| Assistant director | Anders Refn |
| Continuity | Stine Monty Freddie |
| Casting | Ivar Søe |
| Extras coordinator | Sanni Sylvester |
| Assistant extras coordinator | Lisbeth Richter Larsen |
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Script |
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| Script | Jens Jørgen Thorsen |
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Production |
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| Executive producer | John Hilbard |
| Executive producer | Jens Jørgen Thorsen |
| Production secretary | Anne-Marie Mosbech |
| Production manager | Leif Henriksen |
| Production manager | Karen Bentzon |
| Production secretary | Lene Kramshøj |
| Unit manager | Sanne Arnt Torp |
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Cinematography |
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| Director of Photography | Jesper Høm |
| Camera assistant | Jesper Find |
| Camera assistant | Mads Thomsen |
| Key grip | Mikael K. Kristensen |
| Key grip | Gunner Nielsen |
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| Electrical dept. | Jan Guldbrandsen |
| Electrical dept. | Emil Sparre-Ulrich |
| Electrical dept. | Steen Eldrup Jørgensen |
| Electrical dept. | Anders Hermansen |
| Electrical dept. | Peter Bak |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Jesper Osmund |
| Editor | Jesper Osmund |
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Music |
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| Music | Jimmy Dawkins and his Chicago Bluesmen |
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Production design |
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| Production designer | Søren Skjær |
| Set dresser | Tine Hieronymus Nielsen |
| Assistant set dresser | Michael Frandsen |
| Assistant production designer | Thorkil Slebsager |
| Art department runner | Kristoffer Bentzon |
| Set designer | Jens Jørgen Thorsen |
| Production designer | Viggo Bentzon |
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Wardrobe |
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| Wardrobe | Ole Glæsner |
| Wardrobe | Annelise Houberg |
| Wardrobe | Birthe Qualmann |
| Wardrobe | Marcella Kjeltoft |
| Wardrobe | Anne Mathiesen |
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Makeup |
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| Makeup | Lene Ravn Henriksen |
| Makeup | Birthe Lyngsøe |
| Makeup | Marchello di Roma |
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Sound |
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| Sound | Hans Møller |
| Sound engineer | Hans Møller |
| Synchronization | Michael Billingsly |
| Music mixer | Hjortor Blondal |
| Foley artist | Ted Russof |
| Foley artist | John Hilbard |
| Sound assistant | Preben Mortensen |
| Sound assistant | Iben Haahr Andersen |
| Sound assistant | Nino Jacobsen |
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Appearance |
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| Jesus | Marco Di Stefano |
| The preacher | Johnny Melville |
| The pope | Jed Curtis |
| A bum | Jean-Michel Dagory |
| A bum | Benny Hansen |
| Billy Graham | Jacob Haugaard |
| The prison priest | John Hahn-Petersen |
| The protestant priest | Paul Hagen |
| Marianne | Atlanta |
| Cardinal | Hans Henrik Bærentzen |
| Cardinal | Jørgen Bidstrup |
| Cardinal | Mogens W. Johansen |
| US general | Jim Russel |
| Italian police chief | Hugo Øster Bendtsen |
| Prison ward | Marco Barfoed Ramirez |
| Prison ward | Pascal Sefusatti |
| Judge | Eduardo Bohr |
| TV speaker | Eric Danielsen |
| Stewardess | Pia Koch |
| Pilot | Simon Vagn Jensen |
| Control tower officer | Stephen Hakesberg |
| Control tower officer | Peter Gilsfort |
| Diplomat | Jacques Desplats |
| Diplomat | Jan Hertz |
| Terrorist | Hans Peter Ludvigsen |
| Terrorist | Martin Spang Olsen |
| Terrorist | Flemming Jetmar |
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| Music | Year | Composer |
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| Paris blues | 1992 | |
| Moonlight serenade | 1992 | Glenn Miller |
| We shall overcome | 1992 | Charles Albert Tindley |
| Europe blues | 1992 | |
| Jesus vender tilbage [Score] | 1992 | Richard Wagner |
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