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Tag Archives: Denmark
Once Upon a Time AKA Der var engang (1922) Carl Theodor Dreyer, Clara Pontoppidan, Svend Methling, Peter Jerndorff
A beautiful but imperious princess refuses all offers of marriage, often condemning her suitors to death. Read More »
The Five Obstructions AKA De fem benspænd (2003) Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez
In this playful, mischievous look at the creative process, Danish auteur Lars von Trier Read More »
In My Life / Honning måne (1978) Bille August, Claus Strandberg, Kirsten Olesen, Jens Okking
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 »
The Celebration / 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 »
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Based upon unpublished diaries, the film assumes the role of an anthropologist observing remote shepherd communities Read More »
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 »
Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997) Bille August, Julia Ormond, Ona Fletcher, Agga Olsen
Based on Peter Hoeg’s bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Read More »
Next Door (2005) Pål Sletaune, Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Julia Schacht
A psychological thriller, where the main character, John, have recently been dumped by his girlfriend, Ingrid. Read More »
In China They Eat Dogs (1999) Lasse Spang Olsen, Kim Bodnia, Dejan Cukic, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Arvid is a regular bank clerk, whose life changes radically when he knocks out the bank robber Franz with his squash racket. Read More »