Babette's Feast

Babette's Feast 1987

7.21

A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.

1987

The Misfit Brigade

The Misfit Brigade 1987

5.90

War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners.

1987

Watch Your Back, Professor!

Watch Your Back, Professor! 1977

4.30

When a boring collage professor is mistaken for his cousin, he gets into all kinds of trouble, with hilarious results.

1977

Johnny Larsen

Johnny Larsen 1979

5.80

From a working class coming-of-age novel, Morten Arnfred fashioned his feature film to recapture the feel, the sting, the pain, but also the spirit of solidarity of the 1950s in the metropolitan city of Copenhagen: at the center, young Johnny, helpless, hapless, happy, unhappy, going through the motions of growing up. Bodil awards: Best Film and Best Actor (Allan Olsen).

1979

Children of the Warriors

Children of the Warriors 1979

5.00

A group of children fleeing from a cruel stone age society with violence, exploitation and sexual abuse.

1979

Kidnapning

Kidnapning 1982

5.00

Based on Bjarne Reuter's 1975 juvenile novel, even broader comedy strokes are employed in the film version, but bright spark Bertram is still at the center of things when a nice but dubious uncle (he has a criminal record) takes all the kids of a working class family, hit with bad luck, away on an outing. A plot is cooked up to kidnap some rich kid. It works at first, but soon things get out of control.

1982

A Day in October

A Day in October 1991

6.00

During the month of October 1943, the Danish resistance movement and just plain ordinary citizens joined together in staging a mass exodus by fishing boats to neutral Sweden of their Jewish countrymen, practically on the eve of the Nazi's planned round-up and delivery to concentration camps of all Jews. Story is told from the point of view of one Jewish family.

1991

What a Pity About Daddy

What a Pity About Daddy 1968

5.50

About the young Aarhus businessman Jacob Hansen who is going to a congress in Copenhagen. His competitor in the firm sends his secretary over to spy and bring Jacob into disrepute. The secretary has sympathy for Jacob, creating complications when his wife show up.

1968

Five and the Spies

Five and the Spies 1969

6.20

The children Julian, Dick and Anne spends a summer holiday at the Kirrin Farm, where there cousin Georgina lives with her dog Tim, and her parents. The tomboyish Georgina is punished for her poor school performance, and her father hires a private teacher.

1969

Farlig leg

Farlig leg 1990

2.50

Pia gets sexually seduced by her S&M interested ex-boyfriend which makes her question her relationship with her new boyfriend. Denmark’s “Fifty Shades of Grey” was made 25 years prior to the American version.

1990

Father of Four: In High Spirits

Father of Four: In High Spirits 1971

4.90

Uncle Anders and tiny Per has won a caravan in a contest. It's summer vacation, and the family takes in high spirits off to Jutland with their new home towed behind the car. One morning they discover that the Benneweis circus is setting up tents near the campsite

1971

Flaming Fire Chief

Flaming Fire Chief 1976

4.20

A festive crime comedy about a confused innkeeper who involuntarily finds himself becoming entangled in a larger crime-affair where the villains have stolen and smuggled a precious diamond baked in a cake ...

1976

Famous Five Get in Trouble

Famous Five Get in Trouble 1970

4.20

The four kids, Julian, Dick, Georgina and Anne plus the dog Tim go on a bike-trip without any grownups around, but they are soon followed by a another boy, Richard, who is pursued by kidnappers.

1970

The Goldcabbage Family

The Goldcabbage Family 1975

5.50

The family Gyldenkål is actually called Iversen, but have changed their name, after numerous problems with the IRS, loan sharks and employers. Using clever scams, the family builds up a reputation as a wealthy and respectable part of society.

1975

Three Angels and Five Lions

Three Angels and Five Lions 1982

5.80

Done back-to-back with "Kidnapping", 1982, this family entertainment continues the saga of little Bertram's rather erratic and not always law-abiding family. Parents, chief schemer Uncle Georg, Bertram and his swarm of siblings all get into hot water when Betram's slapdash kindergarten artwork is somehow being mixed up with a famous painting from a museum.

1982