Denmark

  • Einar Zangenberg – I Tronens Skygge (1914)

    1911-1920DenmarkDramaEinar ZangenbergScandinavian Silent CinemaSilent

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    When Prince Otto is involved in a hunting accident, the game warden’s daughter Ellen becomes his nurse. She falls head over heels in love with him and the infatuation is mutual. But when the prince’s father, the ruler, dies, it turns out that the prince’s heart is bequeathed to someone else. In her deep despair over her lost love, the game warden’s now downhearted daughter knocks on the convent gate.

    The film was directed by Einar Zangenberg for the company Kinografen, where he was director, actor and artistic director from 1911 to 1914.Read More »

  • Morten Hartz Kaplers – AFR (2007)

    2011-2020DenmarkDocumentaryDramaMorten Hartz Kaplers

    A mockumentary where reality and fiction are combine to create drama. The director has deceived and manipulated leading world politicians, as well as politicians in his own country, for satirical effect.Read More »

  • George Schnéevoigt – Skal vi vædde en million? (1932)

    1931-1940ComedyDenmarkGeorge SchnéevoigtMusical

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    When the wealthy Consul General Winterfeld discovers that his son Jørgen is in love with the raven girl Aurora, he is not happy. Instead of giving Jørgen money for a wedding, Winterfeld instead suggests a bet: If Jørgen can go a month without arguing with Aurora, he will get a million. If not, his father will be allowed to find him a more suitable party.Read More »

  • Astrid Henning-Jensen – Vinterbørn AKA Winterborn (1978)

    1971-1980Astrid Henning-JensenDenmarkDrama

    imdb:The story follows a group of women in a maternity ward for women with complicated pregnancies. The women have different ages and background, but in spite of their differences they develop a special bond. They go through ups and downs together, while each of them wait for their children to be born, with both hope and fear.Read More »

  • Anders Thomas Jensen – Adams æbler AKA Adam’s Apples (2005)

    Anders Thomas Jensen2021-2030ComedyCrimeDenmark

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    Danish black humour takes a sinister and thought-provoking turn with Jensen’s mature directorial opus, Adam’s Apples.

    Ivan (Mads Mikkelsen) is a village priest with an unquenchably tolerant and forgiving attitude. He is accompanied by the pugilistic neo-Nazi Adam, the thieving Gunnar, and the would-be terrorist Khalid. An apple tree outside the church offers Adam the chance to complete a constructive task – baking a pie – but the apple tree is beset by misfortune. The storyline will be enough to make the most unshockable squirm and includes jokes about disability, rape, and cruelty to animals just for starters. Whether you feel the end justifies the means or you plump on the side of condemning it as bad taste may be to do with your sensibilities and how you look at such issues.Read More »

  • Christina Rosendahl – Fuld af kærlighed (2024)

    2021-2030Christina RosendahlDenmarkDramaRomance

    Follows a middle-class family who, on the surface, have a happy and perfect life. But behind the facade, the family is on the verge of disintegration due to the father’s escalating alcohol consumption.Read More »

  • Lars von Trier – Riget Aka The Kingdom (1994–2022)

    DenmarkDramaLars Von TrierTV

    Riget I
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    The Kingdom is the most technologically advanced hospital in Denmark, a gleaming bastion of medical science. A rash of uncanny occurrences, however, begins to weaken the staff’s faith in science–a phantom ambulance pulls in every night, but disappears; voices echo in the elevator shaft; and a pregnant doctor’s fetus seems to be developing much faster than is natural. At the goading of a spiritualist patient, some employees work to let supernatural forces rest.Read More »

  • Holger-Madsen – Himmelskibet AKA A Trip to Mars (1918)

    Silent1911-1920DenmarkHolger-MadsenScandinavian Silent CinemaSci-Fi

    Navy captain Avanti Planetaros is inspired by his astronomer-father to travel through outer space to reach other worlds. He becomes an aviator, and, along with the young scientist Dr. Krafft, the driving force behind the construction of a spaceship. Despite opposition from the mocking Professor Dubius, Planetaros gathers a crew of fearless men and takes off. During the long voyage, the crew becomes restless; a mutiny is narrowly avoided. Finally they reach Mars, and discover that the planet is inhabited by a people who have reached a higher stage of development, free of disease, sorrow, violence, covetousness, sexual urges, and the fear of death. Avanti falls in love with Marya, daughter of the Prince of Wisdom, the head of the Martians. Marya shares his feelings, and decides to return with him in order to bring the wisdom of the Martians to the backward Earthlings.Read More »

  • Mathias Broe – Sauna (2025)

    2021-2030DenmarkDramaMathias BroeQueer Cinema(s)

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    Johan thrives as a gay man in Copenhagen, enjoying endless bars, parties, and casual flings. Everything changes when he meets William, a transgender man, and falls into a deep love that defies societal norms around gender, identity, and relationships.Read More »

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