Sofie Gråbøl
Also Known As: Sophie Craboll, Anne Sofie Gråbøl, Sofie Grabol, Sofie Graabøl, Sophie Graabo, Софи Гробёль, Софи Гробол, Софи Гробл
Biography: Sofie Gråbøl (Danish pronunciation: [sofiːˀə ˈɡ̊ʁɔb̥øl]; born 30 July 1968) is a Danish actress. She has starred in a series of films, starting with the lead role in the 1986 film version of Tove Ditlevsen's novel Barndommens gade and at 17 playing alongside Max von Sydow in Pelle the Conqueror. On television she has starred in Taxa and Nikolaj og Julie. Gråbøl had become known in Denmark for playing emotional roles, but she achieved international fame as the cool and distant lead character Detective Inspector Sarah Lund in three series of Forbrydelsen (The Killing). Forbrydelsen played on BBC4 with great success, winning a BAFTA award, and bringing Gråbøl celebrity status in the UK. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sofie Gråbøl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Frederiksberg, Danmark
Birthday: July 30, 1968
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Gender: Female
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Mifune
Overview: Kresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law´s company. But when the death of his own father takes him back to his poverty-stricken childhood home, far out in the country, his career plans fall apart. For one thing he has to deal with his loveable, backward brother, who is now all alone; for another, he meets a stunning woman who comes to the farm as a housekeeper, in disguise of her real profession as a call-girl.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1999-03-12
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Flickering Lights
Overview: Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, start a new life.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2000-11-03
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The Boss of It All
Overview: An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2006-12-08
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Pelle the Conqueror
Overview: In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1987-12-21
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Nightwatch
Overview: Martin, a law student, takes up a job as a nightwatchman at a mortuary to fund his studies. But the mortuary harbours a dark secret, and he has to find the truth before he is implicated in a serial murder case.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1994-02-25
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Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Overview: A documentary that investigates the phenomenon of Scandinavian crime drama and its worldwide success.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2014-10-03
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The Screaming Throats
Overview: Copenhagen 1984. Ronni is a young, mediocre punk-guitarist, eager to make it big in the death obsessed late-punk milieu. But his girlfriend has left him, the other members of his band are fed up with his incompetence and insecure attitude, he has a problem with his stomach, his doctor wants to abuse him sexually and the former manager of the band thinks Ronni owes him some money. It seems to reach an ultimate low, when Ronni collapses onstage during an all-important concert, but it turns out to be his ticket to glory as he claims to be mortally ill
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1993-03-07
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The Substitute
Overview: 6th Grade gets a new substitute teacher. She wants to train the class for an international competition in Paris. But something isn't right. How is she able read kids' minds? Why is she so mean? And how does she manage to convince everyone's parents she is so great when the whole class knows she is really an alien?
Genres: Thriller Comedy Horror
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2007-03-13
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Aftermath
Overview: A young married couple has to deal with their emotional breakdowns after the death of their only daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2004-03-26
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Daisy Diamond
Overview: A tragic story about Anna who dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. But fate has something else in store for her. Though she struggles to give her 4-month-old daughter a good start in life, she ultimately fails to unite her dream of acting with a safe and loving environment for her child, culminating in a desperate act that has fatal consequences for Anna and her daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2007-11-23
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Count Axel
Overview: Count Axel is a comedy that takes place somewhere in the Nordic countries in 1783. It's a classic comedy about mixed identities, with strong elements of contemporary humour and satire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2001-04-06
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Rose
Overview: Over the course of a week, sisters Inger and Ellen find their relationship challenged on a highly anticipated coach trip to Paris. Inger reveals her struggles with schizophrenia to the group, receiving both pity and discrimination. On arrival, it soon becomes clear that Inger has a hidden agenda concerning a figure from her past, ultimately involving the entire group in her hunt for answers.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2022-02-24
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Accused
Overview: On the surface Henrik and Nina Christofferson are an ordinary family living happily. But they have a problem. Their daughter, Stine, a difficult 14 year old, has a habit of telling lies in class. When Stine accuses her father of sexual abuse, and is believed by seemingly eager social workers, their family is thrust into crisis. Could Henrik have done it? And when Stine prepares to return home, the ugly side of family life is exposed.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2005-01-28
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The One and Only
Overview: When kitchen fitter Niller comes to install Sus's new suite, their immediate attraction to one another proves a sweet escape from both of their problematic relationships.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1999-04-01
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Barndommens gade
Overview: I en lille 2-værelses baggårdslejlighed, på Vesterbro i København, bor den 14 årige Ester (Sofie Gråbøl) sammen med faderen (Torben Jensen), moderen (Vigga Bro) og storebroderen Carl (Carl Quist Møller). Det er tidens typiske arbejderkvarter og lejligheden er uden nogen form for moderne bekvemmeligheder. Koks skal hentes i en mørk kælder, hvor hjemløse har søgt ly og logi for natten. Ester er en drømmer. Hendes ønske er at blive forfatter og hun skriver digte i det skjulte. Hun glemmer ofte tid og sted, når hendes tanker går på langfart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1986-11-07
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Attachment
Overview: Maja, a Danish actress past her prime, falls in love with Leah, a young Jewish academic from London. Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, and Maja returns with her to London. There, she meets Leah’s mother, an overbearing woman who could hold dark secrets.
Genres: Horror Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-28
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Pan
Overview: When Edvarda arrives at the little Norwegian village, to stay with some family, she find the Lt., Thomas Glahn, very interesting. Soon they fall in love. It's a very passionate relationship, but this leads to problems. Both of them are very strong in their opinions, and both are behaving a little strange. Love turns to hate, and instead of doing all they can to please each other, they do all they can to hurt the other person psychological. They both do a great job, and what began as a love story turns into a sad and depressing story of two ruined persons. The story is told by Thomas Glahn from his "exile" in Thailand, where he in the beginning of the movie receives two green feathers from Edvarda.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1995-03-24
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True Spirit
Overview: Poul is a struggling magician looking for just the right trick to take him to the big time. To get the money to acquire 'The Sawed-in-Half Lady' from Frankfurt he makes a deal with Arne, a shifty insurance agent. Using his magic skills, Poul pretends to be a clairvoyant exorcist, while Arne supplies the clients. Then Poul meets Lærke, the owner of the 'Spiritual Universe' store, and he realises there really is more between heaven and earth and that a whole woman is better than two half ones.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2005-12-16
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Carmen & Babyface
Overview: Set in 1962 during the Berlin crisis, the contented lifestyle of Carmen and her kid brother, whom she's nicknamed Babyface, comes to an abrupt end when their parents acrimoniously separate.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1995-01-20
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Rami og Julie
Overview: A Palestinian refugee living in Copenhagen is rescued from a gang of racist thugs by a young woman with whom he falls in love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1988-03-04
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The Wolf at the Door
Overview: Chronicling a period of time in Paul Gauguin's life, this film follows him through his struggles in love and the financial problems caused by the inability to sell his artwork.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1986-09-05
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The Silent Touch
Overview: Henry Kesdi is a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust. He is coaxed out from retirement by an inspired musicologist, Stefan, who convinces him to compose a complex symphony on his neglected piano. As a help Kesdi gets his new musical secretary. His loyal wife reluctantly accepts her as his young lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-30
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Isle of Darkness
Overview: Julie is a young and newly qualified teacher from Copenhagen, Denmark. Fed up with her unfaithful boyfriend and big city life, she takes a job as a teacher on an idyllic island in southern Norway. Julie finds it difficult to be accepted in the closed-net community of the island. Slowly but surely, she discovers that the idyllic island hides many dark secrets.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1997-12-26
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Credo
Overview: Mona is a young woman, engaged to a man who never shows up. She relies strongly on her supportive friend, Anne. Mona suspects that Anne's psychologist, Dr. Lark, is acting funny towards her friend, and decides to investigate. Mona and Anne will find themselves embroiled in a strange world of psychiatry and fanaticism, in which both young women's lives will be endangered.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1997-09-12
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Black Harvest
Overview: Family drama set in the Danish countryside in the turn of the century. A wealthy landowner is an evil and corrupt womaniser with several illegitimate offspring in addition to his beautiful family. Nobody stands up to him except his feisty 17-year-old daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1993-11-05
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The Hour of the Lynx
Overview: Helen, a priest, is approached by scientist Lisbeth with a desperate plea for help. A young man, who has been sent to a high security psychiatric ward after having killed an old couple, has attempted suicide while rambling about God. Having been part of an experiment attempting to humanize inmates by assigning them pets, the young man has suddenly gone ballistic. Fearing that he will attempt suicide again priest and scientist must now confront their mutual animosities while trying to grasp the truth. In a race against time the two women begin a shocking journey deeper and deeper into the sick mind of a young man's soul.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2013-09-26
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Sinan's Wedding
Overview: Sinan is a second generation Turkish immigrant. He is young, restless and he likes the ladies. His parents have found him a bride, the beautiful Gül. They have also planned for him to take over his father's restaurant after the wedding. But Sinan has other fish to fry.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1997-05-06
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In Real Life
Overview: In every moment we make choices that define our being; choices that create shapes and patterns and carve out our lives. Until the pattern is broken – by faith, decision or coincidence. In Real Life is about such moments, where lives are drastically changed. As a multi-plot drama, created out of three years of acting improvisations, In Real Life follows three story threads with characters who come together by internet dating and by their persistent search for some kind of meaning in life between love and sheer survival.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2014-08-07
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Building Happiness
Overview: The Scandinavian countries are consistently at the top of the World Happiness Report, which is published each year by the UN. In the last 100 years, Scandinavia has managed to create a society based on solidarity, peace, tolerance and democracy. What is the secret of Scandinavian happiness?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2020-04-23
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Høfeber
Overview: A confrontational and friendly judge gets in trouble when his wife is trying to arouse his jealousy of her long-term relationship with their mutual friend Chief Klausen. Superintendent and is still convinced that he strives against his life. At the same time the judge's chess friend Lise not stand that he was not hitting on her. All intricacies rubs judge with a serious time hay fever
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1991-12-20
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From The Killing to Borgen: The Danish Secret of Success
Overview: What is it about subtitled Danish TV dramas that make them such compulsive viewing? Emma Jane Kirby talks on set to Danish stars, writers and creators of the shows.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-28
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Groovy Days
Overview: Henrik is young and in love and moves with his girlfriend Anne into a commune in the countryside. It is the dawn of the 70's, a time to challenge authority and experiment with relationships. Henrik is challenged too: His role as a man is exhibited and discussed, he has to learn how to sew, to sleep in the group bedroom, to share his inheritance with the commune and his beloved Anne with a lesbian.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1996-04-26
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The Day Will Come
Overview: Set in the blooming 1960s, the film centres on two young brothers who are instantly robbed of their lives when they are placed in a boy's home forgotten by time. Armed only with a vivid imagination and a fickle hope, the boys engage in the frightening battle against Headmaster Heck and his lethal tyranny. The film is based on actual events.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2016-04-21
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The House That Jack Built
Overview: Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
Genres: Drama Horror Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-05
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Danish Girls Show Everything
Overview: Despite its suggestive title, this multi-part Danish omnibus film is not a work of exploitation. Instead, it presents 20 different short films (back-to-back) on the general theme of Danish women, directed by filmmakers including Krzysztof Zanussi, Monika Treut, Gustav Hamos, David Blair, Vibeke Vogel, Dusan Makavejev, Morten Skallerud and Lars Norgaard. Some dramatic vignettes mix with other comedic ones, but all are offbeat and experimental. The picture includes one animated sequence (by Norgaard).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1996-06-14
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That Time of Year
Overview: From Danish director and actor Paprika Steen comes a caustic comedy about the deep-rooted grievances that can rip families apart -- and the ties that bind them together.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2018-11-08
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X&Y
Overview: An artist has chosen a famous male actor for them together, in the context of a feature film, to deconstruct themselves and their invading roles. They engage in a boundless play with their surroundings in an exploration of identity, male and female.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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Resin
Overview: The dangerous paranoia lurking beneath the seemingly idyllic existence of a family of hermits living on a remote island begins to come to the fore when their daughter starts to question her parents' worldview.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2019-12-12
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Sorg-agre
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1987-05-04
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Den store kul-tur
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Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Livsforsikringen
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Original Language: da
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Tvangsritualer
Overview: We all know it - you must not step on the lines of the flagstones. It brings you bad luck. And isn't there something with figures? To some people it develops into true obsession, and it becomes a strain. Søren is one of them. The day consists of a number of more or less mad rituals, which a psychologist, Søren's parents and ex- girl friend try to explain. Is it possible to explain Søren's case?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Wild Men
Overview: Armed only with a bow and an ensemble of animal skins, Martin sets off into the forest in a misguided attempt to overcome his midlife crisis. A chance meeting with a fugitive named Musa leads to a twisted trip through the fjords with police, drug runners, and Martin's family not far behind. As an unlikely friendship develops and wildly original set-pieces unfold, Martin's quest for manhood leads to deep and hilariously uncomfortable realizations about the presumed masculine ideal.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2022-02-03
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The Venus Effect
Overview: A romantic comedy about Liv, who is at the beginning of her 20s. She is very close to her parents and working in the family greengrocer business when, against all expectation, she falls in love with a spirited and somewhat older rainbow girl, Andrea. Andrea claims to be suffering from stress. But in reality, she is heartbroken and has sought refuge at her uncle’s apple plantation. Liv’s encounter with Andrea becomes the catalyst for a divorce, the loss of a friendship and an identity crisis that ultimately shatters their love. But in a rebellion against her parents, Liv realises that love is mutable and that a family may assume many forms.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2021-11-18
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The Last Viking
Overview: Anker is released from prison after a fourteen year sentence for robbery. Anker’s brother, Manfred, is the only one who knows where the money from the heist is. Meanwhile, Manfred has developed a mental illness, causing him to forget where the loot is stashed. Together, the brothers now embark on an unexpected journey to both locate the money and discover who they really are.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: da
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Det Sjove Køn
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2008-11-18
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Goodbye Theresienstadt
Overview: Poignant, compelling, dramatic Danish documentary from 2015. Over 7,000 Jews escaped from Denmark to Sweden when the occupying Germans tried to round up Danish Jews in October 1943. Yet regrettably, 470 Jewish men, women and children were captured and put into cattle cars bound for the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Seventy years after they were miraculously rescued from Theresienstadt, six Danish Jews who were children at the time return to the concentration camp where they suffered for a year and a half, consumed by hunger, anxiety and fear of what tomorrow might bring. The six individual stories are intertwined, as the survivors tell of their failed escape to Sweden, the horrible journey to Theresienstadt, the appalling conditions in the concentration camp, and finally of their rescue from Theresienstadt in the final weeks of the war.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-05
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