Søren Pilmark

The Insane Experiment (2023)

From 1960 to 1973, Chief Physician Einar Geert-Jørgensen and a small select team of doctors treated several hundred Danish psychiatric patients with LSD in a basement at Frederiksberg Hospital. A large number of patients suffered serious consequences, and ...

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus (2022)

Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creative challenges Lars von Trier presents his cast and crew to bring his vision to life from script to shoot and to the screen at home. ...

Ørkenens Sønner: En fez i en hornlygte (2022)

The Purity of Vengeance (2018)

Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties. ...

Downsizing (2017)

A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time. ...

The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear (2017)

Life in Solby is nice and peaceful until one day Mitcho and Sebastian find a message in a bottle by the harbour. The bottle is from the missing mayor of Solby with a message that he is on a mysterious island and has made a great discovery. Now they must em ...

The Man (2017)

Simon is the king of the Danish art scene - eccentric, successful, wealthy, with a beautiful wife and a young mistress. Life is beautiful, until the day his unknown son Casper turns up and attracts all the attention. It turns out that Casper is the world-f ...

Ørkenens Sønner: Een gang til for prins Knud (2016)

Our old lodge brothers are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year. This is being celebrated with the release of their eighth show! The show was recorded over two evenings in April and has now been edited down to just under two hours of fantastic (sul ...

A Conspiracy of Faith (2016)

Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department Q follow a sinister trail that leads them to investigate a case that occurred in 2008. At the same time, n ...

The Last King (2016)

Norway, 1204. A civil war between the birkebeiners —the king's men— and the baglers —supporters of the Norwegian aristocracy and the Church— ravages the country. Two men must protect a baby, the illegitimate son of King Håkon, who will be the futu ...

The Christmas Family (2014)

'Familien Jul' is a Danish family film, where Hugo's father hates July Neither elves, men or Christmas gifts can get him in the Christmas mood, and he is most happy when the holidays are over. Nissen Pixy is therefore quite unfortunate as he stays away fr ...

1864: Brødre i krig (2014)

When Prussia and Austria declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history. ...

The Absent One (2014)

Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is ...

The Big Test (2014)

Emma loves her parents and her dog Sif, but the family has a secret. ...

The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a fer ...

Sorrow and Joy (2013)

Filmmaker Johannes and his wife, schoolteacher Signe, experience the biggest sorrow and misfortune one can ever imagine. Nevertheless, in all the hopelessness they must try to reach for mutual and mature love in order to continue life after death. ...

Ørkenens Sønner: Varm luft i Canal Grande (2012)

Kon-Tiki (2012)

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times. ...

Therapy (2010)

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. ...

At World's End (2009)

An english tv-team discovers a special white flower in the indonesian rainforest, but they never get to investegate it further, before the danish recluse Severin has shot them down. A danish special enforcement with a psychiatrist in front is sent off, and ...

Aching Hearts (2009)

Set in the early 1960s, the story revolves around high school sweethearts Jonas and Agnete, their friendships and families, trials and tribulations. ...

Ørkenens Sønner: En sang fra de varme lande (2008)

The fifth stage show from Ørkenens Sønner from their 2007 tour "En sang fra de varme lande" - this show is set in the African jungle. ...

The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (2007)

Erik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced that he wants to be a film director. In the late 1970s, Erik is accepted by the Danish National Film School where he enters a world of angry and unhelpful tutors ...

With Your Permission (2007)

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 friendsh ...

How to Get Rid of the Others (2007)

A satirical drama revealing the consequences of the Danish government's "New Copenhagen Criteria", a new policy aiming at securing the nation's survival. Citizens who fail to meet the criteria – those who have received more from society than what they ha ...

Lotto (2006)

Jørgen manages the lotto club at the factory where he works. If you ask him, he would say he is a good person, even better than most. Then one day, he has to share a three million kroner jackpot with his friends, and his high morals are put to the test. ...

Bare Holger (2005)

Ørkenens Sønner: Et Skud i Tågen (2005)

The release marks yet another occasion on which the four actors Søren Pilmark, Niels Olsen, Asger Reher, and Henrik Koefoed have elevated bawdiness to a higher level. It contains a beautifully varied two-hour show with a brand new Western theme, featuring ...

King's Game (2004)

Starting a new job as a political journalist at a leading newspaper, Ulrik Torp witnesses a brutal struggle for power in the Midparty's ranks -- a struggle that coincides with the charismatic party leader's involvement in a near fatal car accident. A flurr ...

Aftermath (2004)

A young married couple has to deal with their emotional breakdowns after the death of their only daughter. ...

Stealing Rembrandt (2003)

Two bumbling scrap metal thieves - father and son - steal the wrong painting during a museum heist. The painting turns out to be the only original Rembrandt painting in Denmark, and all hell breaks loose. What do you do when you've got Interpol, the Danish ...

Ørkenens sønner: En storm i et glas vand (2001)

A spectacular show featuring the four extraordinary lodge brothers Khamel Ull-Zuut, Yassirfir Dosirfem, Omar Papa, and Ali Bubbas Barkhahr from the mysterious lodge Sons of the Desert. ...

Kat (2001)

Due to a failed séance of her flat mate's quirky grandparents, the cat of law student Maria gets possessed by demonic powers and starts some horrible massacres, adding even more trouble to Maria's already complicated personal situation after the split fro ...

Anna (2000)

A woman helps a prisoner free at Rome's airport and then falls in love with him. ...

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 Major (1998)

The Kingdom II (1998)

The mutant fetus is born. Dr. Helmer comes under heavy scrutiny for a botched operation that left a patient braindead, and begins to dabble in the dark arts in order to ward off those seeking an end to his career. Hypochondriac Mrs. Drusse finally does hav ...

Ørkenens Sønner: Gå aldrig tilbage til en fuser (1997)

As summer arrived in Denmark, Ørkenens Sønner took to the stage at Bellevue Teatret on Thursday, June 5, in front of an excited premiere audience. The nerves that had built up among the four desert sons leading up to the premiere quickly proved to be tot ...

Den store kul-tur (1996)

What does a desperate mayor of culture do when he is handed a stack of millions with instructions to make it a success? What does a cultural city consultant do when he thinks all projects are equally good, and ends up spending all the money without anyone ...

The Beast Within (1995)

A contemporary offbeat portrayal of a mixed lot of provincial people before during and after a baptism, a funeral and a wedding ceremony. At the centre of theses events is a woman with unfulfilled ambitions, a questioning rebel of a boy and an unconvention ...

Forsmåelse (1995)

Fauli plays himself as the overlooked film director who never gets recognition. He is frustrated to a maniacal degree that everyone seems to win prizes which in his opinion rightfully belongs to him. Thus, he looks up Thomas Vinterberg and trashes him for ...

The Kingdom (1994)

At The Kingdom, Denmark's most technologically advanced hospital, a number of strange and otherworldly events begin occurring, much to the dismay of its doctors and patients. A ghostly ambulance appears and disappears, the voice of a little girl calls to a ...

Ørkenens Sønner (1994)

Meet the four lodge brothers from the Sons of the Desert and their secret lodge, where discipline is strictly enforced with sashes, tuxedos, and mandatory fez hats. The lodge's agenda ranges from crude jokes and bawdy stories, daring physical exercises, an ...

Roses and Parsley (1993)

Pianist Benny loses his heart to a hair dresser, who is already in a relationship with a married man. Things get even more complicated since all three people have pre-teens, who apparently know one another. ...

The Screaming Throats (1993)

Copenhagen 1984. Ronni is a young, mediocre punk-guitarist, eager to make it big in the death obsessed late-punk milieu. But his girlfriend has left him, the other members of his band are fed up with his incompetence and insecure attitude, he has a problem ...

Camping (1990)

Per is a traveling man who makes a living setting up new campsites—financed by a rather clueless telephone company and a gawking power plant. Søren has been in prison for eight years for bank robbery—but now he is free and ready to retrieve the buried ...

Peter von Scholten (1987)

He freed the slaves in 1848. He spoke out against the king and the government. He loved his wives equally. He was colorful, he was autocratic, he was Denmark's last governor-general of the West Indies, his name was Peter von Scholten. The film about him is ...

Mikkels motiver (1985)

Mikkel is given the opportunity to advance to deputy director of the company, and now the director has invited Mikkel and his wife to dinner at his home. Mikkel relies on certain unwritten rules and on himself. The latter is the most problematic. ...

Pallesen Pilmark Show (1984)

The Pallesen Pilmark Show was a Danish musical comedy show featuring Per Pallesen and Søren Pilmark. The style was wordless deadpan with a series of physical gags centered around two grand pianos with the two comedians dressed in tuxedos. Victor Borge may ...

May (1983)

An everyday story about a young girl from the countryside and the people she meets when she moves to the big city to train as a hairdresser. ...

Christmas by Your Friends (1978)

Mads' father's company is too small for a proper Christmas tree party, so Mads decides to arrange his own for himself and his best friend. But arranging such a party is easier said than done. It involves theft, intrigue and deception. Can Mads overcome the ...

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 ...

Den kære familie (1962)

Copenhagen around the turn of the century - December 29th, 1899. Great merchant and shipowner Jacob Friis is one of Copenhagen's richest men. His home is the gathering place for family and friends. Since his wife's dead 10 years earlier, he shares sense of ...

Ørkenens Sønner: En fez i en hornlygte (2022)

Ørkenens Sønner: Een gang til for prins Knud (2016)

Our old lodge brothers are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year. This is being celebrated with the release of their eighth show! The show was recorded over two evenings in April and has now been edited down to just under two hours of fantastic (sul ...

Ørkenens Sønner: Varm luft i Canal Grande (2012)

Ørkenens Sønner: En sang fra de varme lande (2008)

The fifth stage show from Ørkenens Sønner from their 2007 tour "En sang fra de varme lande" - this show is set in the African jungle. ...

Helmer & Son (2006)

A family is called together in unusual circumstances when a nursing home rings them all for help when there elderly father locks himself in a closet and refuses to come out. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. ...

Ørkenens Sønner: Et Skud i Tågen (2005)

The release marks yet another occasion on which the four actors Søren Pilmark, Niels Olsen, Asger Reher, and Henrik Koefoed have elevated bawdiness to a higher level. It contains a beautifully varied two-hour show with a brand new Western theme, featuring ...

Ørkenens sønner: En storm i et glas vand (2001)

A spectacular show featuring the four extraordinary lodge brothers Khamel Ull-Zuut, Yassirfir Dosirfem, Omar Papa, and Ali Bubbas Barkhahr from the mysterious lodge Sons of the Desert. ...

Ørkenens Sønner: Gå aldrig tilbage til en fuser (1997)

As summer arrived in Denmark, Ørkenens Sønner took to the stage at Bellevue Teatret on Thursday, June 5, in front of an excited premiere audience. The nerves that had built up among the four desert sons leading up to the premiere quickly proved to be tot ...

Ørkenens Sønner (1994)

Meet the four lodge brothers from the Sons of the Desert and their secret lodge, where discipline is strictly enforced with sashes, tuxedos, and mandatory fez hats. The lodge's agenda ranges from crude jokes and bawdy stories, daring physical exercises, an ...