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Bodil Ipsen
Director 1889 - 1964

Bodil Ipsen

Copenhagen, Denmark

Bodil Louise Jensen Ipsen was a Danish actress and film director, and is considered one of the great stars of Danish cinematic history.

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

5 titles
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.

Café Paradis

Café Paradis

Lau Lauritzen Jr., Bodil Ipsen 1950 1h 37m 6.0

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.

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 ...

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.

Mordets melodi

Mordets melodi

Bodil Ipsen 1944 1h 33m 6.0

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'.

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