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Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.

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Mads Mikkelsen
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 22
Actor
Executive Producer
Film Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
København
Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen
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Misunderstand
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Frame
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People
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Films
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