Ove Sprogøe
Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen (21 December 1919 – 14 September 2004) was a Danish actor. Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. One of these is actor Henning Sprogøe. He made his debut in... Read full bio →
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Olsen-bandens sidste stik
Egon escapes from the psychiatric ward, where he has been incarcerated since the gang's last coup. Keld and Benny pick him up, and when Egon, as always, is planning the big heist, the Olsen Gang is once again on the move.
The Return of Jafar
The evil Jafar escapes from the magic lamp as an all-powerful genie, ready to plot his revenge against Aladdin. From battling elusive villains atop winged horses, to dodging flames inside an exploding lava pit, it's up to Aladdin - with Princess Jasmine and the outrageously funny Genie by his side - to save the kingdom once and for all.
Fuglekrigen i Kanøfleskoven
An owl, two sparrows, a dove and a pair of would-be aviator mice join forces to fight against an evil bird of prey who threatens the peace in their lovely forest.
Astérix et le coup du menhir
Gaullish custom requires that a would-be chief must challenge and defeat another to become the leader of two tribes. Vitalstatistix is not perturbed because of Getafix's magic potion. Getafix, however has an accident and forgets how to make it. Then Vitalstatistix is suddenly challenged.
Hip hip hurra!
The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast during the 1890s. Not so much a biographical account, rather a portrait of a way of life. The painters became famous for the way they used the light in their work, and this has also been mirrored in the cinematography.
Astérix chez les Bretons
One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's Romans declining and falling. Until a wild race for a barrel of magic potion lands them in the drink.
Astérix et la surprise de César
Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her.
Midt om Natten
Benny and Arnold are homeless and along with others living on Nørrebro in Copenhagen. The police is set to clear the building they squat in, but on the night of the forced eviction, local acid head Spacy jumps from the sixth floor.
Anthonsen
The private detective from Valby--the Danish answer to Sherlock Holmes and Philip Marlowe.
Olsen-bandens flugt over plankeværket
As usual, Egon has an ingenious plan. And, as usual, it works just fine until one of the gang members makes some kind of funny error. This time, however, even Egon's life is in danger, for some international criminals try to get rid of him by throwing him into a container filled with acid.
Olsen-banden over alle bjerge
Egon har endnu en plan for at få fat i papirene fra Høje Nord. Planen mislykkes dog og Olsenbanden må tage til Paris for at klare sagerne. Det endelige opgør finder sted på den berømte restaurant Maxim's.
Olsen-banden overgiver sig aldrig
Under sit årlige ophold i Vridsløselille har Egon deltaget i et kursus i management og virksomhedsledelse og er nu klar over, at det er de ”lovlige” forbrydelser, man skal begå: lave sminkede regnskaber og platte lidt med checks. Det lykkedes den lille bande for en kort tid til at eje stormagasinet Magasin, men det er kun et lille skridt på vejen.
Olsen-banden går i krig
Some criminal EU ministers plan to turn Denmark into a gigantic fair ground and holiday paradise. Egon gets his hand at some important documents which could both make him rich and take care of Denmark's future.
Matador
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.
Du er ikke alene
Young teenager Bo is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth. Lonely and scared, he finds a soul mate in the headmaster's son and the two boys form a bond that slowly grows into a sexual relationship.
Olsen-banden deruda'
Benny, Keld and computer savvy Georg await old Egon Olsen at his release from prison. Egon has a new plan - theft of USD10,000,000 in Copenhagen. It involves the EEC's (before EU) butter mountain.
Olsen-banden ser rødt
Olsen Banden har fået et yderligere pres lagt på sig. Kjeld og Yvonnes søn Børge skal giftes med Fie, og Yvonne er begejstret. Pengene til at holde bryllup for skal delvist skaffes ved at stjæle en kostbar kinesisk vase, som en lensbaron er i besiddelse af. Barnemad for Egon, men det går ikke helt som timet og tilrettelagt.
Les douze travaux d'Astérix
Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outrun, and generally outrage the very people who are trying to prove them "only human".
Den korte sommer
Kirsten gets divorced in her early 40s and moves with her son to her parents' home in Hjørring. Here she falls in love with a German officer, without considering the social ostracism and contempt she exposes herself to. Meanwhile, the tide of war is slowly turning, and German victory is no longer as certain as it once was.
Affæren i Mølleby
Mølleby's mayor in 1924 wants investors from Copenhagen to invest in a local brick production etc. His daughter wants to get married and his bookkeeper wants to publish poems with money "borrowed" from the municipality. Problems arise.
Olsen-banden på sporet
Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy. While Egon always has the money chained to him, Bøffen still manages to steal them. Egon ends up in jail once again, and when he comes out, he has a brilliant plan.
Olsen-bandens sidste bedrifter
The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that is. They don't have any money, so Egon has to open a safe at a restaurant to get some. As usual, however, Egon ends up in prision. When they return to Denmark, he has a new plan.
Olsen-banden går amok
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.
Olsen-bandens store kup
After his usual stay behind bars, Egon has another cunning plan involving millions. They rob over 4 million from a money transport. The gang keeps a low profile and hide the money. But it's stolen by "Kongen" and "Knægten", who immediately start living it up - in the penthouse suite at the Sheraton.
Lenin, din gavtyv!
Comedy with musical interludes based on Lenin and the Ten Days that shook the World: how Lenin is brought from Switzerland through Germany in a sealed railroad car in 1918 and via Stockholm back to Russia.
Olsen-banden i Jylland
The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Prison. He has found out that the Germans left a large sum of money (in American dollars and gold bars) in one of their commando bunkers, when they were defeated in 1945; the only problem it's in Jutland.
Den forsvundne fuldmægtig
Two men disappear at the same time, with one of them committing suicide using dynamite. The police try to figure out which one died and what happened to the other.
Ballade på Christianshavn
Residents of the old house are quite happy with their existence. But once they find out that the authorities plan to demolish the entire neighborhood including their house in order to build a business center they decide to unite and fight the plan...
The Only Way
A Jewish family tries to escape from Denmark in October 1943 during the German occupation.
Præriens skrappe drenge
They may ride ponies, but the four cowboys Biggy, Shorty, Ben and Sam are dedicated in their fight to clean up the very Danish Wild West. Even when it means taking on a gang of gold-stealing criminals.
Tintin et le temple du soleil
When seven archaeologists find an ancient Inca temple, they become victims of an ancient curse. Back in Europe, one by one they fall into a deep sleep and only once a day, all at the same time, they wake up for a few minutes and experience hallucinations where the sinister living mummy of Rascar Capac appears.
Sjov I Gaden
A gang transport drugs with a little girl inside her teddy bear.
Olsen-banden på spanden
A good looking female social welfare worker makes Egon Olsen forget about crimes for some time, but when an American gangster breaks into a local bank and the police think its Egon's work, he has to get back to work to prove he's innocent.
Soldaterkammerater på bjørnetjeneste
The German bear Fido from Münich is sweet, easygoing and nice, and just loves Danish soldiers. Thus, the bear marches together with the recruits and even wants to share their beds in this strange Danish comedy.
Min søsters børn vælter byen
Politiassistent Møller´og psykiateren Dr. Mogensen får noget at se til, da Pusle til alles overraskelse finder ud af, at hun kan trylle. På sin fødselsdag får hun tilsendt en gammel, magisk figur fra sin onkel I Sydamerika. Samme dag må Pusles forældre rejse til London, og den store børneflok er nu overladt til strikse tante Alma.
Dyrlægens plejebørn
A single male vet looks after different animals on an old farm he shares with a doctor/friend. By accident he ends up looking after a human girl for a while, too. Will the experience change his attitude to not wanting wife and kids?
Astérix et Cléopâtre
Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help Cleopatra build a new summer home. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar have made a bet, with Caesar wagering the project cannot be completed in a few weeks time.
Min kones ferie
Allan Thorsen is tired of his wife, but he finds it difficult to tell her that he wants a divorce. So he arranges a skiing holiday where she will fall in love with another man, so that he can get rid of her without having to do anything himself.
Martha
The oldest ship in the fleet, Martha, and her jolly crew, must race Harald and win, or it's the scrappers next.
Jeg - en marki
A poor dandy embezzles large sums of money and buys the title Marquis De Sade to impress the upper class. The film premiered as "I am a Marquis."
Astérix le Gaulois
In the year 50 BC, Gaul is occupied by the Romans - nearly. But the small village of Asterix and his friends still resists the Roman legions with the aid of their druid's magic potion, which gives superhuman strength. Learning of this potion, a Roman centurion kidnaps the druid to get the secret formula out of him.
Soyas tagsten
An unusually twisted lecturer gets a tile in the head and altogether changes character to what is perfectly happy - but also horny.
Slap af Frede!
A Chinese diplomat is kidnapped from a conference in Genève and the world peace is at risk. The trail leads to a hiding place in Denmark and the Danish secret service brings in their best agent, agent Smith, who has been in a psychiatric hospital since his last assignment.
Pigen og greven
Susanne is going to the countryside to visit Ditmar. Ditmar has been abroad for over a year, and in the meantime, Susanne has given birth to Lulu without Ditmar's knowledge. Susanne's good friend and nanny, Andreas, accompanies her to the estate. Andreas and Lulu are assumed to be the butler and his daughter.
Slå først Frede!
Frede Hansen, a game salesman, is mistaken for a secret service agent on a ferry and kidnapped by enemy agents. He escapes and now the secret service want to use him as bait to track the enemy. They assign their best agent, Smith to be his partner and supervisor.
Pigen og millionæren
A millionaire gets amnesia after a hit to the head and now he has to rediscover his past and decide what kind of man he wants to be in the future.
Passer passer piger
Superviceværten Alf Thomsens (Dirch Passer) meget effektive "vækkeur" træder atter i funktion, og har igen held med at få ham op på mærkerne, trods deres evindelige diskussioner frem og tilbage. Alt ånder fred og idyl. Sovebyens boligkarré, med den kendte opgang, er ved at tage hul på en ny dag
Flådens friske fyre
Three young fishermen gets drafted by the marine. Meanwhile they also have to earn money to pay off their bankloan on their fishingboat.
Sommer i Tyrol
At a lakeview hotel in Tyrol, Austria, circa 1900, the headwaiter is in love with the hotel owner, but she's in love with a womanizing guest.
Majorens oppasser
The Danish Minister of Defense decides to join the Army incognito to observe. This causes CHAOS. It also causes him to meet the major's daughter. He ends up becoming the major's orderly, which gets him closer to the daughter.
Don Olsen kommer til byen
Bank director L.W. Jacobsen resides in a small provincial town. He is not particularly interested in his wife, Elsebeth, but rather in teacher and city council member Miss Mortensen. Thorsen, the town's manufacturer, is a member of the same city council group as Jacobsen. Then Don Olsen comes to town.
The Sword in the Stone
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.
Støv for Alle Pengene
A group of residents in the Copenhagen suburb of Solvænget decide to buy a farm in order to become self-sufficient in vegetables and other goodies. Unfortunately, farm life turns out to be much more strenuous and difficult than the small group of city dwellers had imagined.
Pigen og pressefotografen
A male photographer and a female reporter meet at the newspaper they work for in Copenhagen. They become friends. She helps him get an apartment with a marriage of convenience--or so he thinks.
Peters landlov
The ship arrives in Copenhagen and after a long time at sea, most of the crew are eager to go ashore. But who wants to take the very young navigator cadet with them? He who thinks only of food and a special young girl.
Frøken April
Miss April Bergen is a skilled nurse with a secret crush on Dr. Vagn Jochumsen. Unfortunately, he is not really interested in anything other than his career, where he has just discovered a new vaccine. But then he has to go to Greece to exchange experiences with his Greek colleagues. And April is going with him.
Dronningens vagtmester
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.
Bussen
A bus driver driving a really old bus has to battle with a new accountant who wants to buy a newer model, different ticket system and new regulations. They decided to fire the stubborn bus driver, but this is something not everyone like.
Sømænd og svigermødre
There is bustle in the townhouse of the Middelboe family in Helsingør. The house's only daughter, the adorable Bitten, must be married and her mother, Emma Middelboe, is busy trying to find her perfect match.
Journey to the Seventh Planet
A space expedition to Uranus is menaced by a giant brain that can make illusions come true.
Drømmen om det hvide slot
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.
Det tossede paradis
Romantic comedy, based on the discovery that eggs from a particular island provide men with great virility and make them irresistible.
Det støver stadig
Det Støver Stadig (It's Still Dusting) is the second film in the popular "Dust series" (Støv På Hjernen, Støv For Alle Pengene). Once again, Arvid Müller and Aage Stentoft wrote the festive script, which introduced new customs and traditions to the Danish housing market.
Det stod i avisen
6 Danish human interest stories based on 6 newspaper ads in 1962: chest, typewriter, small apartment, baby carriage, employment for couple, room for rent and the 7th story on how the journalist met his love via "Dress for sale".
Støv på hjernen
The story centers around the busybody housewives of a modern Danish working class neighborhood of the 1960's. A remake of the Norwegian comedy film from 1959.
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
The poet is tired of spring and can't write anything. Meanwhile, Lillemor thinks that spring should be used to get a lot done. Soon, a conflict is brewing. The poet wants to buy a small car, and even though he has no financial sense, he goes ahead and does so without Lillemor's knowledge.
Gøngehøvdingen
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.
Poeten og Lillemor og Lotte
The poet and Lillemor have become parents, but poetry and washing the diapers are two subjects which are hard to unite under the same roof. The two just married couples, the barber Anton and Vera plus the baker and Lise, are having some difficulties with their marriages but that doesn't scare off the butcher, who's got the hots for the midwife.
Elefanter på loftet
Two aspiring actresses stumble upon an ancient Aztec sculpture of an elephant that has the power to switch both of their bodies. Little do they know their best friend can control the powers of the elephant, thus sending the two girls into a world of role reversals.
Poeten og Lillemor
Poeten and Lillemor are making their living on his writing, but the general interest in modern poetry is low and their income very small. A creditor is dogging them, when a sudden bequest gives them some breathing-space. They buy an old house in a small village, where living is cheaper than in Copenhagen.
Der var engang en gade
Socially realistic folk comedy about a girl from the province who comes to Copenhagen on the four-train to meet a number of poor, but basically good-natured, people in a Copenhagen neighborhood ripe for renovation. Ulla Lock is the young girl that Peter Malberg has a good eye for.
Kispus
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.
Hvad vil De ha'?
A film director sends his director and two screenwriters out into the city to find out what a film should contain in order for the person in question to want to see it. This results in many different episodes. The film includes the famous scene where Dirch Passer and Kjeld Petersen wallpaper a room.
På tro og love
The young advertising executive Hans and his young wife Grete, who is a dentist, have a considerable annual income between them – and they pay dearly for this to the tax authorities. They calculate that they can save a considerable amount of money by getting divorced.
Far til fire
An everyday story about a single father with four children, whose eldest daughter, Søs, runs the household. Søs occasionally goes into town with Peter. In connection with Ole's schooling, she comes into contact with his teacher, Jørgen Stæhr.
Det store løb
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.
De røde heste
The old renowned Landboskole is spreading a new team of Agricultural Candidates after completing the Course.