Sidse Babett Knudsen
Also Known As: 시세 바베트 크누센, シセ・バベット・クヌッセン, Сідсе Бабетт Кнудсен, سیده بابد کنودسن, سیده بَبِد نودسن
Biography: Sidse Babett Knudsen (born 22 November 1968) is a Danish actress who works in theatre, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy Let's Get Lost, for which she received both the Robert and Bodil awards for Best Actress. Following the critical success of her debut, Knudsen has been considered one of the top Danish actresses of her generation. In 2000, she again won both best actress awards for the comedy romance Den Eneste Ene (English title: The One and Only). In 2016, she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Courted (L'Hermine). Knudsen has also received award nominations for her roles in Monas Verden (Mona's World) and Efter brylluppet (After the Wedding). Knudsen achieved international recognition for her leading role as fictional Danish Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg in the Danish TV series Borgen.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: København, Danmark
Birthday: November 22, 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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After the Wedding
Overview: A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2006-02-24
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Fakiren fra Bilbao
Overview: When two children move into an old house with their mother they find magical mystery involving a lively spirit and a precious diamond.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2004-12-24
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Oh My Goodness!
Overview: Five nuns set their sights on winning the cash prize in a major cycling race to raise money to renovate a dilapidated hospice. The only hitch is that none of them can ride a bicycle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-02-15
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Therapy
Overview: Anders and Puk move into their dream house which is still in a state of refurbishment. To be able to afford the expense, they decide to rent the basement out to family therapist Ulrik. Very soon, Ulrik has put their marriage to a severe test.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2010-02-24
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Above the Street, Below the Water
Overview: This is the day when the lives of an intertwined group of people take a new direction. Everything they have taken for granted starts to change. While Anne and Ask's relationship succumbs to 'metal fatigue', Charlotte has to realise that her husband Carl may not be right for her. At the same time Bente has to decide if she is prepared to wait for ever for her lover, while her ex-husband Bjørn must face the pain of finally letting Bente go. The characters and their children are twirled around in an ever-increasing drama which peaks during the opening night of Hamlet. Anne is on stage as Ophelia, and the question remains: to be or not be responsible for one's own happiness.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2009-10-23
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Take the Trash
Overview: Jesper Jensen is a successful IT salesman who stops at nothing, even if it means backstabbing his best friend. Being number one in the company and having a beautiful wife and a lovely home, Jesper seems to lead a perfect life, but one day his arrogance and self confidence hits him in the face like a boomerang and he loses everything overnight. Jesper is sentenced to do community service at a recycling center with the odd and funny characters Dion, Theodor, and Lotte. At first he looks down on these people and doesn't want to be associated with them. When he begins to loosen up, however, he discovers that he can learn a lot from their straight forward and honest approach to life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2008-08-15
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Chop Chop
Overview: Dennis and Carl are brothers who live on a small farm in the country. None too bright, Dennis wants a girlfriend for Christmas. Carl makes sure that Dennis gets just that when he meets Rita at the local pub. She is on the run from her husband and she doesn't turn down the chance to hide away at Carl and Dennis's place.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2001-11-02
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The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
Overview: When a boy child is stolen by bears who raise him as their own, his human parents hunt the bears in despair, and the boy is faced with the dilemma of who and what he is.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2002-12-18
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Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
Overview: Katrine is to be married. Her fiancé is gorgeous, their appartment is luxurious and her future in-laws are wealthy. Katrine only has one problem: she sometimes finds it difficult to tell the truth, and this sends her on a round-about jaunt with an old friend, Thomsen, who has just barged in unannounced from Kenya and who wants to return a favour and help Katrine with her wedding preparations. A labyrinthal excursion takes place. Tomorrow is another day, the wedding day!
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2003-01-31
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With Your Permission
Overview: Ordinary Jan has no easy life. He is by far the most unpopular employee at work. At home it's even worse. His marriage with the not so ordinary Bente is on the verge of a breakdown. Jan's boss finally sends him into group therapy where an unlikely friendship emerges between Jan and the two mechanics Rudy and Alf.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2007-09-28
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Sons
Overview: Eva, an idealistic prison officer, is faced with the dilemma of her life when a young man from her past gets transferred to the prison where she works. Without revealing her secret, Eva asks to be moved to the young man’s ward – the toughest and most violent in the prison. Here begins an unsettling psychological thriller, where Eva’s sense of justice puts both her morality and future at stake.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2024-07-10
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Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
Overview: When a self-appointed expert on love tries to teach a timid prince the art of seduction, the plan backfires, leading to scandal — and unexpected romance.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2023-09-14
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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 Apple & The Worm
Overview: Torben is a shiny young apple with a dream: making it to the bright lights of the supermarket fruit section. But his dream is shattered one sunny morning when a worm pokes her head out of his perfect skin. Sylvia is her name, and she is really very nice.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2009-10-30
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Villa Paranoia
Overview: Anna, a young and aspiring actress who has not had much success, offers to care for the father of Jorgen, who has been burdened with the responsibility. The father, Walentin, is in a mostly comatose state, which makes him the perfect audience for Anna, who begins acting out her scenes in front of him. Gradually, Walentin shows signs of recovery -- but is this due to Anna's kindness, or is it possible that the old man is a pretty good actor himself?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2004-03-12
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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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Let's Get Lost
Overview: Three friends, Steffen, Thomas and Mogens spend a lot of time together in Julies apartment while they talk about soccer and how to get enough money for tickets to the big game next week. At the same time Julie is trying to get in contact with her boyfriend René who she thinks is having an affair. They all talk a lot about whats on their mind during this week.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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Mona's World
Overview: Mona, a single girl in her thirties, leads a life filled with adventure and romance. In her dreams that is. But an ordinary visit to the bank is about to make her real life as exciting as her imagination, and moreover, during this encounter she is introduced to the man of her dreams in a way she never dreamt of.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2001-09-07
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Almost Perfect
Overview: Anne has given up trying to find a man who will fit into her sensible and controlled life. Therefore she has chosen to become pregnant with an anonymous sperm donor who has been carefully chosen. But as her hormones get the better of her she realizes that the child may come to resemble the father and possibly get his less flattering characteristics. Anne feels compelled to find the sperm donor and ensure that he is as perfect as she imagines.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2012-10-04
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WOACA
Overview: A woman's skin-care routine ceases to be the bulwark she’d hoped.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-11
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Debut
Overview: The insecure apprentice waiter, Axel, is reprimanded by the old master, Fendrup, for his unpolished serving technique: 'It is necessary to dare to give a part of yourself in order to be able to provide the sublime. Do you dare, Axel?' This evening's 100th birthday party develops into Axel's dizzying encounter with love - of food, wine and the woman he serves for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1995-06-16
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Miracle
Overview: What do you do if you're twelve years old, your mum is a neurotic babbler, your best friend is hitting on the girl you love, and you're the only guy in your class who doesn't yet sport pubes ...? For Dennis P. there's only one way out - pray. In this musical adventure the miracle comes in the shape of an angel clone looking suspiciously like Dennis P.'s late father. The angel issues Dennis P. with a license to perform medium grade miracles, but there's a string attached - Dennis P. must stop using swearwords. Dennis P. throws himself into readjusting his existence. But one miracle leads to another, and the 'adjustments' lead to grotesque consequences.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Music
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2000-10-13
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Max
Overview: Released after three years in prison, Max finds out her father, a wealthy businessman, has hired a stranger to play his son. Meanwhile, the ex-husband of the Rent-a-Family director plans to rob Max' father.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2000-03-17
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The Duke of Burgundy
Overview: Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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An Ordinary Case
Overview: Jean Monier is a disillusioned lawyer, appointed to defend Nicolas Milik, a man accused of murdering his wife. While everything points to his guilt, Monier takes up the case, convinced of his innocence.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-09-11
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Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard
Overview: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and director Bille August showcase their meticulous attention to the sets and costumes of the "Ehrengard" film adaptation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2023-09-14
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Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté
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Original Language: da
Release Date: 2006-10-18
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Club Zero
Overview: Miss Novak joins the staff of an international boarding school to teach a conscious eating class and forms a strong bond with five students that eventually takes a dangerous turn.
Genres: Thriller Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-09-27
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Speed Walking
Overview: In a quirky, small town, situated in the outskirts of everything, 14-year-old Martin is getting ready for one of the most formal transitions from boy to man; the communion. It's 1976, music's in the air and hormones are blossoming. But in the midst of it all Martin's mother suddenly passes away and her tragic death trickers a series of events that not only changes Martin's life forever, but also affects everyone else in the local community. Overwhelmed with grief neither Martin's dad, nor his older brother, is capable to comfort Martin. He enters adulthood in a mixture of drunken happiness and immense sadness over the loss of his mother, and his relationship to both his friend Kim and girlfriend Kristine comes to its natural conclusion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2014-08-28
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A Hologram for the King
Overview: Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-22
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Inferno
Overview: After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-13
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Courted
Overview: When a feared judge of the French court, Xavier Racine, encounters a French-Danish juror, Ditte Lorensen-Coteret, at a murder trial, their shared past is slowly uncovered.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-11-18
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Vitello Digs a Hole
Overview: Can you catch a friend in a trap? Vitello is bored, he has no one to play with. His mother tells him to go outside and look for a new friend. He meets the Brat, who comes up with the idea to dig a hole in the cycle path in order to catch a new friend for Vitello. The two boys are digging and struggleing when something unexpected happens.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2015-08-15
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1864: Brødre i krig
Overview: When Prussia and Austria declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2014-10-12
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The Great Arch
Overview: The story of Otto von Spreckelsen, a real-life architecture teacher from Copenhagen who surprised the world when he won an open- call competition launched by French president François Mitterrand.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
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13 Days, 13 Nights: In the Hell of Kabul
Overview: Kabul, August 15, 2021. US troops are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan, while the Taliban are marching on the capital to seize power. Amid the chaos, Commander Mohamed Bida and his men are in charge of security at the French embassy, the last Western mission to remain open. Trapped along with 500 people, left to their own devices, the team must reach the airport at all costs. A perilous mission with no guarantee of success to flee the hell of Kabul and rescue what remains of humanity.
Genres: Action Thriller War
Original Language: fr
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150 Milligrams
Overview: In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for the truth to come out.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-11-18
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The Eternal Road
Overview: Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-09-15
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Fanny Farveløs
Overview: Fanny is a little pale faced girl with tangled hair. She wakes one miserable day to find she has 'fake' measles. Reluctantly she is sent to a nurse and to her surprise her day turns into a fantastic fairy tale.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1997-05-30
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Dogville: The Pilot
Overview: Dogville: The Pilot was shot during 2001 in the pre-production phase to test whether the concept of chalk lines and sparse scenery would work. The 15-minute pilot film starred Danish actors Sidse Babett Knudsen (as Grace) and Nikolaj Lie Kaas (as Tom).
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-19
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Motello
Overview: It all begins when ex-boxer and motel owner Ford Fordson wants to get a little workout Rocky-style in the kitchen meat locker. But the door falls shut, and only opens from the outside. Fordson deep-freezes to death. So his son Willy, who is also a boxer, comes home and finds his childhood sweetheart Julie again. But their romance is short-lived, for the ghost of Ford appears to Willy and orders him to find out who slammed the meat locker door shut on him. It turns out the list of possible suspects is a long one indeed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1998-02-20
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Bernie and Bingo
Overview: A love story featuring Bernie the bear and Bingo the penguin with special Guest Stars: Giraffo & Marius the Drooler.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2004-09-10
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Charlot og Charlotte
Overview: Cool city girl Charlot ends up with lonely naive country girl Charlotte on a road trip together across Denmark. On their trip to Skagen on the top of Denmark they have many strange and existential experiences, meeting among others an angel, a mass-murderer, and religious fundamentalists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-01
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The Translators
Overview: Nine translators, hired to translate the eagerly awaited final book of a bestselling trilogy, are confined in a luxurious bunker.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-12-20
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A Quiet Death
Overview: Tom lives alone and works for the council, reporting empty apartments. One day, he ignores the rules and enters a supposedly empty apartment. His life takes a drastic turn when Sally, a stripper, suddenly turns up. Tom takes her home with him. But Sally has a dark past and is on the run from the police.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1997-09-16
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In Fabric
Overview: A haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store, following the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-06
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Thérapie russe
Overview: How will Charles manage to become a man again now that his wife has left him, that he can't even roll a simple joint and that even his cleaner thinks he's a jerk ? By inviting Leonid, a chimney-sweep with a Russian accent to join him? By letting him move in while he's still living in his appartment? By talking to him frankly and listening blindly to his suggestions? Russian therapy has its good points, even if its founding principles are rather strange...
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-12-17
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Vitello
Overview: Vitello is brimming with energy and has good friends in Max and Hasse, but misses having a father in his life, so he decides to go off in search of one, only to find he isn't the person Vitello was quite expecting.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2018-02-01
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The Exception
Overview: When four female colleagues receive an email death threat each, they are convinced the sender is a war criminal, whom they have exposed. But what if the threats come from within their own office at the Danish Center for Information on Genocide?
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2020-07-02
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Wildland
Overview: Following a car accident, which kills her mother, 17-year-old Ida moves in with her estranged aunt and her aunt’s grown sons. The home is filled with physical tenderness and love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal life.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2020-05-28
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Holly på Sommerøen
Overview: Holly is used to taking care of herself, because her mother and father are almost never at home. They work all the time, even in the summer, so Holly is sent to Sommerøen to live with her grandfather.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2018-08-31
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Limbo
Overview: An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-28
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The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
Overview: When the King and Queen are poisoned, brothers Per and Pål get arrested, suspected of being behind it. Younger brother Espen "Ash Lad" and Princess Kristin set out on a quest to find the mythical Soria Moria castle, which is said to be built of pure gold. In Soria Moria, there sits a well containing the Water of Life; the only thing that can cure Kristin's parents. But some wicked Danes are also on the hunt to find the castle. If Espen and Kristin fail, it will spell the end for the brothers, the kingdom - and perhaps the entire world.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2019-08-23
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Captain Bimse
Overview: 7-year-old Anna is having trouble sleeping at night. She accidentally left her favourite doll, Sophie, at her family's holiday home, and Anna's parents won't drive all the way to the house to retrieve the doll. Just as Anna is wondering if Sophie feels lonely, she suddenly hears a strange sound. Anna is visited by a small yellow aeroplane named Zanzibar along with its crew: Captain Bimse and the co-pilot Goggeletten. With her trusted teddy bear Mr. Johnson in tow, Anna embarks on a magical rescue mission with Captain Bimse and Goggeletten to save Sophie.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2019-06-27
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Klonkadonka!
Overview: Molly's best friend, Effie, doesn't want anything more to do with her and has hooked up instead with the hip girls in their class. At first, Molly is very sad about this, but then she decides to strike back - with a little help from Klonkadonka!
Genres: Animation
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2002-02-10
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The Idiots Who Started The Party
Overview: Danish film has never felt stronger on the international stage than it did with the Dogme films, which at the world premiere of 'The Party' and 'The Idiots' during the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 put Denmark on the film world map. Another eight films under the strict Dogme rules followed and created great international careers for several of the talents in front of and behind the handheld camera. Thomas Vinterberg, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm, Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Lone Scherfig, Sonja Richter and many more of the country's greatest filmmakers look back on when Denmark became Dogme.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2020-10-13
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