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Flickering Lights (2000)

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 ...

The Marksman (1977)

A man decides to perpetrate a series of killings and publicise them as political acts in an attempt to protest against nuclear armaments. ...

Watch Your Back, Professor! (1977)

When a boring collage professor is mistaken for his cousin, he gets into all kinds of trouble, with hilarious results. ...

People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1967)

A dancer and a Danish student meet on a train; she is going on tour to Rio, and he decides to follow her. Based on the novel by Jens August Schade. ...

Old Maids (1966)

Bettina Eriksen, manager of her Uncle Teodor's nursing home, is being framed for murder. With the help of 2 older ladies, Bettina sets out to find out the murderer's identity and motive. ...

Een pige og 39 sømænd (1965)

This festive comedy has a theme song that was incredibly popular in its day – but which is missing a verse! The penultimate verse ends as follows: "...there were 39 sailors and one girl, and that's why the censors deleted the last verse." In 1965, it was ...

Paradise and Back (1964)

Tonnemann lives in one of the wooden sheds at the far end of Islands Brygge, close to Copenhagen's landfill site. But in 1928, he wants to leave this environment behind – to go where the air is fresh and life may offer both security and meaning. He is al ...

Father of Four: The Whole Shebang (1961)

Tiny Per has come of school age, and he has certainly not become any duller. He has joined a soccer team and they must play against the Swedes. ...

Jetpiloter (1961)

Two brothers, Ras and Jan, have always been together during the long training to become jet pilots in the Danish Airforce. They both join squadron 793, where they will serve on active duty under the the young and very energetic squadron leader, Captain To ...

Min kone fra Paris (1961)

Det skete paa Møllegaarden (1960)

One day, a young man unexpectedly shows up in the small town, and word quickly spreads that he has inherited a fishing boat and a small house from his uncle. Martin Poulsen is not a fisherman, but he decides to become one. He finds a good helper, Mikkel, w ...

Forelsket i København (1960)

Jan Scharf's band is playing at Grönköbing Folk Park. Pianist Jan flirts with a young female audience member. Her friend notices what is going on, so they have to flee headlong. Back home in Copenhagen, they discover that their old residence has disappea ...

Sømand i knibe (1960)

Eva comes to visit the ship, and when the alarm is raised and they are facing the sea, she hides in a cabin. This leads to various complications, not least because the admiral later come aboard. ...

The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte (1960)

The poet and Lillemor have become parents, but poetry and washing the diapers are two subjects which are hard to unite under the same roof. The two just married couples, the barber Anton and Vera plus the baker and Lise, are having some difficulties with t ...

Sin Alley (1957)

A fresh faced country boy comes to Copenhagen looking for a job and falls in with a group of hoodlums who use him as bait to lure older gay men they can rob and blackmail. ...

Flintesønnerne (1956)

The stubborn and reclusive Kresten Flint lives alone on "Flintegården" with his daughter, Else, who is kind-hearted but not quite normal. One day, the young farmer Jesper Poulsen arrives to propose to Else. His girlfriend has let him down, so he comes wit ...

Ordet (1955)

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 Je ...

A Sailor goes ashore (1954)

Frederik Larsen (Lau Lauritzen Jr.), a sailor and has sailed since he was 15. Now he has lost the desire for a sailor life, especially after his best friend Bob was lost in a hurricane. When his ship docks at Copenhagen, shortly before Christmas, he signs ...

Det gælder livet (1953)

Ella and Olaf are in love but childless. Their neighbors Viggo and Polly have three children, but their marriage is in ruins. When Ella and Viggo happen to be alone on a motorboat, she gives in to his advances and becomes pregnant. Ella conceals the circum ...

Fløjtespilleren (1953)

A bunch of wagons are crossing the border. It's the Karla Circus, which, after a rough season in Germany, is gonna try its luck in Denmark. Mrs. Karla, the beloved and respected circus director, goes through passports and papers with the customs officers.. ...

I gabestokken (1950)

The film deals with a problem that affects us all. Whether you are rich or poor, old or young, you can be attacked by tuberculosis. In many, many cases, you can also be cured and leave the hospital or sanatorium with a certificate stating that you are free ...