Preben Lerdorff Rye
Also Known As: Preben Leerdorff-Rye, Preben Lerdorff, Preben Lerdorff-Rye
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rudkøbing, Denmark
Adult: No
Birthday: May 23, 1917
Age: 107 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 15, 1995
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Day of Wrath
Overview: In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon's son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1943-11-13
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A Stranger Knocks
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1959-04-21
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Avismanden
Overview: At Vesterbros Torv in Copenhagen, Olsen has his newspaper kiosk. Here comes high and low in society: Homeless, a district attorney with pain in marriage, a barmaid and a writer. They all fight with theirs, while Olsen's good heart makes him interfere in everything he can.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1952-04-14
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Discretion Wanted
Overview: In order to supplement the family income, Marius Bastrup rents his unused rooms to young women looking for a "discreet stay." The drama in the film revolves around the young women and their circumstances, especially as it relates to one girl's abortion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1946-08-05
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Sønnen fra Amerika
Overview: Niels Pind er en drukkenbolt der bliver udnyttet af nogle af byens beboere. Dette får en ende, da hans søn, Jens kommer tilbage fra Amerika med en masse penge. Jens køber det lokale gods og begynder at udvinde grus fra jorden. Han får hurtigt et dårligt omdømme i området fordi han kun tænker på penge. Niels Pind slår hånden af sin søn. Jens ændres dog, efterhånden som han bliver mere og mere forelsket i Ingrid.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1957-10-13
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Vagabonderne paa Bakkegaarden
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1958-12-19
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Hip Hip Hurrah!
Overview: The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast during the 1890s. Not so much a biographical account, rather a portrait of a way of life. The painters became famous for the way they used the light in their work, and this has also been mirrored in the cinematography.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1987-09-04
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It's a World Full of Children
Overview: Susanne, a journalist, and Morten, a cellist, desperately want a child, but are unsuccessful. The situation leads to desperate acts, occasional drunkenness, and solace for her with a discreet lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1980-02-08
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Der var engang en gade
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Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1957-03-03
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Din fortid er glemt
Overview: Paul a young, newlywed writer returns home from abroad with his sweet, young wife, Anna, whom he has met in the South of France. After their honeymoon Poul is looking forward to start his new job as a screenwriter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1949-10-30
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Lyntoget
Overview: A dangerous prison escaper, a young Jutland woman, and a bank clerk, who has just deprived his employer of some cash and is now headed abroad, meet on a lyntog (literally "lightning train") from Arhus to Copenhagen.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1951-10-17
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Derailed
Overview: A young woman of good family is driven into one of thieves and prostitutes and ends in suicide.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1942-02-19
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Erasmus Montanus
Overview: Danish farmer's son Rasmus Berg has been given a costly education in Copenhagen, and when he returns, he speaks Latin to his parents, and Latinises his name as Erasmus Montanus. He wants to "dispute", and goes on to "prove" a number of absurdities, such as that his mother is a rock. He is contrasted to his brother Jacob who is only interested in knowledge which of practical application.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Solens børn
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1972-08-27
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Sofies skolegang
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1977-08-16
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Mig og min familie
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1957-10-21
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Behind the red gates
Overview: Behind the red gates lies Dyrehaven with the green beeches and the famous zoo hill - the motley world of clowns. Professor Labardi is behind the popular singer pavilion, where his young daughter, Gulnare, performs. After a rainy summer, there is an economic low tide on Bakken, and the family is tempted to seek help from Gulnare's enterprising suitor, Carlo Petersen. But Professor Labardi carries a secret: the clown family has family ties to the fine legal world outside the gates. There is conflict, money transactions, love, hypocrisy and villainous streaks when the fine world and the hill folk meet. Behind the Red Gates is a terrific folk comedy that takes us behind the attractions at the traditional amusement park in Klampenborg.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1951-11-19
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The Woolen Stocking Peddler
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1971-12-26
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Frihedens pris
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1960-03-11
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Unge piger forsvinder i København
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1951-01-25
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Det hændte i København
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1949-10-27
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Det gælder os alle
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1949-02-16
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En ganske almindelig pige
Overview: Tove (Bodil Kjer) is a modest and ordinary girl dreaming of winning the competition to become the next big movie star. She applies with a photo of her more beautiful sister Grete (Gerda Neumann). The competition, however, is already rigged.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1940-12-25
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Hvad vil De ha'?
Overview: Danish Black & White Movie from 1956 starring 32 of the most popular danish actors...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1956-01-23
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Den ubetænksomme elsker
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1982-10-15
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Adam and Eve
Overview: It's all about an anonymous little gray book originating from sexually advanced Paris. The book doesn't look like much, but shouldn't be judged by its cover. Wherever this book goes, something will happen. And for sure, this book goes around.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1953-04-06
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Cupid on the Phone
Overview: During a train journey, Carolus, master of literature, meets the charming Italian Enrico. The two men discuss eroticism, and it ends with a bet: In a few days in Copenhagen, Enrico will seduce four women. Coincidentally - and unfortunately, Carolus' wife is the first Enrico to date.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1957-12-16
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Isolde
Overview: After librarian Isolde attempts suicide, she leaves her politician husband for a younger student with a dark past. Isolde's former husband, however, has something else in mind for the young man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1989-03-17
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Be Dear to Me
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1957-03-01
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Babette's Feast
Overview: A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1987-08-11
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Jul i Skovridergaarden
Overview: Finn and Claus are best friends and both have a thing for their cute friend Eva. They both go to Copenhagen to study law but Claus would rather study music/piano and takes private lessons and Finn isn't the academic type. Who gets Eva?
Genres: Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1957-11-22
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Red Meadows
Overview: A suspense tale revolving around the memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a German war-time prison.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1945-12-26
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The Fight For The Red Cow
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1987-11-27
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Løgn og løvebrøl
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1961-08-24
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Mariannes bryllup
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1958-02-26
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Præsten i Vejlby
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1972-09-11
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Nineteen Red Roses
Overview: After his girlfriend is killed in an automobile accident, a man decides the best revenge on those responsible is to murder their loved ones.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1974-08-17
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Skibet er ladet med
Overview: "The ship is loaded with" four angry young men, an original skipper, a fashion model, a radio station, a pirate flag and various musical instruments. And the ship is at anchor in international waters and can not sail forward or backward. On the other hand it can emit radio advertising, and it does.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1960-10-03
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Copper
Overview: Efter et sanatorieophold pga. voldelig opførsel under en arrestation, bliver kriminalassistent Karl Jørgensen overført til bedrageriafdelingen. Her opdager Karl en sag, hvor hans ekskone og hendes nye mand er indblandet. Da Karl begynder at undersøge sagen, bliver han stoppet af politimesteren. Karl slår sig sammen med journalisten John Bullnes. De kommer efterhånden tættere på sandheden, men stoppes da en mistænkt begår selvmord. Karl bliver suspenderet og Bullnes sendes til Berlin på en opgave. Karl tager herefter sagen i egen hånd og anholder byens borgmester og en stor entreprenør. © Copyright 1997-2012, Lone Hansen & Per Kjær Fredborg
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1976-10-29
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Tante Tut fra Paris
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1956-07-23
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We Want a Child
Overview: Else and her husband want a child but Else can't have one following an abortion performed before she got married. When Jytte, her friend, a salesgirl who is the mistress of a married man, tells her she is pregnant, Else thinks she has worked things out: along with her husband she will adopt the unwanted child. But things turn out differently since Jytte decides to keep the newborn the moment she sets eyes on it.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1949-09-05
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Mirror, Mirror
Overview: Heavily influenced by the French stage sensation La Cage Aux Folles (which was filmed the very same year) a drag-queen comedy about a group of homosexuals sharing an apartment with a naive but straight country boy did not live up to expectations. The lead characters lead boring lives during the day and, as depicted here, downright pathetic existences at night, all decked out in peacock plumes and high heels and with nowhere to go.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1978-02-24
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Den kloge mand
Overview: In the small idyllic town Randrup, lives on nature-loving and friendly thatcher Rasmus Thomsen (Oswald Helmuth). In addition to refurbish people's roofs, he runs a small "geschæft" that "The wise man". Son Ulf (Frits Helmuth), which reads the doctor's home on leave before the final exam in Copenhagen. Rasmus' big dream has always been that Ulf had to be "real doctor" and achieve what he always wanted so dearly. By thrift and income have gained through the many patients who seek Him from far and near, he has been able to afford his son's studies. His reputation as a wise man has knowledge of.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1956-10-15
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Vandalism
Overview: Based upon the novel "Hærværk" by Tom Kristensen about the self destructive person. The literary reviewer Ole Jastrau chooses to free himself from his well-ordered middle class life. He allow the seriously left-wing writer Steffensen move in with himself which soon causes disintegration of his home an marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1977-11-04
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Der var engang
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Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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Smedestræde 4
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1950-09-30
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Sigurd Fafnersbane
Overview: An animated retelling of the legendary hero Sigurd of Norse folklore.
Genres: Animation Fantasy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1981-05-10
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Anne og Paul
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1975-01-04
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Letter from the Dead
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Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1946-10-27
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Hatten er sat
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1947-12-15
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Hr. Petit
Overview: The story about Mr. Petit - a French charming marriage trickster and murderer of women.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1948-09-20
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I gabestokken
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1950-10-30
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Ild og jord
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1955-02-16
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I gaar og i morgen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1945-02-12
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Kampen mod uretten
Overview: Depiction of the social democratic activist and politician Peter Sabroe, who in the time around the turn of the century went to fight for the oppressed, oppressed and abused existences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1949-03-18
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Kongeligt besøg
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Genres: Drama Comedy Action
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1954-03-01
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Paradise and Back
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1964-02-21
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The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1953-01-07
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Lyssky transport gennem Danmark
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1958-09-08
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While the Gate was Locked
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1948-08-23
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Mod og mandshjerte
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1955-05-30
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Normannerne
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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Vesterhavsdrenge
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1950-10-12
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Gengæld
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Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1955-11-04
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Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
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Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-04-08
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Karen, Maren og Mette
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1954-08-16
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Hans Store Aften
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Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1946-03-18
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Next Stop - Paradise
Overview: A former army officer befriends an elderly, poorly, lady and encourages her to enjoy reminiscing about her youthful days.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1980-11-17
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Premiere i helvede
Overview: About an American's reaction to the Dane's way of chatting about each other. Behind their backs. A rumor begins to flourish. A serious one. About death. perhaps even murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1964-10-30
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Røverne fra Rold
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1947-12-22
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Frihed forpligter
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Genres: History
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1951-10-07
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Søskende
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1966-09-02
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Hvor er Far
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1948-10-30
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The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
Overview: On the 9th of April 1940, the crew of a Danish merchant ship receives the news of Germany's invasion of Denmark. Instead of returning home, they vote in favor of setting course for England. The crew will undergo much hardship over the next five years ...
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1948-03-30
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Ordet
Overview: The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father's religion, but eldest son Mikkel has lost his faith, while middle child Johannes has become delusional and proclaims that he is Jesus Christ himself. When Mikkel's wife, Inger goes into a difficult childbirth, everyone's beliefs are put to the test.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1955-01-09
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The Element of Crime
Overview: Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the culprit, turns to Osbourne, a writer who was once respected for his contributions to the field of criminology. Fisher begins to use Osbourne's technique, which involves empathizing with serial killers; however, as the detective becomes increasingly engrossed in this method, things take a disturbing turn.
Genres: Crime Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1984-05-14
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Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
Overview: Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors. Visually rich and densely layered, Carl Th. Dreyer—My Metier illuminates an artist too little understood and too important to overlook. Through interviews, historical writings, and rare archival footage, a portrait of Dreyer emerges: an austere perfectionist, yes, but also a passionate man possessing a genuine sense of humor.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1995-12-28
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Tante Cramers Testamente
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1941-09-19
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Hans Nielsen Hauge
Overview: Hans Nielsen Hauge was a Norwegian reformer in the early 1800's both financially and spiritually.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1961-02-11
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Medea
Overview: It is an adaptation of the Greek tragedy Medea from Euripides, a version where the Gods willing and intervations are absent. Medea is the tragic character that after helping Jason in the Voyage of the Argonauts (myth says that she has even sacrificed her own brother for Jason's success), she gets from him only betrayal, as he arranges to marry the King's of Corinth daughter. The king decides to exile Medea, as she is a danger for his daughter happiness, but Medea asks from him just a day… before she goes outside the borders. That day Medea gets her revenge.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1989-08-08
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Christian
Overview: Nikolaj Christensen is a popular Danish folk-rock artist. In this teen-oriented film, Christian (Christensen) is a young man in search of love, who restlessly leaves his home in Denmark to search for it all over Europe, finally finding some semblance of it in Morocco. This slight film is directed by Gabriel Axel, who also directed Babette's Feast. It is likeliest to be of interest to fans of the star and his music, which is used throughout.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1989-12-26
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Kick Me in the Traditions!
Overview: Based on Leif Panduro's 1958 satire classic. David, a senior high-school student, aims a swift kick at his principal's behind and is committed to a psychiatric ward from the perspective of which he takes a close look at his allegedly sane family. They, of course, are the real loonies. The psychiatrists are worse. Only lovely class-mate Lis is down-to-earth and trustworthy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1979-09-17
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Grænseland
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1965-12-25
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Danish Literature
Overview: Jørgen Leth's personal, pleasurable distillation of Danish literature covers seven poets alive at the time of production and twenty classical poets. A handful of actors share readings of the classical texts in semi close ups against a dark background; the living poets read their own works.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Dannevirkenatten
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1964-04-18
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