Peter Steen

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 ...

My Sister's Kids In Egypt (2004)

Five young siblings deal with a reluctant chaperone when they wind up stranded on a trip to Egypt. ...

Reconstruction (2003)

Late one evening Alex suddenly abandons his girlfriend, Simone, to pursue the beautiful Aimee. In his encounter with Aimee time and place dissolve for him and he becomes a stranger to Simone, to whom he cannot return. ...

The Inheritance (2003)

A young Danish man, Christoffer, lives a life of joy and happiness with his wife Maria in Stockholm. When his father dies his mother insists that Christoffer take over management of the family industry which is in danger of bankruptcy. He is torn between h ...

Gone with the Fish (1999)

Based on director Lotte Svendsen's own memories of her childhood on the Baltic island of Bornholm, but though it is set in 1981 the conflicts portrayed do not seem far away. At the start of the film Lars Erik and his wife Sonja are doing well on the Baltic ...

Bella, min Bella (1996)

Bella's father died tragically, and now the teenage girl lives in close proximity to her mother, Maj. They protect each other from the outside world, so to speak, but one day the outside world knocks on their door. Maj meets a new man, and Bella becomes in ...

300 Miles to Heaven (1989)

Based on a true story dating back to 1985 when two Polish boys, a teenager and his little brother, escaped from communist Poland all the way to Sweden, hidden under a truck. In the movie, their destination has been changed to Denmark. ...

Otto Is a Rhino (1983)

The boy Topper is bored. He finds a pencil that proves to have magical powers. Draw a rhino, and right away, you have a real rhino for a companion. A little heavy perhaps, when you live on the second floor. No matter, it's a modern fairy-tale of the baroqu ...

Den ubetænksomme elsker (1982)

Psychological drama about a doctor who, after taking over a practice in a small community, becomes entangled in some of the local intrigues. This has emotional consequences, including his attraction to a young schizophrenic girl and his wife leaving him. ...

The Parallel Corpses (1982)

About a businessman who murders his stepdaughter after having an affair with her. A crematorium worker who secretly sells coffins to an undertaker discovers two bodies in one of the coffins one day. He suspects what has happened and tries to blackmail the ...

Danmark er lukket (1980)

In the future, Denmark has been made a nuclear waste dump and the Danish language is banned. ...

Den sidste hjælp (1980)

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders (1979)

Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtains the majority of the stocks in the department store Magasin du Nord, just in time for their closing sale. ...

Mirror, Mirror (1978)

Heavily influenced by the French stage sensation La Cage Aux Folles (which was filmed the very same year) a drag-queen comedy about a group of homosexuals sharing an apartment with a naive but straight country boy did not live up to expectations. The lead ...

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. ...

Sofies skolegang (1977)

TV drama about Christen Kold and his ideas for independent schools, by Bent Grasten and Kirsten Stenbæk. The story is set in the village of Roemark in the latter half of the 19th century and recounts the events surrounding farmer Valdemar's establishment ...

Going for Broke (1977)

Three out of work actors breaks into a bank through the toilet of a railroad station. ...

Kassen stemmer (1976)

Three young men discover a scam that three somewhat older gentlemen from Aarhus' upper class have set up to avoid bankruptcy. The gentlemen directors have both accounts and safe deposit boxes at the bank branch where one of the young men works, so it seems ...

The Gangster's Apprentice (1976)

Crime film about a Copenhagen social worker who, out of boredom, seeks away from his environment and into the criminal underworld, which he soon becomes part of - with fatal consequences. ...

That Brief Summer (1976)

Kirsten gets divorced in her early 40s and moves with her son to her parents' home in Hjørring. Here she falls in love with a German officer, without considering the social ostracism and contempt she exposes herself to. Meanwhile, the tide of war is slowl ...

Bertram og Lisa (1975)

Bertram is very happy with his life, but is encouraged to seek new challenges. Bertram is tasked with getting Merland to sign a contract with the municipality, but it is not easy, as Merland has changed his mind. Meanwhile, Jannie is considering moving out ...

The Misanthrope (1974)

This television film records Ingmar Bergman's Copenhagen stage production of Molière's The Misanthrope, presented as a guest performance at the Royal Danish Theatre. The play centers on Alceste, a man who rejects social hypocrisy and flattery, whose rigid ...

The First Circle (1973)

The story of the life of a political prisoner in a Russian gulag. ...

Præsten i Vejlby (1972)

In the early 17th century, the tyrannical parish priest in Vejlby, Søren Jensen Quist, tries to force his daughter Maren into a lucrative marriage with the wealthy farmer Mikkel Ibsen. However, Maren prefers the bailiff. When Mikkel feels that both the ba ...

Lenin, You Rascal, You (1972)

A comedy based on partially authentic events. The year is 1917, World War I is raging and dividing Germany between west and east. The Russian tsar is deposed. Lenin, who is in Zurich, wants to start a revolution – but how? An unbroken chain of accidents ...

The Olsen Gang in Jutland (1971)

The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Prison. He has found out that the Germans left a large sum of money (in American dollars and gold bars) in one of their commando bunkers, when they were defeate ...

Revolution My A.. (1970)

A comedy about a Danish private detective, normally just occupied with cases about unfaithful spouses, is suddenly involved in murder, arms deal, revolution in Guateragua, briefcase full of money and the Danish intelligence agency. ...

The Mad Dane (1969)

An adventurous Danish sailor falls in love with the beautiful French singer Christine in this romantic adventure. Chased by soldiers, he takes cover under beds and petticoats in order to escape capture. Several dance scenes highlight this musical comedy th ...

The Olsen Gang in a Fix (1969)

A good looking female social welfare worker makes Egon Olsen forget about crimes for some time, but when an American gangster breaks into a local bank and the police think its Egon's work, he has to get back to work to prove he's innocent. ...

Think of a Number (1969)

The story opens just before Christmas, when solitary, apathetic bank clerk Flemming Borck uncovers a plot to rob his bank. After doing a little rookie recon, Borck identifies the would-be bank robber as a faux shopping-mall Santa Claus, and counter-plots ...

The Olsen Gang (1968)

The first of 14 Olsen Gang films presents us with Egon Olsen, head of the gang, and his friends Benny and Kjeld, who want to become the best known gang in Denmark and eventually Europe by stealing a famous Bavarian work of art currently displayed in a Cope ...

Det var en lørdag aften (1968)

One Saturday evening, Trine prepares dinner for her boyfriend Hans. Unfortunately, Hans is delayed, as on his way between Frihavnen and Valby, he encounters a series of individuals whom he feels compelled to wait for in various ways. Back at the club apart ...

I den grønne skov (1968)

"Modern vaudeville," where the entire story takes place at Dyrehavsbakken. In an impressionistic style, it tells the story of the waiter Mowitz, who ponders whether he loves the singer Myrna and what true love really is. He ponders too long; Myrna instead ...

Jeg er sgu min egen (1967)

Being yourself – and above all your own master – that is what the film is about. After a short stay at a girls' home, Annie returns to society and has to adapt once again. It isn't long before Annie gets involved in a deadly fight and is even taken to ...

The Girl and the Viscount (1966)

Susanne is going to the countryside to visit Ditmar. Ditmar has been abroad for over a year, and in the meantime, Susanne has given birth to Lulu without Ditmar's knowledge. Susanne's good friend and nanny, Andreas, accompanies her to the estate. Andreas a ...

Der var engang (1966)

The princess of Illyria, who has rejected all the fine suitors who have proposed to her, begins to take an interest in a gypsy who wanders around near the castle and who is in fact none other than the prince of Denmark with his friend, Kasper Røghat. The ...

Neighbors (1966)

Taking place on a small villa road: The two neighbors Gormsen and Sandelund have been at a dispute for years and this evolves into an all out war. Sandelund is a wholesale dealer in meet, a capitalist and has one of this modem houses with a flat roof. Gorm ...

Et fjernsynsmareridt (1964)

Danish TV theater from 1964. Ernst Bruun Olsen's absurd farce about a married couple whose perception of reality and dreams are influenced by the stream of words and images on television. ...

To (1964)

In this romantic drama, Niels (Jens Osterholm) is a petty thief and irresponsible lout who meets Lone (Yvonne Ingdal), a hospital lab assistant who is just the opposite of Niels. The two meet, fall in love, and must learn the old adage that opposites attra ...

Mord for åbent tæppe (1964)

The action takes place in a theater, where actor and theater director Poul Bech is shot by his co-star Eva Berthelsen in the middle of a premiere. The script says he should be shot, but not with real bullets! Everyone at the theater seems to have a reason ...

Når enden er go' (1964)

Claudius is a journalist who loses his job and is in love with Dorte. Her father refuses to give his consent until Claudius finds a suitable job with a good salary. And then a lot happens! At breakneck speed and with insane obstacles - where, among others, ...

En ægtemand (1976)

He has recently divorced and found a new love. But when his ex-wife also finds a new lover, who is cold and harsh toward their two small children, it is difficult for the ex-couple to cope with the situation. ...