Klatretøsen (English: The Climbing Girl, released in the US as A Death Sentence) is a 2002 Danish crime comedy film directed by . The film's tagline is "The gutsiest girl since Pippi Longstocking."
Klatretøsen was produced by Nimbus Film.
Plot
Ida, with help from her two best friends, Sebastian and Jonas, robs the bank where her mother works, to get the money to save her dying father who needs a specialty surgery. During the heist, the kids overcome high-tech security systems, guard dogs, and a nasty head of security to get to a bank vault suspended 100 feet off the ground.
Cast as Ida Johansen as Sebastian Klausen Mads Ravn as Jonas Balgaard William Haugaard Petersen as William Johansen Lars Bom as Klaus Johansen – Ida's father as Maria Johansen – Ida's mother Anders W. Berthelsen as Henrik (guard) Casper Jexlev Fomsgaard as Johnny Klausen as Hartmann
Reception The film has been recognised as "a good film for kids" and "all good fun".
Accolades The film won the Starboy award for the best children's film at Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival in 2002. It won the Robert Award for Best Children's Film at the 2003 Robert Awards.
American remake An American remake of this Danish blockbuster was released in 2004 titled Catch That Kid.
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