
Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée (1897) which Troell had dramatized in “Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd” (1982). Read More »
Tag Archives: Denmark
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 »
The Bench (2000) Per Fly, Jesper Christensen, Marius Sonne Janischefska, Stine Holm Joensen

Kaj is an alcoholic living on the money the Danish state is providing him. Read More »
More About the Language of Love (1970) Torgny Wickman, Inge Hegeler, Sten Hegeler, Maj-Brith Bergström-Walan

While LANGUAGE OF LOVE illustrated general sex behaviour, MORE ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE shows minority group attitudes towards sex. Read More »
A Caretaker’s Tale (2012) Katrine Wiedemann, Lars Mikkelsen, Julie Zangenberg, Peter Plaugborg

Harsh and bitter, apartment caretaker Per despises everyone and everything around him until Read More »
One Hell of a Christmas (2002) Shaky González, Tolo Montana, Thure Lindhardt, Erik Holmey

One Hell of a Christmas” is a dark and action packed comedy that takes place in a modern city as well as in a fearful underworld. Read More »