Lars and Susanna have been married for twenty years. They love each other dearly Read More »
Tag Archives: Denmark
The Ox AKA Oxen (1991) Sven Nykvist, Stellan Skarsgård, Ewa Fröling, Erland Josephson
In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master’s ox Read More »
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006) Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk, Pakak Innuksuk, Leah Angutimarik, Neeve Irngaut
The last great shaman of the Inuit Avva and his beautiful and headstrong daughter Apak Read More »
Songs From The Second Floor AKA Sånger från andra våningen (2000) Roy Andersson, Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson
A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love Read More »
Pusher (1996) Nicolas Winding Refn, Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk
Frank is a drug pusher on the roll until he makes a huge deal with dope that he hasn’t paid Read More »
Ditte, Child of Man AKA Ditte Menneskebarn (1946) Bjarne Henning-Jensen, Tove Maës, Karen Poulsen, Rasmus Ottesen
Ditte is born out of wedlock and lives as a young girl with her old beloved grandmother. Read More »
Eric Soya’s ’17’ AKA Sytten (1965) Annelise Meineche, Ole Søltoft, Ghita Nørby, Emil Hass Christensen
In the summer of 1913, 17-year-old Jacob (Ole Soltoft), a Danish high school student Read More »
Details AKA Detaljer (2003) Kristian Petri, Rebecka Hemse, Michael Nyqvist, Jonas Karlsson
Emma, a young author, goes to see Erik, the publishing editor whom she’s sent her debut novel. Read More »
The House of the Spirits (1993) Bille August, Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Maria Conchita Alonso
Chile, second half of the 20th century. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Read More »
Be Dear to Me AKA Ingen tid til kærtegn (1957) Annelise Hovmand, Eva Cohn, Lily Weiding, Hans Kurt
The eight year old girl, Lene, feels neglected by her loving, but busy parents. Read More »
The Magnetist’s Fifth Winter AKA Magnetisøren’s femte vinter (1999) Morten Henriksen, Rolf Lassgård, Ole Lemmeke, Johanna Sällström
A mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820 Read More »
Atlantis (1913) August Blom, Olaf Fønss, Ida Orloff, Ebba Thomsen
After Dr. Friedrich’s wife becomes mentally unstable and his research papers are rejected, he leaves the country to respite. Read More »
The Naked Trees AKA De nøgne træer (1991) Morten Henriksen, Ole Lemmeke, Lena Nilsson, Michael Moritzen
When doctor Christian Borck form a sabotagegroup the young law student Holger Mikkelsen Read More »
Good and Evil AKA Det gode og det onde (1975) Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen, Ulla Gottlieb, Holger Juul Hansen
Jørgen Leth can squeeze poetry from a stone and wit from dust, and he can find love Read More »
Testimony (1988) Tony Palmer, Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Magdalen Asquith
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin. Read More »