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Birgitte Federspiel
Actress 1925 - 2005

Birgitte Federspiel

København, Danmark

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Birgitte Federspiel (6 September 1925 – 2 February 2005) was a Danish film, theater and TV actress. She won two Bodil Awards for best actress in 1955 (Ordet) and 1959 (En fremmed banker på). Born Karen Birgitte Federspiel in Copenhagen,... Read full bio →

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22 titles
Kat

Kat

Martin Schmidt 2001 1h 25m 3.0

Due to a failed séance of her flat mate's quirky grandparents, the cat of law student Maria gets possessed by demonic powers and starts some horrible massacres, adding even more trouble to Maria's already complicated personal situation after the split from her boyfriend Henrik.

Barbara

Barbara

Nils Malmros 1997 2h 23m 6.0

Young vicar Mr. Paul arrives at the Faroe Islands to take up a benefice, and meets the young Barbara, twice married to vicars, and with both husbands laid cold in the grave. Despite the warnings of the surrounding community and his own religious scruples, he falls victim to Barbara's at once innocent and sinful charm.

Carl Th. Dreyer: Min metier

Carl Th. Dreyer: Min metier

Torben Skjødt Jensen 1995 1h 36m 6.0

Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors. Visually rich and densely layered, Carl Th. Dreyer—My Metier illuminates an artist too little understood and too important to overlook.

Babettes gæstebud

Babettes gæstebud

Gabriel Axel 1987 1h 44m 7.9

A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.

Matador

Matador

1978 1h 10.0

A man comes to Korsbæk, Denmark, in 1929, opens a women's clothing store in competition with an established one - bringing him up against the conservative establishment including the bank manager. We follow the families until after WWII.

Nitten røde roser

Nitten røde roser

Esben Høilund Carlsen 1974 1h 39m 7.0

After his girlfriend is killed in an automobile accident, a man decides the best revenge on those responsible is to murder their loved ones.

Olsen-banden går amok

Olsen-banden går amok

Erik Balling 1973 1h 40m 7.5

When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do not want to know about his new ingenious plan: they are actually WORKING in a shop! Thus, he has to think of something else to get his hands on the money of some international gangster.

Z.P.G.

Z.P.G.

Michael Campus 1972 1h 37m

In the not too distant future, an overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with their substitute robot baby, breaks the rules.

Svält

Svält

Henning Carlsen 1966 1h 52m 7.3

In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment his is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.

Dronningens vagtmester

Dronningens vagtmester

Johan Jacobsen 1963

When the Swedes occupy a Danish manor house, Svend Poulsen decides to help the family to safety. Along the way, Ib is taken prisoner. Svend Poulsen and his gang pretend to be a platoon of Swedish soldiers arriving at the castle where Ib is chained to the roof.

Drømmen om det hvide slot

Drømmen om det hvide slot

Anker Sørensen 1962 1h 43m 5.0

Throughout her childhood, "The White Castle" has stood as something very special for Susanne. But Susanne has never seen the castle - she is completely blind.

Komtessen

Komtessen

Anker Sørensen 1961 1h 33m

In the village Karrild, Countess Sonja Hardenborg and the young unmarried woman Marta give birth to one daughter each. Marta dies after birth, so her little girl Betina comes under the Countess care.

Gøngehøvdingen

Gøngehøvdingen

Annelise Hovmand 1961 1h 51m 4.0

Denmark, February 1658: The Swedish king invades Jutland via Germany and tries to get to the islands. The sea's been frozen to the islands so he can cross with his men. Some brave Danes try to bring a fortune to the king in Copenhagen.

Den sidste vinter

Den sidste vinter

Edvin Tiemroth, Anker Sørensen 1960 1h 31m 6.0

The Danish resistance movement stepped up its activities towards the end of the war. One night, an English agent arrives by plane, is injured and is taken in by local resistance fighters. The agent and the resistance fighters plan actions against the Germans, but there must be a traitor among them, because the Germans are always very close by.

En fremmed banker på

En fremmed banker på

Johan Jacobsen 1959 1h 30m

One day a strange man comes by and, seeing the lonely situation, invites himself in out of the rain. The woman is quietly hospitable and allows him to remain overnight. He stays on the next day and the next day. Pretty soon the woman begins to fall in love.

Amor i telefonen

Amor i telefonen

Peer Guldbrandsen 1957 1h 30m

During a train journey, Carolus, master of literature, meets the charming Italian Enrico. The two men discuss eroticism, and it ends with a bet: In a few days in Copenhagen, Enrico will seduce four women. Coincidentally - and unfortunately, Carolus' wife is the first Enrico to date.

Kispus

Kispus

Erik Balling 1956 1h 45m 7.0

When a young woman falls in love with a gown in a shop window it leads to adventure and romance exceeding even her own vivid imagination.

Ordet

Ordet

Carl Theodor Dreyer 1955 2h 5m 8.3

The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father's religion, but eldest son Mikkel has lost his faith, while middle child Johannes has become delusional and proclaims that he is Jesus Christ himself.

Adam og Eva

Adam og Eva

Erik Balling 1953 1h 36m

It's all about an anonymous little gray book originating from sexually advanced Paris. The book doesn't look like much, but shouldn't be judged by its cover. Wherever this book goes, something will happen. And for sure, this book goes around.

Kærlighedsdoktoren

Kærlighedsdoktoren

Asbjørn Andersen 1952 1h 23m

In "Ugens Ekko," the editor's greatest asset is "Aunt Oda," the renowned "love doctor" who provides the magazine's readers with advice and guidance on matters of the heart every week. Only those in the know are aware that "Aunt Oda" is in fact the young poet Ambrosius Hansen, who once impressed editor Vestergaard with some words about women.

Susanne

Susanne

Torben Anton Svendsen 1950 1h 39m

Summer in the small market town of Stenvig equals life and good earnings for the city's shoppers. Love flourishes side by side with the urge to act, and especially the baker's daughter Susanne makes the young men's hearts beat fast. But when the infatuated Otto gets a little too close, it has major consequences for Susanne.

Ta' briller på

Ta' briller på

Arne Weel 1942

Mrs. Adda Ernst is a middle-aged lady of the bourgeoisie. She has a nice husband Mr. Ernst, a lovely home and two healthy children Birgit and Hans, who like most of their peers are interested in swing. Mrs. Adda is musical herself, and has a beautiful singing voice, sometimes she can fall into melancholy over the career she never had.

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