Niels Arestrup
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European screen performer Niels Arestrup grew up in a middle-class family of Danish extraction, and gravitated toward acting as a young man, studying under the aegis of legendary drama instructor Tania Balachova. He took his initial foray into acting on-stage, but quickly moved into filmed work as well, in such noteworthy big-screen productions as Chantal Akerman's Je Tu Il Elle (1974), Alain Resnais' Stavisky (1974), and Jeanne Moreau's Lumière (1976). Arestrup's heavy involvement in theater continued over the following several decades, yet he remained extremely prolific on film, reaching memorable high points with leads in Marco Ferreri's unusual, provocative erotic drama The Future Is Woman (1984) and István Szabó's Karin Anderson biopic Meeting Venus (1991). In 2007, Arestrup achieved some international crossover success with his supporting contribution to Julian Schnabel's acclaimed Jean-Dominique Bauby biopic The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57% | Return to Montauk |
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— | 2017 |
| 33% | By The Sea |
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$0.4M | 2015 |
| 93% | Diplomacy |
|
— | 2014 |
| 65% | The French Minister |
|
— | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | La dérobade (Memoirs of a French Whore) |
|
— | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | La dune (The Dune) |
|
— | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 96 Heures |
|
— | 2014 |
| 89% | You Will Be My Son |
|
— | 2013 |
| 93% | Our Children |
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$6k | 2013 |
| 88% | The Big Picture |
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$0.2M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Le grand soir (The Big Night) |
|
— | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Our Children |
|
— | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Citizen Langlois |
|
— | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Small World (Je n'ai rien oublié) |
|
— | 2012 |
| 76% | War Horse |
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$79.9M | 2011 |
| 72% | Sarah's Key |
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$7.7M | 2011 |
| 85% | Farewell (L'affaire Farewell) |
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$0.4M | 2010 |
| 97% | A Prophet (Un prophete) |
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$1.6M | 2010 |
| 94% | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
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$5.9M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | The Candidate (Le Candidat) |
|
— | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Antonin's Stories (Les Fragments d'Antonin) |
|
— | 2006 |
| 85% | De Battre mon Coeur s'est Arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
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$0.8M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Une affaire privée (A Private Affair) |
|
— | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Speak to Me of Love |
|
— | 2002 |
| 100% | Meeting Venus |
|
— | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Sincerely Charlotte |
|
— | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | Loups entre eux, Les (Among Wolves) |
|
— | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | Il Futuro è Donna (The Future Is Woman) |
|
— | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | La chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland) |
|
— | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | Les Apprentis-sorciers (The Sorceror's Apprentice) |
|
— | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | Lumiere |
|
— | 1976 |
| 100% | I, You, He, She (Je, Tu, Il, Elle) |
|
— | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | Papa lumière |
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Quotes from Niels Arestrup's Characters
| Grandfather: | Maybe there are different ways to be brave. Did you know the French have the best carrier pigeons? And this could be the difference in the war - our messages getting through. |
| Emilie: | I don't want to hear about the birds. |
| Grandfather: | They are released at the front and told to go home - this is all they know. But to get there they must fly over war. Can you imagine such a thing? Here you are flying over so much pain and terror - and you know you can never look down. You have to look forward or you'll never get home. I ask you - what could be braver than that? |
| Grandfather: | Maybe there are different ways to be brave. Did you know the French have the best carrier pigeons? And this could be the difference in the war. Our messages getting through. There are released from the front and told to go home. This is all they know. But to get there they must fly over a war. It's like... you are flying over so much pain and terror... and you know you can never look down. You have to look forward, or you'll never get home. I ask you, what could be braver than that? |
| Roussin: | Hold fast to the human inside of you, and you'll survive. |
| Grandfather: | "Emile. Her name was Emile." |
| Grandfather: | Emilie. Her name was Emilie. |
| Grandfather: | Can you imagine flying over a war and you know you can never look down? You have to look forward, or you'll never get home. What could be braver than that? |