A young man, Jens, gets a job in a Copenhagen factory. He lives with his mother and has been without a job for a while. Read More »
Tag Archives: Denmark
The Celebration AKA Festen (1998) Thomas Vinterberg, Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen
The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Read More »
Hændeligt uheld AKA One of Those Things (1971) Erik Balling, Judy Geeson, Roy Dotrice, Frederick Jaeger
A successful auto executive Vinther(Roy Dotrice) becomes entwined with a young nubile girl Read More »
Eight Chords (1944) Johan Jacobsen, Erling Schroeder, Asbjørn Andersen, Buster Larsen
Eight separate family dramas (uncovering many aspects of deceit) are woven together to the sound of a certain Chopin waltz. Read More »
Boys (1977) Nils Malmros, Lars Junggren, Inez Thomsen, Ilse Rande
Three episodes that illustrate three steps in a boy’s relationship with the sexual. Read More »
The Woman That Dreamed About a Man (2010) Per Fly, Sonja Richter, Marcin Dorocinski, Michael Nyqvist
What happens when a sexual connection overwhelms all your senses? Read More »
Murk (2005) Jannik Johansen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Nicolas Bro, Laura Drasbæk
In Copenhagen, the writer and journalist Jacob and his girlfriend Nina are surprised when his beloved sister Julie Read More »
Wolf and Sheep (2016) Shahrbanoo Sadat, Sediqa, Qodrat, Amina
Based upon unpublished diaries, the film assumes the role of an anthropologist observing remote shepherd communities Read More »
Applause (2009) Martin Zandvliet, Paprika Steen, Michael Falch, Sara-Marie Maltha
When the critically acclaimed, tough and coming of age actress Thea Barfoed ends her rehab, she confronts a hard choice. Read More »
Devil’s Island (1996) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Baltasar Kormákur, Gísli Halldórsson, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Djoflaeyjan takes place in Reykjavik in the years following World War II. Read More »
Little Soldier (2008) Annette K. Olesen, Trine Dyrholm, Lorna Brown, Finn Nielsen
Lotte is a soldier recently back from war. She drinks, and her apartment is a mess. Read More »
The Seventies People (1975) Peter Watkins, Jette Jørgensen, Inge Lundgren, Erik L. Christensen
The tele-film explores the high suicide rate in Denmark, the many factors behind it Read More »
A Frozen Dream (1997) Jan Troell, Max von Sydow, Samuel Fröler, Rolf Lassgård
Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée (1897) which Troell had dramatized in “Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd” (1982). Read More »
When Animals Dream (2014) Jonas Alexander Arnby, Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter
The outsider Marie lives with her parents in a remote fishing village on the north coast of Denmark. Read More »
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922) Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen
Part history lesson followed by re-enactments with actors, this film takes depicts the history of witchcraft Read More »