Poul Reichhardt
Poul David Reichhardt was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies. Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also starred in Huset på Christianshavn, Matador and as various minor characters in the Olsen-banden films.
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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.
Slægten
An adaptation of Gustav Wied's nineteenth century novel about a baron who takes a young bride, but reacts brutally when she is not faithful to him.
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.
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.
Nitten røde roser
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-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.
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...
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.
Mig og min lillebror og Bølle
The small community of the fictitious Danish island Bomø, find out that the dog Bølle can predict the results of every football match. Soon everyone plays Bølle's predictions, but this threatens the state.
Mig og min lillebror og storsmuglerne
It's not just eels and rubber boots that Søren and Peter catch when they fish in waters teeming with smugglers... The parish council is against serving alcohol at the inn, but luckily for them, brothers Søren and Peter often catch both whisky and cigarettes when they go fishing. The naive brothers believe that their catch is lost property.
De røde heste
Ole's neighbor is dying while his gold-digging second wife has ruined him, leaving his daughter with nothing. Ole agrees to help save the farm but the wife's also taken the life-insurance so the horse-race must be won to save the farm.
Mig og min lillebror
Two lazy brothers living on their parents' profitless old farm go to Copenhagen for advice after their sister threatens to sell it. They bring a waitress home from the city to help them run the farm profitably.
Martha
The oldest ship in the fleet, Martha, and her jolly crew, must race Harald and win, or it's the scrappers next.
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
Landmandsliv
A couple, enjoying life in Copenhagen, is forced by money problems to move to their estate. There, Fritz loves Marie, who loves Frantz, who loves Louise.
Slottet
Olaf Ussing is the old chamberlain who lives in the castle with his three unmarried daughters – Malene Schwartz, Lone Hertz and Mimi Heinrich. On the neighbouring estate lives Poul Reichhardt, a wealthy bachelor with a butler – festively played by Ole Monty.
Sikke'n familie
The Winter family and maid are jewel thieves in London. It's a hobby to the dad. The son is more into counterfeiting money. The family is shocked by the son working in a bank and going straight. Who is she?
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.
The Counterfeit Traitor
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
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".
Der brænder en ild
Martin returns home with a good sum of money in his pocket after working in Greenland. He settles down with his sister, who runs the inn – but much has changed. He is most disappointed that his childhood sweetheart Martha has married Just Hovmand, who owns the Lunehøj farm.
Komtessen
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.
Vagabonderne paa Bakkegaarden
Martin the vagabond is cheerful and musical like few others. Together with his new friend Anders, he sings his way to a meal and a place to sleep. During a performance, Anders meets the daughter of Bakkegaarden, whose mother has been a widow for a long time and may have a past with Martin.
Seksdagesløbet
Semi documentary on a famous cycle race in Copenhagen. The story is about the competition between the riders as well as about their private and marital struggles.
Qivitoq
A young teacher, Eva Nygaard, arrives in Greenland from Denmark to surprise her fiancé, the Doctor Erik Halsøe, but is crushed to find he has not waited for her and he is about to be married to his assisting nurse. Eva travels to a small fishing village to await the next ship back to Denmark.
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.
Flintesønnerne
The stubborn and reclusive Kresten Flint lives alone on "Flintegården" with his daughter, Else, who is kind-hearted but not quite normal. One day, the young farmer Jesper Poulsen arrives to propose to Else. His girlfriend has let him down, so he comes with honest intentions—to be good to Else and get the farm back on its feet.
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.
Hendes store aften
A rich Dane flies to Copenhagen. He meets "Cinderella" working in a women's fashion clothing and accessories store. He invites her to a New Year's Eve ball after buying her all from shoes to necklace. Midnight?
En sømand går i land
A sailor returns to Copenhagen after his ship sank. He decides to find work on land. He goes to see an old girlfriend, but she's dead and has left him a son. At the seamen's home, his roomie helps him with the baby.
Fløjtespilleren
A bunch of wagons are crossing the border. It's the Karla Circus, which, after a rough season in Germany, is gonna try its luck in Denmark. Mrs. Karla, the beloved and respected circus director, goes through passports and papers with the customs officers... everything's fine, so the circus caravan can keep going to the next town.
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.
Adam og Eva
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.
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.
Mød mig paa Cassiopeia
A stage writer desperate for inspiration acquires a muse straight out of Greek mythology. She bedazzles everyone she meets, but will the play be done in time, and will earthly life win the muse over?
Det gamle guld
Due to his gambling addiction, farmer Hans Sværke has brought his farm to the brink of bankruptcy, thereby opening up the opportunity for the wealthy landowner Karius to achieve his goal of taking over the farm. However, parish bailiff Mikkelsen vouches for Sværke and saves him for the time being, and Sværke then leases the farm.
Mosekongen
Landowner Munk has problems – he cherishes his wild moorland and does not want to parcel it out. His friend Martin Hald tries to mediate, but in vain. At the same time, Munk is worried about his nephew Jørgen, who grew up with him. He is in prison – convicted on false grounds.
De røde heste
The old renowned Landboskole is spreading a new team of Agricultural Candidates after completing the Course.
Café Paradis
This film could easily be a true story taken from contemporary Denmark. It is a typical Tuesday morning: stormy weather, slush, and bitter cold. Two young women are cycling to work. They make an unpleasant discovery: they find a dead man on a bench in the park.
Det gælder os alle
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
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 ...
Soldaten og Jenny
A good natured soldier with a killer right hand falls in love with a beautiful girl who has a troubled past.
Lise kommer til Byen
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.
Fyrtøjet
A soldier who acquires a magic tinderbox capable of summoning three powerful dogs to do his bidding. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a sleeping princess to his room, he is sentenced to death.
Mens sagføreren sover
Four Danish-Americans who, thanks to their exploits across the Atlantic, should have been behind bars, have taken up residence in a Copenhagen hotel. It is not longing for their homeland that has driven them home, but the hope of making "the big deal," more specifically, securing the crown jewels at Rosenborg Castle in a daring coup.
Den usynlige hær
Denmark is under German occupation, and the young couple Alice and Poul must live separately. Poul is part of the resistance movement's invisible army and stays in England, while Alice lives with her mother and is drawn to Poul's friend Jørgen.
De røde enge
A suspense tale revolving around the memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a German war-time prison.
Mordets melodi
A woman is found strangled in her shop. Shortly after, another murder is committed. Perhaps the most terrifying is that the both girls' name is Sonja. The police is convinced it's the same killer and at each scene is heard a woman singing the same song. A song which is soon dubbed the 'murder melody'.
Frk. Vildkat
Peter "saves" showgirl Dolly from drowning one night in Copenhagen. She dries and warms herself in his apartment. Next morning, he's off to Aalborg by train with his fiancee. Dolly sneaks on the train.
Tag til Rønneby Kro
A resolute intervention by Mortensen and Jensen prevents a larger drama in the small provincial village of Rønneby.
Peter Andersen
Peter Andersen is an agent. Neither a wholesaler nor a representative, but simply an agent. Unlike his wife, he has no honorable ambitions.
De tre måske fire
Henning travels from the childhood farm to Copenhagen on his motorcycle with nothing but paternal advice and a recommendation in his pocket. He quickly gets a job in a trading company and both friends and a girlfriend.
Inkognito
The wealthy Olaf Brammer is the real owner of a nationwide company that trades in household goods. But he has no say, as the authoritative general manager Schram manages both the business and Olaf Brammer with a sure hand.
Snushanerne
Snushanerne is a 1936 Danish film directed by Lau Lauritzen, Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks.
Panserbasse
An American gangster nicknamed "English Joe" has fled across the Mexican border with his gang, consisting of four men in addition to himself. The American police are after them because of a bank robbery in which they killed several of the bank's employees.
Millionærdrengen
The young boy John is miserable living with his wealthy family so he change identity with a poor paperboy to find happiness.
Barken Margrethe
Drama with national courage and determination at the helm. Here the red-white flag flies in black and white over the seven seas. Behind the real firestorm, a gale of love blows between the helmsman, the handsome Poul (Lau Lauritzen Jr.) and the unsympathetic ships-mate Birner (Arne Ole David).