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Lisbeth Movin
Actress 1917 - 2011

Lisbeth Movin

Odense, Denmark

Lisbeth Movin was a Danish actress of stage and film best known for her role as Anne, the pastor's wife accused of witchcraft in the film Day of Wrath directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. She also appeared as the widow in the screen adaptation of Babette's Feast, directed by... Read full bio →

Filmography

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14 titles
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.

Det lille hotel

Det lille hotel

Jon Iversen 1958

Marianne has just played a melody she has composed herself, when a gust of wind, through the open window, takes hold of the sheet music, so that they flutter into the blue air. Down the street comes Per driving. He looks for the adorable Marianne, who is trying to catch his sheet music. He overlooks the equally adorable Birte , who comes cycling...

Hejrenæs

Hejrenæs

Svend Methling 1953 1h 24m

Siblings Vibeke and Hans-Henrik are to celebrate her 21st birthday with a big party, at which their common friend Ulla reveals that she is engaged to him, and that Vibeke is adopted. Maybe that's why Vibeke realizes she wants him too?

Det store løb

Det store løb

Alice O'Fredericks 1952 1h 49m

Due to his weakness for women and gambling, the old landowner Vilhelm Stone has ruined his marriage and lost his son and friends. But when he dies, his son Niels returns home from Australia to take over the estate. However, it is not that simple. Lawyers drag out the inheritance case, and initially Niels only inherits the racehorse Ibrahim.

Avismanden

Avismanden

Jon Iversen 1952

At Vesterbros Torv in Copenhagen, Olsen has his newspaper kiosk serving high and low in society: Homeless men, a district attorney with marriage pains, a barmaid and a writer. They all fight with life. Olsen's faith, his good heart and his wisdom of life makes him a very special person. Danish film noir.

Det sande ansigt

Det sande ansigt

Lau Lauritzen Jr., Bodil Ipsen 1951 1h 32m

Lau Lauritzen plays an ordinary architect, with a wife and a son. He gets accused for killing a 10-year old girl, and of course nobody doubts he's the one. Even his wife and his uncle has trouble believing him, but at least they don't tell him.

Det gælder os alle

Det gælder os alle

Alice O'Fredericks 1949

Vienna, 1946. Dr. Vedel takes in Leni Rosner, a young survivor from a concentration camp. He sends her to Denmark where she is welcome by the Lassen family. Leni finds a new balance among them, especially in the company of Hugo, the son.

Støt står den danske sømand

Støt står den danske sømand

Lau Lauritzen Jr., Bodil Ipsen 1948 1h 45m 5.0

On the 9th of April 1940, the crew of a Danish merchant ship receives the news of Germany's invasion of Denmark. Instead of returning home, they vote in favor of setting course for England. The crew will undergo much hardship over the next five years ...

Hr. Petit

Hr. Petit

Alice O'Fredericks 1948 1h 41m 5.0

Under the guise of being a family man and a businessman, the mass murderer Hr. Petit methodical and discreet: He chooses lonely women with money in the bank book, wins their trust and then takes both their savings and their lives. But can he continue undetected as the number of corpses increases?

Lise kommer til Byen

Lise kommer til Byen

Alice O'Fredericks, Lau Lauritzen Jr. 1947 1h 41m 5.0

Lise walks around with big star dreams in a small town. For now, she has to settle for singing in the local church, but when a film crew comes to the village, she might get the chance of a lifetime. It starts badly, however, as she gives the director a concussion in the belief that he is an assailant.

De røde enge

De røde enge

Lau Lauritzen Jr., Bodil Ipsen 1945 1h 25m 6.0

A suspense tale revolving around the memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a German war-time prison.

Vredens dag

Vredens dag

Carl Theodor Dreyer 1943 1h 37m 8.1

In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte.

Jeg mødte en morder

Jeg mødte en morder

Lau Lauritzen Jr. 1943 1h 39m 5.0

After 3 years of marriage with hard life and quarrels on a Danish farm, Annie shoots her husband Henrik's dog. In return, he shoots and kills her. He's on the run from the law. Writer Eva gives him shelter and sympathy.

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