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1. Huset på Christianshavn (1970–1977)
30 min | Comedy, Family
A comedy about the tenants of a small, old apartment building in Christianshavn, Copenhagen.
Stars: Poul Reichhardt, Arthur Jensen, Helle Virkner, Paul Hagen
Votes: 873
2. Alt på et bræt (1977)
85 min | Comedy, Crime
Three out of work actors breaks into a bank through the toilet of a railroad station.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Dirch Passer, Jørgen Ryg, Preben Kaas, Lily Broberg
Votes: 419
3. Julefrokosten (1976)
87 min | Comedy
A small jewelry company has their annual Christmas party.
Director: Finn Henriksen | Stars: Jørgen Ryg, Preben Kaas, Lisbet Dahl, Judy Gringer
Votes: 393
4. Don Olsen kommer til byen (1964)
89 min | Comedy, Family
At a Danish town-council vote, a new individualist breaks party-line voting against bulldozing old houses in the center. That evening he meets Don Olsen in a pub. They get drunk and nothing will ever be the same again.
Director: Anker Sørensen | Stars: Dirch Passer, Buster Larsen, Bodil Udsen, Birgitte Price
Votes: 247
5. The Factory Outing (1978)
79 min | Comedy
A small jewelry company has their annual summer party
Director: John Hilbard | Stars: Judy Gringer, Jørgen Ryg, Lisbet Dahl, Preben Kaas
Votes: 223
6. Fængslende feriedage (1978)
105 min | Comedy, Family
Four guys serve their prison sentences in the jovial and not-very-authoritarian prison in Maribo.
Director: Finn Henriksen | Stars: Jørgen Ryg, Lisbet Dahl, Birgitte Federspiel, Dirch Passer
Votes: 187
7. Forelsket i København (1960)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Jan is a young jazz conductor, who after a failed tour in Sweden turns money-free home to Copenhagen along with his three musicians.
Director: Finn Henriksen | Stars: Siw Malmkvist, Henning Moritzen, Ove Sprogøe, Jørgen Ryg
Votes: 166
8. Crazy Paradise (1962)
95 min | Comedy
The small windswept Danish island Trangö is home of the famous Trangö-eggs. Besides being bigger and whiter than all the others, these eggs light a fire under every woman's skirts.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Dirch Passer, Ove Sprogøe, Hans W. Petersen, Ghita Nørby
Votes: 128
9. Nøglen til paradis (1970)
95 min | Comedy, Family
The story about an untraditional parish priest, who successfully runs a travel agency.
Director: Sven Methling | Stars: Dirch Passer, Lone Hertz, Jørgen Ryg, Else-Marie
Votes: 124
10. Det gode og det onde (1975)
78 min | Documentary
An extension of The Perfect Human, Good and Evil is a longer, more expansive pseudo-documentary portrayal of life, no less. Using capacious titles or chapter headings that Leth's narrator's... See full summary »
Director: Jørgen Leth | Stars: Claus Nissen, Ulla Gottlieb, Holger Juul Hansen, Ulf Pilgaard
Votes: 96
11. Lenin, din gavtyv! (1972)
98 min | Comedy, Musical
Comedy with musical interludes based on Lenin and the Ten Days that shook the World: how Lenin is brought from Switzerland through Germany in a sealed railroad car in 1918 and via Stockholm back to Russia.
Director: Kirsten Stenbæk | Stars: Peter Steen, Dirch Passer, Jørgen Ryg, Judy Gringer
Votes: 95
12. Livet i Danmark (1972)
37 min | Documentary, Short
Almost 100 Danes - including a cyclist, a minister of finances, a popular actress, and 13 single women from province - try to convey a realistic impression of Denmark, different from the usual view as a little, exotic, and strange country.
Director: Jørgen Leth | Stars: Ann Bierlich, Stine Bierlich, Kristen Bjørnkjær, Asger Leth
Votes: 91
13. We're Doing Alright (1963)
86 min | Comedy, Family
A poet moves to a laid-back community quite different from life in Copenhagen. Different characters live in strange "buildings". The land developer/owner decides to bulldoze the community. Will they find a peaceful solution?
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Dirch Passer, Ebbe Langberg, Lone Hertz, Karl Stegger
Votes: 79
14. Ingen tid til kærtegn (1957)
101 min | Drama, Family
The eight year old girl, Lene, feels neglected by her loving, but busy parents. One day when she is once again let down, she run away from home. On her adventure she meets new people, buys a dog and see the ocean.
Director: Annelise Hovmand | Stars: Eva Cohn, Lily Weiding, Hans Kurt, Jørgen Reenberg
Votes: 76
15. Nu stiger den (1966)
101 min | Family
The Danish inventor and aviation pioneer Jacob Ellehammer attempts to fly.
Director: Annelise Hovmand | Stars: Louis Miehe-Renard, Morten Grunwald, Vigga Bro, Axel Strøbye
Votes: 65
16. Formula for Love (1959)
86 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Peter live in the upper class district of Hellerup and has only one interest: jazz.
Director: Bent Christensen | Stars: Nina van Pallandt, Frederik van Pallandt, Preben Mahrt, Clara Østø
Votes: 59
17. Krudt og klunker (1958)
78 min | Comedy
In a big apartment in 1890s Copenhagen houses a couple with 6 kids, a grandma and help. There's never a dull moment - pistol, prison, snake, sailor and the patriarch being a zoologist interested in phrenology.
Director: Annelise Hovmand | Stars: Gunnar Lauring, Vera Gebuhr, Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen, Ellen Nielsen
Votes: 57
18. Selvmordsskolen (1964)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
Bizarre satiric tale about an ordinary Danish man disappointed in life and the welfare system. Close to a total collapse he decides to take the easy way out. He seeks help at Doctor X, head... See full summary »
Director: Knud Leif Thomsen | Stars: Jørgen Ryg, Axel Strøbye, Hans W. Petersen, Bodil Udsen
Votes: 53
19. Løgn og løvebrøl (1961)
99 min | Comedy
An animal imitator wants publicity and lies to a journalist that he is going to Africa to roar like a lion. Soon the story spreads world wide. Based on true events.
Director: Peer Guldbrandsen | Stars: Kjeld Petersen, Lily Broberg, Jørgen Reenberg, Hanne Borchsenius
Votes: 48
20. I, a Lover (1966)
91 min | Comedy
Beatrice is abandoning her husband Petar because he is impotent. She travels to Paris with Isac, her lover. Peter's friend Ole take him to his country place.
Director: Börje Nyberg | Stars: Jørgen Ryg, Jessie Flaws, Axel Strøbye, Kerstin Wartel
Votes: 43
21. Two Crazy Guys (1961)
90 min | Comedy
Paul and Preben are hospitalized at the same time in the same warden, both suffering badly from the same condition: gastric ulcer. Paul is under the damaging influence of a dominant mother ... See full summary »
Directors: Paul Hagen, Preben Kaas | Stars: Paul Hagen, Preben Kaas, Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen, Lone Hertz
Votes: 41
22. Syg og munter (1974 TV Movie)
71 min | Comedy
Jørgen Ryg as the early retired Arntsen is at the very center of Sven Holm's play. Even though he is vulnerable and suffering from some mental illness issues, Arntsen is trying to cope and ... See full summary »
Director: Ole Roos | Stars: Jørgen Ryg, Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen, Lone Lindorff, Gotha Andersen
Votes: 39
23. Tante Tut fra Paris (1956)
99 min | Comedy, Family
Claus Hiller is a successful songwriter, but he spends far more than he earns.
Director: Peer Guldbrandsen | Stars: Mogens Wieth, Lily Weiding, Henning Moritzen, Ellen Gottschalch
Votes: 38
24. Tre mand frem for en trold (1967)
99 min | Family
It's all very sixtyish. A news reporter (Axel Strøbye), a photographer (Jørgen Rye) and a scientist (Ebbe Rode) are chasing a rumored ogre in the Swedish woods. The ogre (Lone Hertz) appears to be of a rather sensual nature.
Director: Knud Leif Thomsen | Stars: Lone Hertz, Jørgen Ryg, Axel Strøbye, Ebbe Rode
Votes: 33
25. Vi som går stjernevejen (1956)
90 min | Comedy
Young Lis dreams of becoming an actress.
Director: Johan Jacobsen | Stars: Ebbe Rode, Birgitte Reimer, Hans Kurt, Gunnar Lauring
Votes: 30
26. Frihedens pris (1960)
85 min | War
Morten, a young sailor, returns home from a journey in the middle of the people's strike in 1944 and joins a resistance group.
Director: Annelise Hovmand | Stars: Willy Rathnov, Ghita Nørby, Holger Juul Hansen, Preben Lerdorff Rye
Votes: 29
27. Hashtræet (1973 TV Movie)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
What if the mind set and ideas of the 1968 youth rebellion invade the home gardens of the bourgeoisie? Beno Benesen is a rather uptight man, who keeps finding things under his big tree. He suspects people live up there. Absurd and surreal drama, original for TV.
Director: Klaus Hoffmeyer | Stars: Jørgen Ryg, Charlotte Vøhtz, Jytte Abildstrøm, Gotha Andersen
Votes: 22
28. Den kyske levemand (1974)
104 min | Comedy
Mr. Basse wants his employee Mr. Bumbach married to his daughter. To make Bumbach more interesting, he invents an affair Bumbach must have had with movie star Rya Rya.
Directors: Katrine Hedman, Werner Hedman, Hans Christian Ægidius | Stars: Jørgen Ryg, John Price, Ulf Pilgaard, Gerda Gilboe
Votes: 20
29. En af dagene (1963 TV Movie)
53 min
Three male colleagues (Ryg, Strøbye and Paaske) are competing for the next advancement in an otherwise boring office environment, each is maneuvering in his own style, with his own personal story and motives.
Director: Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Stars: Rita Angela, Jørgen Ryg, Axel Strøbye, Erik Paaske
Votes: 19
30. Nu går den på Dagmar (1972)
92 min | Comedy
A group of young actors dream of the big breakthrough at their theater school.
Director: Henning Ørnbak | Stars: Helle Merete Sørensen, Finn Storgaard, Claus Ryskjær, Ulla Gottlieb
Votes: 17
31. Sukceskomponisten (1954)
98 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
The newly graduated organist Mogens gets a job in a small town at the expense of the consul's daughter. Uglesete from the beginning, Mogens and his brother - who play music in the popular ... See full summary »
Director: Peer Guldbrandsen | Stars: Louis Miehe-Renard, Paul Hagen, Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt, Elsebet Knudsen
Votes: 15
32. Lørdagshjørnet (1976–1985)
Family, Talk-Show
A weekly Saturday primetime talkshow with celebrities from the entertainment and cultural upper sphere.
Stars: Erling Bundgaard, Jørgen Ifversen, Henrik Wolsgaard-Iversen, Willy Grevelund
Votes: 14
33. Automobilkirkegården (1971 TV Movie)
73 min
In Arrabal's 1956 absurdist play, convention and logic are undermined at every turn: Milos is violently jealous but is amused by Dila having sex with another man; Emanou is an innocent but ... See full summary »
Director: Palle Skibelund | Stars: Niels Hinrichsen, Else Højgaard, Hardy Rafn, Laila Andersson
Votes: 10
34.
Huset på Christianshavn (1970–1977)
Episode:
Tab og vind med samme sind
(1977)
36 min | Comedy, Family
Director: Tom Hedegaard | Stars: Karen Berg, Kirsten Walther, Willy Rathnov, Helle Virkner
Votes: 9
35. Snip, snap, snude - en omvendt historie (1964 TV Movie)
45 min | Comedy, Music
Directors: Marianne Drewes, Bent Fabricius-Bjerre | Stars: Daimi, Erik Frederiksen, Poul Godske, Jørn Grauengaard
36. Harlekin ægtemand (1963 TV Movie)
40 min | Musical
Elements of musical, pantomime and comedy are mixed in this early 1960'es modernist statement about the battle of the sexes. Klaus Rifbjerg's debut as TV playwright.
Director: Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Stars: Preben Neergaard, Birgitte Reimer, Louis Miehe-Renard, Finn Lassen
37. Sommer-weekend (1963–1964)
50 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Two summer seasons of Saturday night prime time live studio entertainment shows. Cabaret acts, jazz and popular music. Most shows hosted by Per Wiking and Annette Faaborg. Written dialogues and interviews in-between acts.
Stars: Per Wiking, Annette Faaborg, Preben Kaas, Jørgen Ryg
38. Friere (1973 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Russia in early 1800'es. Fjokla is a professional matchmaker. She is in a hurry to present a string of suitable husbands to a young girl Agafja with her aunt and protector Arina. Fjokla has... See full summary »
Director: Klaus Hoffmeyer | Stars: Lone Lindorff, Lili Heglund, Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen, Gunnvør Nolsøe
39. Vinterhaven (1963)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Svend Pedersen hosting a bi-weekly Saturday night prime time talk show with showbiz celebrities as well as people unknown to the public with an interesting story to tell. Musical and comedy acts. Jørn Grauengaard's orchestra.
Stars: Svend Pedersen, Ebbe Rode, Svend Lynge Nielsen, Perry Knudsen
40. Må jeg lege med (1968 TV Movie)
64 min | Romance
Comedy about life and love in a circus, centering around a circus princess, two clowns, a poet and a sprechtstallmeister. TV adaptation of Archard's classic 1923 commedia dell'arte stage play.
Director: Palle Skibelund | Stars: Poul Bundgaard, Arthur Jensen, John Price, Lise Ringheim
42. Forstyr ikke mine cirkler (1966)
25 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
We all move in smaller and larger circles. Experimental film with animated as well as live scenes.
Director: Bent H. Barfod | Stars: Jørgen Ryg, Preben Kaas
43. En forglemmelse (1973 TV Movie)
30 min
Director: Palle Skibelund | Stars: Bjørn Puggaard-Müller, Jørgen Ryg, Ellen Margrethe Stein, Lillian Tillegreen
44. Skyggen af en helt (1963 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
Donal Davoren (Jens Østerholm) is a poet who lives only for the writing. The folks in his tenement building, however, believes he's an IRA gunman laying low, and Donal is content to let ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Henrik Krause | Stars: Jens Østerholm, Preben Kaas, Henrik Rosing Wiehe, Jørgen Ryg
45. Något att tala om i framtiden (1968 TV Movie)
Director: Jan Hemmel | Stars: Ulla Akselson, Carl-Åke Eriksson, Annicka Kronberg, Lis Nilheim
46. Fjernsynets ønskeprogram - Giro 413 (1966 TV Movie)
120 min | Comedy, Music
2-hour TV gala show with many musical and comedy acts hosted by Svend Pedersen. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the popular weekly radio show Giro 413.
Director: Sten Bramsen | Stars: Svend Pedersen, Marianne Albrechtslund, Svend Asmussen, Poul Bundgaard
47. NDR Jazz Workshops (1958–1988)
Music
Hans Gertberg developed in 1958 at the suggestion of Rolf Liebermann from the existing since 1952 studio jazz concert series, the concept of the NDR Jazz Workshop. The broadcaster invited ... See full summary »
Stars: Hans Koller, Rolf Kühn, Heinz von Moisy, Klaus Marmulla
48. Glassplinten (1969 TV Movie)
26 min | Drama, Family
Poul and his wife are at a parent-teacher meeting. Things are being turned upside down when Poul gets a splinter in his finger. The incident sets off an avalanche of emotions, apparently ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Eszterhas | Stars: Jørgen Ryg, Lone Rode, Niels Arne Jensen, Hannah Bjarnhof
49. En efterlysning (1966 TV Movie)
22 min | Comedy
Four actors in turn recite passages from Panduro's short story backed by a diverse soundtrack of contemporary jazz.
Director: Poul Due | Stars: Kirsten Walther, Gunnar Hansen, Skat Nørrevig, Jørgen Ryg
50. Jazzland (1963 TV Movie)
53 min | Music
Staged as a Midwestern train station, an extravagant gathering of Danish and international jazz musicians (who all circled around Copenhagen at this moment in time) are about to take the "A... See full summary »
Director: Sten Bramsen | Stars: Danny Andersen, Svend Asmussen, Bent Axen, Jørgen Blaksted