Peter Hesse Overgaard

The Promise (2024)

Maja has made a promise to her deceased sister: she will take care of her 15-year-old nephew Mathias, who has fallen into bad company and been kidnapped. Now the kidnappers are threatening to kill Mathias, and the problem is that Maja is sitting in a car f ...

Food Club (2020)

Three longtime girlfriends from elementary school, very different women, have one thing in common: they are in the fall of their lives and they all feel how ruthless old age can be. Marie is abandoned by her husband on Christmas Eve, and her entire identit ...

Where Have All the Good Men Gone (2016)

Realizing that her unknown biological father is probably alive, Sofia leaves behind a degrading and humiliating life and embarks on a journey with her naive half-sister Olivia, both girls hoping to find the caring father figure they so desperately need. ...

Excuse Me (2012)

A story about the beautiful but confused young woman Helene, who, according to her mother, was born as a 'technical error'. Helene suspects that her father, who left his family before Helene was born, might be the once celebrated director of a dilapidated ...

Bedemanden (2011)

Tomatprincippet (2009)

Jesper must attend a motivational course to keep his welfare benefits. On the course, coach Schmidtmann tries to help the participants move forward in life. He does this using his own theory: the tomato principle. But Schmidtmann crosses the participants' ...

Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms (2008)

It's not easy to be Barry. An earthworm gets no respect. He lives at the bottom of the food chain. But one day, an old disco record turns his life upside down. Suddenly he sees before him his own destiny, the star of the world's greatest disco band: Sunshi ...

Terribly Happy (2008)

Robert Hansen, 34, a young police officer from Copenhagen, is transferred against his will to the small town of Skarrild in Southern Jutland as a substitute Marshall. The transfer is Robert's chance to start over. Whether he is allowed to return to his job ...

The Gold of Valhalla (2007)

Three siblings, Sofie, Jonas and Emma, move to Copenhagen when their father is appointed a job at the National Museum. One day, the ancient Norse gods, Loki, Thor and Heimdal, materialize to prevent the museum's legendary golden horns from falling into the ...

Just Like Home (2007)

The tale of a troubled small town, and the brave few who made it their mission to keep the community together. As the citizens of a secluded Danish town gradually lose their trust in one and other, the sight of a naked man walking through town in the early ...

The Substitute (2007)

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 ...

We Shall Overcome (2006)

A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark. ...

Young Andersen (2005)

A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between vulnerable eighteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen, who rates himself so highly, and Mr. Meisling, the cynical school principal. An encounter that fundam ...

Lost Generation (2004)

The film is based on Christian Kampmann's novels: "Certain Considerations", "Solid Relationships", "Clean Lines" and "Other Ways" (1973-75). The Gregersen family is a picture of inner and outer Denmark from the mid 50's to the 70's. The story begins in 195 ...

Facing the Truth (2002)

A man grows up in very modest circumstances in the early years of the 20th century, but his diligence, intelligence and willingness to endure hardship helps him to become a leading brain surgeon. A success story on the face of it, but a story about a man â ...

Jewel of the Desert (2001)

Two thieves overhear part of a conversation. They hear that a camel has swallowed a jewel – but not that the camel is the jewel of the desert. They run off and try to catch the camel. At the same time, two children come to visit the town. They are relate ...

Bye Bye Blue Bird (1999)

Two friends, Rannvá and Barba, return to Faroe Islands after seven years abroad. The girls arouse both curiosity and outrage with their bizarre city appearance and emancipated behaviour. They embark on a road trip with one of the locals, Rúni, who - as i ...

The Art of Success (1998)

In the old days, things were different. Art, too. It assembled and passed on human experience and knowledge. But in today's Denmark, something else is wanted from art. It has to experiment and break new ground. It is almost a political requirement. The mor ...

Barbara (1997)

Young vicar Mr. Paul arrives at the Faroe Islands to take up a benefice, and meets the young Barbara, twice married to vicars, and with both husbands laid cold in the grave. Despite the warnings of the surrounding community and his own religious scruples, ...

Body Switch (1995)

A dying elderly scientist proposes love-sick Jonas a cure that will improve the youngster's physical skills and general sex-appeal. What the scientist really aims to accomplish is a body switch: he wants to survive in a young man's body and gladly leaves J ...

Two on a Couch (1994)

A story of a strong friendship between two men and their single life in Copenhagen in the nineties. The modern Don Juan, Pierre, and his good friend and contrast, the painter Søren. The two of them stick together when nothing works their way. A black come ...

The Silent Touch (1992)

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 ...

Sofie (1992)

Liv Ulmann's directorial debut also had her co-authoring the screenplay (with poet Peter Poulsen) as based on a Henri Nathansen's 1932 novel about an affluent late 19th century Jewish merchant family in Copenhagen. Ulmann focuses on strong-willed daughter ...

Casanova (1990)

Farcial action fun with Bertil and Hugo, who do menial jobs at a big city hotel. Bertil is about to marry and has put money aside for his bride's morning gift. Only Hugo has kind of borrowed the money and blown it all on a wrong bet in a pigeon race. Toget ...

Good People (1990)

A father and his son move to small village in the south of Sweden. One day, the boy finds an injured bird. He skips the school and spend more time in the woods with the bird. ...

Syrup (1990)

In this wry comedy, the self-deceiving exploits of Lasse (Peter Hesse Overgaard), are shown, as he more or less innocently runs small cons on the people in his life, all the while sponging off of his girlfriend in a bohemian quarter of Copenhagen. He is a ...

The Miracle in Valby (1989)

14 year old Sven is a technical genius, who has rebuilt an old caravan into a radio communication center. Via radio he is in contact with his father, who works at a big ship at the other side of the globe. One day the radio communication is suddenly interr ...

Rødtotterne og Tyrannos (1988)

Seven 12-year-olds fight against property speculators and local officials who intend to replace a treasured forest with a concrete building jungle. ...

Negerkys og labre larver (1987)

This is a story about two 11-year-old girls. Nana, who has a dog but really just dreams of being a renowned ballerina, and Conny, who is forced to go to ballet but has a burning desire to be a famous veterinarian. What will become of the two? And what will ...

Jeg elsker dig (1987)

A film about love and the problems of love. Two young university students move in together. They love each other and seem to have every opportunity for a happy life together. But problems arise. They agree to see a psychologist, and the therapy slowly reve ...

Burning Hearts (1986)

A comedy about the everydaylife of the 30-year-old something nurse Henriette and her life. Her boyfriend is boring and she has an affair with a violent doctor. She shares an apartment with a gay man and she is close with her brother who is a somewhat inse ...

Thunderbirds (1983)

John and René are in their twenties, close friends but different enough for René to be nicknamed Thunderbird, while John remains just plain John. John feels irresistibly drawn into Thunderbird's orbit, but René isn't all flash. He actually longs to shar ...