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Henning Carlsen
Writer 1927 - 2014

Henning Carlsen

Aalborg, Denmark

Henning Carlsen (4 June 1927 – 30 May 2014) was a Danish filmmaker.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

7 titles
Memoria de mis putas tristes

Memoria de mis putas tristes

Henning Carlsen 2011 1h 30m 7.0

To celebrate his 90th birthday, an old single journalist, Sabio, wants something special from Rosa Cabarcas’s brothel: an intense night of love with a virgin teenager. The madam finds him the ideal young woman, Delgadina, a factory worker, who is selling her virginity to support her family.

Pan

Pan

Henning Carlsen 1995 1h 55m 5.0

Lt. Thomas Glahn and Edvarda fall in love, but love can turn to hate.

Da Svante forsvandt

Da Svante forsvandt

Henning Carlsen 1975 1h 23m

Bits and pieces from Benny Andersen's life long and somewhat sad cheerful relation to the mysterious (fictional) Svante are being unfolded. Who was he? Where did he go? in between live tour footage from Andersen and Dissing playing songs from "Svantes viser".

Människor möts och ljuv musik uppstår i hjärtat

Människor möts och ljuv musik uppstår i hjärtat

Henning Carlsen 1967 1h 35m

A dancer and a Danish student meet on a train; she is going on tour to Rio, and he decides to follow her. Based on the novel by Jens August Schade.

Svält

Svält

Henning Carlsen 1966 1h 52m 7.3

In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment his is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.

Kattorna

Kattorna

Henning Carlsen 1965 1h 27m 5.0

A group of women are workmates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is a lesbian and that she once tried to seduce Rike. This leads to an explosive situation at the workplace.

Dilemma

Dilemma

Henning Carlsen 1962 1h 29m

The story begins when Toby (Ivan Jackson), a young English businessman, arrives in South Africa to take charge of a publishing firm. He knows little about apartheid and so at first sees no contradiction in developing a relationship with an elite, upper-class white woman and with a woman dedicated to fighting apartheid.

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