{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Pain of Love | native_name = Kærlighedens smerte | image = PainofLoveDVDcover.jpg | caption = Front cover of the Danish DVD box | director = Nils Malmros | producer = Per Holst | writer = Nils Malmros<br />John Morgensen | starring = Anne Louise Hassing<br />Søren Østergaard<br />Birthe Neumann<br />Waage Sandø | music = Gunner Møller Pedersen | cinematography = Jan Weincke | editing = {{ill|Birger Møller Jensen|da}} | distributor = Egmont Entertainment | released = {{film date|1992|10|30|df=yes}} | runtime = 115 minutes | country = Denmark<br />Sweden | language = Danish | budget = }}
'''''Pain of Love''''' ({{langx|da|'''Kærlighedens smerte'''}}) is a 1992 Danish dramatic tragedy written and directed by Nils Malmros. It stars Anne Louise Hassing and Søren Østergaard in a beautiful but bitter story about a young college student whose small setbacks in school and relationships lead her toward an inexorable descent into suicidal depression.
== Cast == * Anne Louise Hassing ... Kirsten * Søren Østergaard ... Søren * Birthe Neumann ... Kirstens mor * Waage Sandø ... Kirstens far * {{ill|Anni Bjørn|af||da}} ... Inge-Lise * {{ill|Peder Dahlgaard|da}} ... Anders * {{ill|Kamilla Gregersen|af|Kamilla Bech Holten|da|Kamilla Bech Holten}} ... Julie * {{ill|Finn Nielsen|da||de|Finn Nielsen (Schauspieler)|sv}} ... Lasse * Ove Pedersen ... Psychology Examiner * Mads-Peter Neumann ... Psychology Monitor * {{ill|Victor Marcussen|af||da}} ... Psychology Monitor * Karin Flensborg ... Examiner
== Awards == The film won the 1993 Robert for Best Film,<ref name="Jensen Scocozza 1996">{{cite book |last=Jensen |first=G. |last2=Scocozza |first2=B. |title=Politikens bog om danskerne og verden: hvem, hvad, hvornår i 50 år |publisher=Politikens forlag |year=1996 |isbn=978-87-567-5697-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=epIlAQAAMAAJ |language=da |access-date=11 June 2021 |page=387}}</ref> and became the only film in Danish cinema to sweep the Bodil Awards with wins for Best Danish Film and for all four acting categories. It was also nominated for the Golden Bear at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1993/02_programm_1993/02_Programm_1993.html |title=Berlinale: 1993 Programme |accessdate=1 June 2011 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:148319 Allmovie] * [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107350 IMDb] * [http://www.danskefilm.dk/film/294.html The Danish Film Database (In Danish)] * {{DNFt|8527}}
{{Bodil Award for Best Danish Film}} {{Robert Award for Best Danish Film}}
Category:1992 drama films Category:1992 films Category:Best Danish Film Bodil Award winners Category:Best Danish Film Robert Award winners Category:Danish drama films Category:1990s Danish-language films Category:1992 Danish films Category:Films directed by Nils Malmros Category:Swedish drama films Category:1992 Swedish films Category:Films scored by Gunner Møller Pedersen