The Passion of Marie

{{Infobox film

| name = The Passion of Marie

| image = Marie Krøyer movie poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Swedish theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|da|Marie Krøyer}}

| director = Bille August

| screenplay = Peter Asmussen

| based_on = {{Based on|Balladen om Marie|Anastassia Arnold}}

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Signe Leick Jensen
Karin Trolle

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Søren Sætter-Lassen
Sverrir Gudnason
Lene Maria Christensen
Tommy Kenter
Nanna Buhl Andresen
Vera Torpp Larsson

}}

| cinematography = Dirk Brüel

| editing = Gerd Tjur

| music = Stefan Nilsson

| studio = SF Film Production

| distributor = SF Film Distribution

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2012|9|27|Denmark|2012|10|12|Sweden}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = {{Plainlist|

Denmark
Sweden

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| language = {{Plainlist|

Danish
Swedish

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| budget =

| gross =

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The Passion of Marie ({{langx|da|Marie Krøyer}}; {{langx|sv|Balladen om Marie Krøyer}}) is a 2012 biographical drama film directed by Bille August, starring Birgitte Hjort Sørensen and Søren Sætter-Lassen. The film's Danish working title, Balladen om Marie, means The Ballad of Marie. It tells the story of the stormy relationship between Marie Krøyer and Peder Severin Krøyer, two of the Skagen Painters, in the late 19th century.

Cast

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Marie Krøyer
Søren Sætter-Lassen as P.S. Krøyer
Tommy Kenter as Lachmann
Lene Maria Christensen as Anna Norrie
Sverrir Gudnason as Hugo Alfvén
Nanna Buhl Andresen as Henny Brodersen

Production

Based on the 1999 biography by Anastassia Arnold, The Passion of Marie was Bille August's first Danish film production since Pelle the Conqueror from 1987. It was produced through SF Film Production—the Danish subsidiary of AB Svensk Filmindustri—with support from the Danish Film Institute.{{cite web |last=Jensen |first=Jørn Rossing |url=http://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/205056/ |title=Bille August to shoot The Passion of Marie |website=Cineuropa |date=10 June 2011 |access-date=23 June 2018}} It received 1.75 million Norwegian kronor from Nordisk Film & TV Fond.{{cite web |url=http://www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/news/stories/nordisk-film-and-tv-fond-grants-nok3m-to-kon-tiki-project |title=Nordisk Film & TV Fond Grants NOK3m To Kon-tiki Project |website=Nordisk Film & TV Fond |date=20 May 2011 |access-date=23 June 2018}} Principal photography began in August 2011, on location in Skagen and Marstrand.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfi.dk/english/august-snapshot |title=August snapshot |website=Danish Film Institute |date=22 August 2011 |access-date=23 June 2018}}

Release

The film was released by SF Film Distribution in Denmark on 27 September 2012 and in Sweden on 12 October 2012.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/marie-kroyer |title=Marie Krøyer |website=Danish Film Database |access-date=23 June 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=74387 |title=The Passion of Marie (2012) |website=Swedish Film Database |access-date=23 June 2018}}