Peter Flinth

Born 1964, Denmark. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark where he made REQUIEM (1992), awarded in Italy and the USA. He worked as an assistant director on numerous feature films and made commercials. EYE OF THE EAGLE (ØRNENS ØJE, 1997), his feature film debut, was a hit at the box office for children's cinema and was presented at the GFF 1997. His second feature film was THE OLSEN GANG JUNIOR (OLSEN BANDEN JUNIOR). THE FAKIR is his third feature film.

Director’s statement

“THE FAKIR is a classic adventure, but its world is offbeat, near surreal. Having the twins drag around some people they accidentally killed is transgressive, to be sure, but handled with a surplus of good humour and imagination it does not seem offensive. The biggest challenge was juggling the many plot lines. There are a lot of side stories, along with loads of gags requiring visual effects”.