---
title: 'Smilla''s Sense of Snow (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bille August'
released: '1997-02-13'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Denmark'
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/smillas-sense-of-snow-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120152/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

1997 · 116 min · Drama, Action, Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller · Germany, Denmark, Sweden


## Synopsis

Smilla's Sense of Snow is a 1997 mystery thriller film directed by Bille August and starring Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, and Richard Harris. Based on the 1992 novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Danish author Peter Høeg, the film is about a transplanted Greenlander, Smilla Jaspersen, who investigates the mysterious death of a small Inuk boy who lived in her housing complex in Copenhagen. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bille August](https://cinepixo.com/people/bille-august)
- **Screenplay:** [Ann Biderman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-biderman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Harry Gregson-Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-gregson-williams)
- **Producer:** [Bernd Eichinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-eichinger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jörgen Persson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorgen-persson)
- **Editor:** [Janus Billeskov Jansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/janus-billeskov-jansen)

## Cast

- [Bob Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-peck)
- [Lars Bjarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-bjarke)
- [Clipper Miano](https://cinepixo.com/people/clipper-miano)
- [Mario Adorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-adorf)
- [Richard Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-harris)
- [Agga Olsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/agga-olsen)
- [Jim Broadbent](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-broadbent)
- [Vanessa Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanessa-redgrave)
- [Gabriel Byrne](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-byrne)
- [Robert Loggia](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-loggia)
- [Matthew Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-marsh)
- [Ann Queensberry](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-queensberry)
- [Peter Capaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-capaldi)
- [David Hayman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hayman)
- [Alvin Ing](https://cinepixo.com/people/alvin-ing)

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