Overview
John and René are in their twenties, close friends but different enough for René to be nicknamed Thunderbird, while John remains just plain John. John feels irresistibly drawn into Thunderbird's orbit, but René isn't all flash. He actually longs to share John's plainness and quiet calm.
Fun facts
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Dan Laustsen
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Søren Kragh-JacobsenWriter
- Hans HansenWriter
- Original title
- Isfugle
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 26, 1983
- Original language
- Danish
- Countries
- Denmark
Production
Cast
Peter Hesse OvergaardJohn
Michael FalchRene
Mette Munk PlumVivi
Rita AngelaJohns mor- Niels MøllerHelge
Dick KaysøRenes far
Anne-Lise GaboldRenes fars nye kone
Holger BolandSand
Geert VindahlAllan- Carsten Bang
Bodil Lindorff
Alice Thorlacius
William Kisum
Judith Rothenborg
Julie Wieth- Henrik Birch
John Lambreth- Heinz Saxburger
- Zetti Krarup Jensen
- Jens Borch
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