Bent Mejding
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Svendborg, Danmark
Birthday: January 14, 1937
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Italian for Beginners
Overview: Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2000-12-07
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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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We Shall Overcome
Overview: A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2006-03-24
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Brothers
Overview: A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the search, his helicopter is shot down and he is taken as a prisoner of war, but is reported dead to the family.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2004-08-27
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Twist and Shout
Overview: Danish teens come of age in 1963. Bjorn and Erik are close friends. Bjorn is pursued by Kirsten, a future Stepford wife, but he falls for Anna, who initiates him into love and sex. Erik is somber, caring for his home-bound mentally-ill mother while his strict father rules his life. He desires Kirsten, but she's unattainable. Pregnancy, a horrific abortion, an engagement party, and a revelation about the rectitude of Erik's father lead to a climax: Bjorn and Erik must stand up to controlling adults.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1984-12-26
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Reptilicus
Overview: A portion of the tail of a prehistoric reptile is discovered in Denmark. It regenerates into the entire reptile, which proceeds to destroy buildings and property and generally make a nuisance of itself. It can fly, swim, and walk, and has impenetrable scales, which makes it difficult to kill.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1961-02-20
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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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The Boys from St. Petri
Overview: A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1991-10-11
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Mor skal giftes
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1958-10-26
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Tintomara
Overview: In March 1792 the Swedish King Gustav III is murdered at a masked ball. Five young people are involved in the murder story, including Tintomara, a 17 year old inter-sex who dominates over the others.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1970-11-18
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Tinke the Wolfgirl
Overview: While out and about tending to his herd, young shepherd Larus meets a mysterious little girl named Tinke. Quickly realizing that the girl is alone, Larus brings Tinke some food and slowly builds a friendship with her. Tinke, whose parents died within the past year, has managed to survive by her own devices in the wild and has hence become quite feral. Larus convinces Tinke to come to his home so that his parents can take care of her
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2002-06-14
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Assassination
Overview: Following a nuclear power debate in Parliament, a shot rings out. Was the Minister of Energy the gunman's target? And who was the would-be assassin? Police and Secret Service come under pressure to solve the case quickly. In this clearly political thriller, implications of power abuse and trampling of citizens' right are rife, but one calm police inspector brings everything down to earth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1980-08-28
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The Shooter
Overview: The five days when Copenhagen was held in a panic grip by an intelligent activist and former elite shooter, who takes to arms when a woman journalist writes about the government’s broken promises in an environmental question.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2013-02-27
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Antboy 3
Overview: Antboy is challenged by the release of archenemy Loppen from prison, the new super villain, Alicia Dufort, and competition from an all new vigilante; the Hero Without a Name.
Genres: Action Adventure Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2016-02-11
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Just Another Love Story
Overview: Jonas is a Copenhagen homicide scene photographer, happily married, with two kids. One day, his car stalls, another car slams into him, runs head on into a third car and flips into the ditch. The other driver, Julia, is critically injured. He visits her in the hospital and is greeted by her family, who assumes he must be the Sebastian she told them about, the new fiance she met in Vietnam.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2007-08-22
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Lykkens musikanter
Overview: Villa Orfeus er en ejendommeligt gammelt hus, som er blevet et klenodie for kvarterets beboer. Det er et fristed, hvor husets beboer får lov til at være anderledes, at være sig selv i en fremmedgjort verden. Lydia Wiljengren (Ellen Gottschalch), der er enke efter en rig musikhandler, ejer "Villa Orfeus". Hun har efterhånden sat hele sin formue overstyr ved sin forkærlighed for musikalske mennesker. Den eneste betingelse for at bo i huset er, at de enten kan spille eller synge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1962-02-19
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The Olsen Gang Sees Red
Overview: Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which infuriates Egon. The gang tries to get back at the baron by switching the vase with a cheap Hong Kong copy. One attempt is made during the barons hunting party, where Egon ends up being bricked up in the catacombs. In another attempt, the gang has to coordinate breaking through several walls at The Royal Theater in Copenhagen with the "Elverhøj" overture.
Genres: Family Comedy Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1976-10-01
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Only the Truth
Overview: A woman, Ilse Brehmer, finds the body of a dead man, a journalist. He has been murdered, and later when the body turns up in the harbor, the woman denies everything, even though witnesses has seen her nearby the crime scene. She simply can’t remember anything, but the detective on the case, Mørck, knows how to smell a lie and soon start to unravel this bloody mess.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1975-08-22
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The Musketeers
Overview: Vi er i krigsåret 1658 og vinteren i februar er så hård, at bælterne er frosset til. Den svenske Kong Karl den 10. Gustav, der er ankommet Tyskland opholder sig nu i Jylland. Han kan, sammen med sin hær gå over bælterne og videre mod København. Svend Gønge får en særdeles vanskelig opgave af Frederik den 3.: 50.000 rigsdaler, der tilhører kongen, skal bringes fra Vordingborg Kirke til København.
Genres: Action Adventure Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1961-12-09
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Kurt & Valde
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1983-07-29
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A Royal Affair
Overview: A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2012-03-29
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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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Et godt liv
Overview: Daniel owns a shoe factory. He is in his fifties, married to Elisa, has a son who studies psychology and a mother who is at a nursing home. But when he applies for a life insurance his life changes. Because he has to undergo a number of health examinations, and maybe he is not what the insurance people call "a good life".
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1970-09-21
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April
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1963-08-02
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Mor bag rattet
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1965-11-05
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Storm
Overview: Hannah Maynard, a prosecutor of Hague's Tribunal for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, charges a Serbian commander for killing Bosniaks. However, her main witness might be lying, so the court sends a team to Bosnia to investigate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-10
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The Olsen Gang For Full Music
Overview: Egon Olsen is commissioned to help a baron with an insurance fraud. As the dividend can finance Basse's wedding, even Valborg accepts the plans.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1976-12-26
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