Johan Jacobsen

Johan Jacobsen

Johan Jacobsen (14 March 1912 – 7 July 1972) was a Danish film director. His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865–1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886–1968). In the 1940s, Jacobsen directed a number of both popular and critically acclaimed films for the film studio Palladium. From 1947 on, he was an independent director and producer. He produced his own films and those of his partner Annelise Hovmand (1924–2016) at his own film studio, Flamingo. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. His A Stranger Knocks (1959) was in competition at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1960. It was distributed in the US by Trans-Lux and played a major part in bringing down the American State Film Censorship system in 1965. In his last years, Jacobsen worked for tycoon Simon Spies (1921–1984) at his cinema, Merkur Bio, in Copenhagen.

  • Title: Johan Jacobsen
  • Popularity: 1.4462
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1912-03-14
  • Place of Birth: Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Also Known As: Юхан Якобсен, Йохан Якобсен
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Johan Jacobsen Movies

  • 1947
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    Lise kommer til byen

    Lise kommer til byen

    7 1947 HD

    During the filming of a movie in Køge, Lise accidentally knocks down the director, Dan Burling. When the film crew leaves Køge, Dan invites Lise to come to the city. When Lise shows up in Copenhagen, she thinks she has been offered a role in a movie, while Dan was hoping to find a new housekeeper. Lise becomes Dan's housekeeper, and soon her love for him grows. He, on the other hand, only has eyes for himself. While completing his film dream, Dan saves script girl Irma from burning to death in the editing room. Meanwhile, Lise has decided to leave Copenhagen.

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  • 1945
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    The Invisible Army

    The Invisible Army

    6.5 1945 HD

    Sabotage of a Nazi factory is carried out by the husband of the lover of a resistance leader.

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  • 1947
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    Jenny and the Soldier

    Jenny and the Soldier

    5.4 1947 HD

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

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  • 1933
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    With Full Music

    With Full Music

    6.5 1933 HD

    The attic of a city house is the home to a colony of artists. Among them is a writer, whose corpus is larger than her output. We also meet a hard-of-hearing poet who can still hear the grass growing. There's a painter, a sculptor and more. All are penniless - hoping that one day they will experience their breakthrough. "The Seventh Heaven", as the corridor is called, also houses two prominent residents, Fyrtårnet and Bivognen. They have set up a small diner and engage lively with the artist from the colony.

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  • 1948
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    Næste Gang er det dig

    Næste Gang er det dig

    7 1948 HD

    The cause of the traffic accident should not be sought at the time of the accident itself, but long before. The motorist who has been drinking a little. The cyclist who is busy and the motorcyclist who drives correctly but still falls victim to an accident due to the ruthlessness of others.

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  • 1952
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    Man burde ta' sig af det

    Man burde ta' sig af det

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1964
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    Fremrykket møde

    Fremrykket møde

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Queen's Guardsman

    The Queen's Guardsman

    4.3 1963 HD

    When the Swedes occupy a Danish manor house, Svend Poulsen decides to help the family to safety. Along the way, Ib is taken prisoner. Svend Poulsen and his gang pretend to be a platoon of Swedish soldiers arriving at the castle where Ib is chained to the roof. During dinner that evening, the Swedish commander becomes suspicious, and soon the soldiers are fighting each other. However, Svend manages to free Ib.

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  • 1938
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    Under byens tage

    Under byens tage

    7.3 1938 HD

    Under the city's roofs, life goes on in a motley manner. It alternates with tears and smiles, with happiness and sadness. In the artist restaurant "Mona Bar" in the inner city, the former model Mona Frank acts as the goddess of artists. She helps with both money and heartache. Among the many artists, Niels Brandemose has his own face. He has recently come to the city to attend the Academy, and his whole desire and desire is to become a painter.

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  • 1945
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    The Invisible Army

    The Invisible Army

    6.5 1945 HD

    Sabotage of a Nazi factory is carried out by the husband of the lover of a resistance leader.

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  • 1944
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    Eight Chords

    Eight Chords

    7.5 1944 HD

    Eight separate family dramas (uncovering many aspects of deceit) are woven together to the sound of a certain Chopin waltz.

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  • 1948
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    Næste Gang er det dig

    Næste Gang er det dig

    7 1948 HD

    The cause of the traffic accident should not be sought at the time of the accident itself, but long before. The motorist who has been drinking a little. The cyclist who is busy and the motorcyclist who drives correctly but still falls victim to an accident due to the ruthlessness of others.

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  • 1949
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    Kongefilmen Frederik IX

    Kongefilmen Frederik IX

    1 1949 HD

    The film was released on the occasion of King Frederik IX's 50th birthday, March 11, 1949. It follows the most important events from both King Frederik and Queen Ingrid's childhood and up to the present. There are footage from the wedding in Stockholm, the couple's trip to the United States, the royal house during the occupation, state visits, the king's daily work, but also family life and private interests.

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  • 1951
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    Som sendt fra himlen

    Som sendt fra himlen

    7 1951 HD

    The young and beautiful Laura Heiberg is to marry Torsten Vinge. When the priest asks if she will marry him, she says no. She flees from the church and gets a lift from Jonas Møller. He is heading north along the coast. At the 42 km marker in the forest, she asks to be dropped off. She follows a telephone wire to see where it ends. She finds a beautiful house in the forest. It looks uninhabited, but the door is open, so she goes inside. No one responds to her calls. She sends a telegram to an old flame, Herbert Thorsen, asking him to fetch some clothes from home and bring them to her. At the same time, she tells him that she did not get married after all. She finds a book called "What Do You Know About Yourself" written by Allan Krogh. She takes it out onto the terrace to read.

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  • 1945
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    Mens sagføreren sover

    Mens sagføreren sover

    4.8 1945 HD

    Four Danish-Americans who, thanks to their exploits across the Atlantic, should have been behind bars, have taken up residence in a Copenhagen hotel. It is not longing for their homeland that has driven them home, but the hope of making "the big deal," more specifically, securing the crown jewels at Rosenborg Castle in a daring coup. At the hotel, the four "gentlemen" impatiently await their boss's orders to move out.

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  • 1942
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    Baby paa eventyr

    Baby paa eventyr

    7.5 1942 HD

    One day, High Court Prosecutor Erik Jessen is visited in his office by one of his childhood crushes, Elisabeth, now married to landowner Gustav Rosenfeldt. Elisabeth is unhappy that her husband has invited a young painter to stay on the estate for several months, and in her jealousy she wants to have a flirt visit herself. Jessen has the mischievous idea of ​​having advertising consultant Thomsen play the role of archaeologist and show up at the estate, but since Thomsen is not exactly the type Elisabeth dreams of, she manages to lure Jessen to Rosenfeldt herself.

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  • 1944
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    De tre skolekammerater

    De tre skolekammerater

    5.5 1944 HD

    At the dinner for their school's 100th anniversary, three old schoolmates meet. All three have done well in life, for Eyvind is now a respected judge, Herluf the stern director of a glassworks and Ove the owner of a printing house. In the time after the dinner, the coincidences of the three men's lives will become entangled in a way none of them could have foreseen. Fortunately, they still have their old principal in the background to pull the strings.

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  • 1939
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    En lille tilfældighed

    En lille tilfældighed

    6.5 1939 HD

    The young folk singer Peter Jespersen has returned from abroad and is now without a contract. He approaches director Andresen of the Alhambra Theatre, but is rejected, and Peter understands from the conversation that it will be important for him to get an impresario who can take care of the business for him. He approaches the theatre agents Bang and Mathisen, whose motto is: "If you have the talent, we will get you the contract".

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  • 1955
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    The Blinded

    The Blinded

    6.3 1955 HD

    The young mechanic Borge Rasmussen works in Salling Harbour and lives with the slightly older Marinus Frederiksen, who chairs the city's port workers. Marinus sees in Borge, who has lost his parents, his only friend and is easily influenced by his extremist views.

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  • 1955
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    The Blinded

    The Blinded

    6.3 1955 HD

    The young mechanic Borge Rasmussen works in Salling Harbour and lives with the slightly older Marinus Frederiksen, who chairs the city's port workers. Marinus sees in Borge, who has lost his parents, his only friend and is easily influenced by his extremist views.

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  • 1943
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    As You Want Me

    As You Want Me

    7.5 1943 HD

    A woman wants to teach her unfaithful husband a lesson for his constant stepping out. However, she might fall into her own trap when she falls in love with an attractive pianist.

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  • 1957
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    Be Dear to Me

    Be Dear to Me

    6.6 1957 HD

    The Danish Ingen tid til Kaertegn (Be Dear to Me) is heavily reliant on the appeal of its star, 8-year-old Eva Cohn. Our heroine is the neglected child of a businessman father and actress mother. Feeling that happiness lies well outside her own backyard, Eva goes on a search for that happiness. The longer she stays away, the more her parents realize that they've unfairly ignored her. The plot is nothing new: it's what is done with it that pleases the eye and ear. Ingen tid til Kaertegn was one of the more popular entries in the 1957 Berlin Film Festival.

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  • 1943
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    My Dear Wives

    My Dear Wives

    7 1943 HD

    The celebrated actor George Bergmann has four divorces behind him. When his four former wives get the impression that he is cozying up to a very young actress, they feel that they must take action. However, this leads to various misunderstandings and complications, which partly involves the former wives' new men and partly the young girl's strict parents.

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  • 1951
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    Naalen

    Naalen

    4.5 1951 HD

    "Naalen" is the title character in the film, a ruthless black market kingpin whose wake inevitably follows a series of other crimes. How "Naalen" got his strange nickname will not be revealed here, but it can be hinted that it has a close connection to the precious and rare commodity he deals in his "business": insulin.

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  • 1956
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    Den store gav-tyv

    Den store gav-tyv

    5.6 1956 HD

    Crime writer Rodian moves into a hotel which used to be the hideout for the thief Mathisen and his gang. However, when Rodian has gone to bed and fallen asleep, Mathisen reads the writer's manuscripts and copies the fictional crimes. This gets Rodian in trouble...

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  • 1959
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    A Stranger Knocks

    A Stranger Knocks

    5.7 1959 HD

    One day a strange man comes by and, seeing the lonely situation, invites himself in out of the rain. The woman is quietly hospitable and allows him to remain overnight. He stays on the next day and the next day. Pretty soon the woman begins to fall in love.

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  • 1951
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    Naalen

    Naalen

    4.5 1951 HD

    "Naalen" is the title character in the film, a ruthless black market kingpin whose wake inevitably follows a series of other crimes. How "Naalen" got his strange nickname will not be revealed here, but it can be hinted that it has a close connection to the precious and rare commodity he deals in his "business": insulin.

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  • 1947
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    Jenny and the Soldier

    Jenny and the Soldier

    5.4 1947 HD

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

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  • 1941
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    Tobiasnætter

    Tobiasnætter

    6.2 1941 HD

    The young talented composer Ole Sand and his wife, the operetta actress Alice Sand, live a very stormy marriage. Due to Ole's bohemian, restless lifestyle, it is shipwrecked. However, they can agree on one thing, the divorce. It proceeds in beautiful harmony. Alice meets the extremely elegant businessman Christoffer Martensen, whom she marries in a small idyllic village church. He casually tells his future bride that he has read that the expression Tobiasnätter dates back to the Middle Ages, and that in this way one paid tribute to one's bride by being as chaste as the prophet Tobias was in the first three days of marriage. Their marriage also remains so, one day slipping away after another, triviality is taking the life of Alice.

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  • 1942
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    Ballade i Nyhavn

    Ballade i Nyhavn

    6 1942 HD

    Mathisen has just left prison after a 3-month "recreational stay" and is resuming his work on the wrong side of the law with renewed energy. But things are not always as one hopes. The boss of the gang, of which Mathisen, before the little vacation, was a member, is dead, and the small hotel in Nyhavn, which was a hideout for the gang's small businesses, is going badly. Who will now get the brilliant ideas for the little "thugs", now that the boss has gone to the eternal hunting grounds? But luck follows the crazy.

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  • 1946
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    Letter from the Dead

    Letter from the Dead

    6.3 1946 HD

    Architect Poul Friis Henriksen falls in love with Norwegian Gerd. Unfortunately, she is already engaged to the doctor Arne Lorentzen, whose former wife died of an overdose under mysterious circumstances. Gerd invites Poul to a party at her home, where he accidentally sees her secretly taking a syringe. This makes Poul suspect that Arne is anything but the perfect husband. He sets out to investigate the matter further.

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  • 1946
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    Far betaler

    Far betaler

    7 1946 HD

    Author and art critic Martin Berg and his charming wife, Karin, live a happy family life surrounded by their children and in-laws. Ever since he got married, Berg has wanted to write a book about the female figures in Botticelli's art, but the practical demands of everyday life have gotten in the way. There is a constant coming and going of young people in the house. It is the young people who keep him fresh of mind, and he is always ready to help young people, but the question is whether Berg sometimes goes too far in his efforts to help?

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  • 1950
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    Min kone er uskyldig

    Min kone er uskyldig

    7 1950 HD

    Frederik makes various scams. As money is once again tight, Frederik and his wife Betty decide that they must go in new directions. Frederik dies and Betty cancels the life insurance. At first, things go very well for Betty. At the same time, Frederik is very jealous, which is why he decides to check Betty's relationship with men. Frederik appears as Frederik's brother, Carl. Carl and Betty have a few pleasant days together. Betty suspects that Carl is actually Frederik, but how could she know for sure. At the same time, the web begins to tighten around Carl/Frederik.

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  • 1947
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    Jenny and the Soldier

    Jenny and the Soldier

    5.4 1947 HD

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

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  • 1941
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    Tag det som en mand

    Tag det som en mand

    6 1941 HD

    Jens and Trille Woller have only been married for six months, and so far they live happily together in their cozy artist's dormitory, where Jens works with a brush and palette in front of his easel, while Trille sits behind her typewriter and writes short stories for the weekly magazines. But that's only so far. They are both very young and very impulsive by nature, and it only takes a trifle for them to get into a fight.

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  • 1966
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    Søskende

    Søskende

    7.5 1966 HD

    Three siblings see each other again after many years at their father's deathbed. The eldest, Arthur, a lawyer, has everything under control – or so it seems, as the middle child, Irene, is struggling with her abusive husband, while little brother Michael is the outsider, living a sleepless life of booze and prostitutes. When their father is close to death, the three are called together, and a major family drama unfolds in their father's living room. Gradually, they agree that they should stand together instead of arguing about old affairs. But when their sick father suddenly falls down the stairs, it is as if all good intentions fall to the floor again.

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  • 1948
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    3 years after

    3 years after

    6 1948 HD

    Soya's satirist take on variations of Danes, who willingly or unwillingly came to deal with German troops during the five year Second World War occupation.

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  • 1947
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    Jenny and the Soldier

    Jenny and the Soldier

    5.4 1947 HD

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

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  • 1956
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    Vi som går stjernevejen

    Vi som går stjernevejen

    6 1956 HD

    Lis Holst desperately wants to become an actress. After failing an audition at a theater, she decides to resort to other, more drastic measures. When the director and the theater's writer go to the countryside, Lis goes with them. There, she performs a masterpiece of disguise. When the truth dawns on the theater director and the writer, they decide to take advantage of Lis, as the theater's prima donna has taken up residence. Lis is promised a leading role in the next performance, but then the prima donna recovers and wants her role back.

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  • 1945
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    Da freden kom til Danmark

    Da freden kom til Danmark

    1 1945 HD

    The liberation of Denmark and the many events that take place during the week from 4-9. May 1945. The message of freedom, rejoicing scenes at City Hall Square and a popular party around Copenhagen. The editor-in-chief of politics speaks on the newspaper's balcony. The English troops arrive with real cigarettes and are hailed in the city streets.

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  • 1958
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    Krudt og klunker

    Krudt og klunker

    5.7 1958 HD

    Copenhagen in the 1890s. A pleasant city for those who experienced it at the time. This is the story of how Therese Schrøder came to live with Professor Jacobsen and became the children's nanny, which led to her meeting her sailor. This caused quite a stir in bourgeois circles at the time.

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  • 1951
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    Som sendt fra himlen

    Som sendt fra himlen

    7 1951 HD

    The young and beautiful Laura Heiberg is to marry Torsten Vinge. When the priest asks if she will marry him, she says no. She flees from the church and gets a lift from Jonas Møller. He is heading north along the coast. At the 42 km marker in the forest, she asks to be dropped off. She follows a telephone wire to see where it ends. She finds a beautiful house in the forest. It looks uninhabited, but the door is open, so she goes inside. No one responds to her calls. She sends a telegram to an old flame, Herbert Thorsen, asking him to fetch some clothes from home and bring them to her. At the same time, she tells him that she did not get married after all. She finds a book called "What Do You Know About Yourself" written by Allan Krogh. She takes it out onto the terrace to read.

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  • 1963
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    Sextet

    Sextet

    4.3 1963 HD

    Six people of different ages and with varying mental health problems are forced to spend the night together by bad weather and react upon each other.

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  • 1960
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    Frihedens pris

    Frihedens pris

    3.6 1960 HD

    The young sailor Morten returns home from his travels in the midst of the general strike of 1944, where he is confronted with the occupation. He joins a resistance group and actively participates in the struggle. There is no time for relaxation. He must always be on guard. Only with the sweet and charming young Lise can he relax a little and be himself. During a factory sabotage, the group is captured by the Germans.

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  • 1940
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    I de gode gamle dage

    I de gode gamle dage

    6 1940 HD

    The two friends, Fy and Bi, come wandering along the country road as so many times before without a destination and - without food. Hunger torments them, and they stop with wide eyes at a bakery truck, whose back door is open and opens the view to sumptuous trays of pastries and mayor's bars. However, they get a long nose and wander on to an old castle, where they seek accommodation for the night. In the castle cellar they open a book - and immediately they are back in the exciting events and deadly battles of the 15th century. And again we are back in the castle cellar, where Fy now with a bang closes the dusty, old book, and the two set out on the country road again.

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  • 1966
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    Søskende

    Søskende

    7.5 1966 HD

    Three siblings see each other again after many years at their father's deathbed. The eldest, Arthur, a lawyer, has everything under control – or so it seems, as the middle child, Irene, is struggling with her abusive husband, while little brother Michael is the outsider, living a sleepless life of booze and prostitutes. When their father is close to death, the three are called together, and a major family drama unfolds in their father's living room. Gradually, they agree that they should stand together instead of arguing about old affairs. But when their sick father suddenly falls down the stairs, it is as if all good intentions fall to the floor again.

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  • 1957
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    Be Dear to Me

    Be Dear to Me

    6.6 1957 HD

    The Danish Ingen tid til Kaertegn (Be Dear to Me) is heavily reliant on the appeal of its star, 8-year-old Eva Cohn. Our heroine is the neglected child of a businessman father and actress mother. Feeling that happiness lies well outside her own backyard, Eva goes on a search for that happiness. The longer she stays away, the more her parents realize that they've unfairly ignored her. The plot is nothing new: it's what is done with it that pleases the eye and ear. Ingen tid til Kaertegn was one of the more popular entries in the 1957 Berlin Film Festival.

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  • 1951
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    All this - and Iceland too

    All this - and Iceland too

    1 1951 HD

    1914. The monarchs of Sweden, Denmark and Norway meet to demonstrate unity. In the crowd is a beautiful noble woman from Finland. She is eagerly courted by the monarch's aides.

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  • 1965
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    Norden i flammer

    Norden i flammer

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1970
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    Splintret emaille

    Splintret emaille

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1955
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    Hvorfor stjæler barnet?

    Hvorfor stjæler barnet?

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1953
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    Skatteøens hemmelighed

    Skatteøens hemmelighed

    5 1953 HD

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  • 1948
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    Næste Gang er det dig

    Næste Gang er det dig

    7 1948 HD

    The cause of the traffic accident should not be sought at the time of the accident itself, but long before. The motorist who has been drinking a little. The cyclist who is busy and the motorcyclist who drives correctly but still falls victim to an accident due to the ruthlessness of others.

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  • 1950
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    En dag i radioen

    En dag i radioen

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    En dag i radioen

    En dag i radioen

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1964
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    Fremrykket møde

    Fremrykket møde

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    Fremrykket møde

    Fremrykket møde

    1 1964 HD

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