Gabriel Axel
Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch, better known as Gabriel Axel was a Danish director, actor and writer. He spent most of his childhood and youth in Paris. In 1942 Axel was admitted to the acting school at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. After a short period of theatre in Paris,... Read full bio →
Lumière et compagnie
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Prince of Jutland
A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.
Babettes gæstebud
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 kære legetøj
A look at what happened when Denmark abolished censorship in the late 1960s.
Det tossede paradis
Romantic comedy, based on the discovery that eggs from a particular island provide men with great virility and make them irresistible.