Fish Out of Water
1993, Danish. Directed by Erik Clausen.
The early 1990s: 300,000 Danes are out of work. Viggo, a machinist with two grown children, is silent about feelings, scared he'll lose his job, loud about the value of trade unionism, interested in his pet fish, and argumentative at dinner. His wife Oda puts up with his moods and works on family genealogy. When Viggo is laid off, he becomes a fish out of water, hardly looking for work, starting a garden, and taking up with Karen, a polished but unhappy widow. He lies to his wife about a union training and goes to Mallorca with Karen. When she stops the affair, Viggo ends up in a psychiatric ward and must figure out what's really important in his life and in his character
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Danish
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- Released
- 26 February 1993
- Original title
- De frigjorte
- Country
- Denmark
- Written by
- Leif Sylvester, Søren Skjær, Erik Clausen
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Fish Out of Water runs 97 minutes (1h 37m).
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Fish Out of Water isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 February 1993. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Fish Out of Water?
Fish Out of Water (1993) was directed by Erik Clausen and stars Erik Clausen, Helle Ryslinge, Leif Sylvester.