The images from the Tour de France in the television production Eddy Merckx in the Vincinity of a Cup of Coffee may be seen as a small sketch for the…

An experimental sports film made partly during the Scandinavian Open Championships in Halmstad in 1970, partly during the Chinese players’ exhibition tour in Denmark immediately after the SOC. First of…

Max (Søltoft) is a popular teacher at a public school who needs a new schoolmaster. In an effort to entice him to take the vacated position, the boys hire a…

A good looking female social welfare worker makes Egon Olsen forget about crimes for some time, but when an American gangster breaks into a local bank and the police think…

Jørgen Leth’s experimental take on Ophelia’s madness scene in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

An elegant and humorous film—in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise—spotlights “The Perfect Human,” a model of the modern Dane created by our wishful thinking.

Danish comedy film

In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean on the island of Troldø lives a single farming family. The grandmother Gunhild is the only woman on the island and her…

Charles and Peter have passed their law degree and is looking forward to woo a few girls in the country. For that, they need a chaperone and persuade their fellow…

A good natured soldier with a killer right hand, falls in love with a beautiful girl who has a troubled past.

A suspense tale revolving around the memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a German war-time prison.

A young woman of good family is driven into one of thieves and prostitutes and ends in suicide.

The story takes place in the North Sea where fishermen are fighting a fierce battle for daily bread. The local inn is kept by Jens Willing and his wife. Among…

Danish silent adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.

The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the execution of Marie Antoinette, and…

During ceasefire, young lieutenant Brenner gets permission to visit his old father. On his way he rescues an enemy officer from a mean ambush – a favour that will later…

The life and temptations of two gold diggers.

Haakon becomes King of Norway.

The Anarchist’s Mother-in-Law premiered on October 23, 1906. It featured director Viggo Larsen as the anarchist and Margrethe Jespersen as his wife. The movie is about a mother-in-law disturbing the…