The Birthday Trip
1990, Danish. Directed by Lone Scherfig.
When the shy hot dog vendor Kaj's 40th birthday is comming up his friends invite him to celebrate his birthday on a trip to Poland with booze and ladies
When the hot-dog vendor Kaj from the small town of Skælskør in Denmark turns 40, his friends take him on a trip to Poland, to a long party with cheap liquor and emigration eager polish ladies. It will go merrily, but it gets serious for Kaj as he meets a girl who mistakes him for a wealthy Toyota dealer she has exchanged letters with.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Danish
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Lone ScherfigDirector
- Steen SvareKaj
- Bertel AbildgaardKajs ven
- Peter BayKajs ven
- Ivan HornKajs ven
- Michael BoesenKajs ven
- Dorota PomykałaMagdalena
- Tadeusz WojtychMagdalenas far
- Katarzyna ŁaniewskaMagdalenas mor
- Tadeusz SzymkówMagdalenas bror
- Łukasz DrozdowskiMagdalenas søn
- Kazimierz OstrowiczMagdalenas bedstefar
- Peter Andreas DamTV-fotograf
Details
- Released
- 3 August 1990
- Original title
- Kaj's fødselsdag
- Country
- Denmark, Poland
- Written by
- Peter Bay, Kris Kolodziejski
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The Birthday Trip runs 94 minutes (1h 34m).
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Which OTT platform is The Birthday Trip on?
The Birthday Trip isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 August 1990. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Birthday Trip?
The Birthday Trip (1990) was directed by Lone Scherfig and stars Steen Svare, Bertel Abildgaard, Peter Bay.