Headhunter

Aug 28 2009 N/A 1h 48m
Thriller

Martin Vinge, former notorious journalist, now successful headhunter with a complicated personal life, is in all confidentiality contacted by 85 year-old N.F. Sieger, S.E.O. of Denmark's largest shipping company and oil empire. Sieger hires Martin to find an alternative heir to the firm instead of his son, Daniel Sieger, who for a long time has been destined to take the company into the next era. Martin starts coming up with suitable names for the position, but discovers that he has actually been entangled in a larger impenetrable power game aimed at deciding what is really going to happen to the company; a brutal power struggle that puts an intense pressure on Martin and his private life and relationships.

Plot

Martin Vinge, (35), former notorious journalist, now successful headhunter with a complicated personal life, is in all confidentiality contacted by 85 year-old N.F. Sieger, S.E.O. of Denmark's largest shipping company and oil empire. Sieger hires Martin to find an alternative heir to the firm instead of his son, Daniel Sieger, who for a long time has been destined to take the company into the next era. Martin starts coming up with suitable names for the position, but discovers that he has actually been entangled in a larger impenetrable power game aimed at deciding what is really going to happen to the company; a brutal power struggle that puts an intense pressure on Martin and his private life and relationships.

Written by

Rumle Hammerich, Åke Sandgren

Directed by

Rumle Hammerich

Cast

Lars Mikkelsen, Charlotte Munck, Burkhard Forstreuter

Crew

View crew

Production Countries

Denmark

Production Companies

Nordisk Film

Languages

Dansk

Awards

3 wins & 13 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,414
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA