Self / Fru Svendsen
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.
Bente Bentesen (voice)
Karen Blixen
Aged 63, Karen Blixen is at the pinnacle of her fame and next in line to win the Nobel Prize for literature. It has been 17 years since she gave up her famous farm in Africa, only to return to Denmark with her life in ruins. Devastated by syphilis and having lost the love of her life, she has reinvented herself as a literary sensation. She is an isolated genius, however, until the day she meets a talented 30-year-old poet. She promises him literary stardom if he in return will obey her unconditionally – even at the cost of him losing everything else in his life...
Herself
Danish film has never felt stronger on the international stage than it did with the Dogme films, which at the world premiere of 'The Party' and 'The Idiots' during the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 put Denmark on the film world map. Another eight films under the strict Dogme rules followed and created great international careers for several of the talents in front of and behind the handheld camera. Thomas Vinterberg, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm, Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Lone Scherfig, Sonja Richter and many more of the country's greatest filmmakers look back on when Denmark became Dogme.
Tove Ditlevsen
Autumn 1973, few days before her first suicide attempt, two journalists visit danish poet Tove Ditlevsen, for a talk on her self-made obituary.
Sara
Karlskov is a self made, successful owner of a large electronics factory, has a wife and five children. They live the good, privileged upper-class life on Strandvejen north of Copenhagen when the Nazis occupy Denmark in April 1940. Karl struggles to continue production at the factory, but to protect his family and employees he reluctantly begins to produce for the German market. It brings him into a controversial collaboration with the occupying power and causes painful breaks in the family.
Emma
In a Copenhagen motel, a politician's hookup doesn't go to plan. Meanwhile at a nightclub, a mother and son are connected via song. Whereas in the suburbs, a football team prepares for the big outing - of one of its players.
The 5 short films are: Hotel Boy (2018); Poz (2016); Young Man's Dance [Ung mands dans] (2014); Swans [Svans] (2016); Ladyboy (2011).
Helle
Хелле всю жизнь ждала, когда же, наконец, её муж-трудоголик уйдёт на пенсию и они смогут вместе насладиться осенью своей жизни. Ей хочется попутешествовать с ним, посмотреть мир. Но когда в последний день Петер возвращается с работы, происходит неожиданный поворот. Муж подготовил для неё сюрприз: он начинает новую карьеру импортёра вин и вложил все их сбережения в виноградники в Австрии. Хелле и Петер расстаются, и каждый движется своим путём, открывая новые возможности, сталкиваясь проблемами, мечтая. Но можно ли начать всё заново после 50 лет совместной жизни? И возможна ли жизнь друг без друга?
Old Nete
В копенгагенской квартире найдены замурованными три мумифицированных трупа, сидящих вокруг стола. За дело берётся отдел Q, специализирующийся на давних нераскрытых преступлениях. Расследование приводит детективов Карла Мёрка и Ассада в закрытое много лет назад женское учреждение на острове, куда раньше ссылали девушек, несоответствовавших общественной морали.
Ældre Dame (voice)
Vitello is brimming with energy and has good friends in Max and Hasse, but misses having a father in his life, so he decides to go off in search of one, only to find he isn't the person Vitello was quite expecting.
Terapeut
The two tradesmen Ib and Edward are tired of their lifeless marriages and dream of living the good life from the stash of money they've earned moonlighting for years. After a huge fight with their wives the two men get drunk and hire a Russian contract killer to do a hit on their spouses. But they have badly underestimated their wives, and this becomes the start of an absurd journey where Ib and Edward to their own horror end at the top of a kill list.
Borgmester
Henriette
Адаму за сорок. У него есть жена, семнадцатилетний сын, дом, машина, достойный заработок. Но ему не хватает оптимизма и жизнерадостности. Даже встречи в свинг-клубе для него превратились в рутину. Но однажды туда приходит прекрасная молодая девушка, и Адам влюбляется…
Jytte
Inger Lis
Габриэль и Элиас — братья, но очень разные. Первый — измученный профессор, написавший книгу о смысле жизни, а второй — одержим женщинами, но никогда не пользуется у них популярностью, поэтому часто довольствуется собственной персоной. Однажды умирает отец братьев, оставляя после себя видеокассету, из которой они узнают шокирующую правду — они не родные братья, у них разные матери, а настоящий их отец живет неподалеку. Габриэль вместе с Элиасом отправляются на его поиски и вскоре встречают остальных братьев — Франца, Йозефа и Грегора, которые живут в поместье, а отец их все время спит. Усадьба полна загадок, и братьям предстоит узнать весьма неприятную правду…
Anette
Discarded by society, let down by their bank and evicted from their homes, three senior citizens plan a nice little bank robbery to set things right. But things don't go quite that easy...
Susse
Mark (Casper Crump) and Laura (Mille Lehfeldt) are lovers. He is a singer in a failed boyband. She is getting tired of playing second fiddle to the relationship. But one day Laura is measured by the talent seeker Aslan, and it turns out that she is unbelievably talented. Laura becomes confident and successful. At the same time, Mark’s career is going downhill. Mark discovers that talent can not only be measured but also stolen by Aslan’s machine. In the name of love Mark sucks all of the talent out of his unsuspecting girlfriend and shoots for the stars – with massive consequences at home.
Anne's mother
Anne has given up trying to find a man who will fit into her sensible and controlled life. Therefore she has chosen to become pregnant with an anonymous sperm donor who has been carefully chosen. But as her hormones get the better of her she realizes that the child may come to resemble the father and possibly get his less flattering characteristics. Anne feels compelled to find the sperm donor and ensure that he is as perfect as she imagines.
Office Lady
Филипп красив, богат и… одинок. Ида замужем, но ее супруг увлечен другой. Скоро они встретятся на свадьбе своих детей в одном из самых живописных городов мира -итальянском Сорренто. Знойные неаполитанские ночи, аромат лимонных деревьев и непередаваемая атмосфера праздника помогут вспомнить, что любовь — это все, что им нужно…
Fru. Sørensen
Ваня — типичный лузер и неудачник. Над ним измываются в школе и пилят дома. Однажды он решает измениться и тут же встречает… самую настоящую ведьму. Та соглашается исполнить любое его желание. Парень выбирает суперсилу. Но колдунья оказалась непутевой и выполнила просьбу всего на один день! Можно ли изменить свою жизнь за 24 часа, обладая шикарной внешностью? Наш маленький Геракл Ваня ответит на этот вопрос!
Emma
Kristian, who is a transvestite, still lives at home with his mother Emma, because she loves him just the way he is. Life as a transvestite offers many humiliations from the outside world, but with his mom, Kristian feels that he can be himself. Until one day when Emma meets the alcoholic Søren, who does not have the same tolerance...
Doctor
Сорокалетний Антон возвращается в родную Данию, много лет проработав в африканском лагере для беженцев. Долгие годы среди чужого горя научили его никогда не отвечать насилием на насилие. Даже когда местный автомеханик беспричинно избивает Антона, тот сдерживает гнев. Кажется, что конфликт исчерпан, но тут его сын Элиас вместе со своим другом Кристианом решают отомстить за отца.
Bitten Gabrielsen
Чудаковатый психиатр Адриан Габриэльсен отправляется в Индонезию, чтобы провести психиатрическую экспертизу датского подданного Северина Гертсена, совершившего убийство в джунглях Суматры. Если экспертиза подтвердит, что Гертсен сумасшедший, это поможет ему избежать смертной казни, а для Адриана откроются новые перспективы карьерного роста. Адриан не подозревает, что вскоре под угрозой смерти окажется не только его подопечный, но и он сам.
Mor
Фильм о земляном червяке по имени Барри, который сыт по горло тем, что он червяк (звено в пищевой цепи). Тоска его продолжается до тех пор, пока он случайно не находит старую запись с музыкой диско. Так у Барри начинается новая, захватывающая и наполненная смыслом жизнь. Теперь его миссия — создать самую великую диско группу в мире. Он называет ее «Сияющий Барри И Червяки Диско», Барри — вокалист и клавишник, Тито — бас-гитарист, Глория — вокал, Джимми — гитарист и Донна — барабанщица. Они сталкиваются со многими проблемами и приключениями, их даже ловят как наживку, когда они едут на ежегодный фестиваль песни, чтобы принять в нем участие.
Annika's Mother
»Dancers« is centred round a dance school run by the bright and lively Annika and her no-nonsense mother. One day Annika meets Lasse and falls passionately in love. But there is something Lasse hasn't told her, something he has done that is not so easy to forgive. Confronting an unknown darkness in Lasse, and in herself, Annika is forced to recognize the high cost of saying yes to love.
Three friends are sent out on a quest to get money for a summer fair.
Risberg
The Black Madonna is a 2007 action comedy film written by Nikolaj Peyk and Lasse Spang Olsen and directed by Lasse Spang Olsen.
Julemor
Grandmother (voice)
Morten the hedgehog suddenly acquires a baby brother and getting mummy and daddy's attention becomes very difficult. Morten decides to get rid of his baby brother and put back the clock.
Ingrid
Elias is at a toy fair in Paris. His wife Ingrid and his entire family are waiting for him to come home. They have organized a surprise party for his 60th birthday. Unaware of their plans, Elias decides to stay in Paris and celebrate his birthday on his own. This decision triggers an avalanche of events that brings family conflicts out into the open, but is also a cause of reconciliation.
Præst
Anne has started a wedding planning biz with happily flaming designer Lars and grumpy accountant Jesper. Hoping to make a big public splash, they land upcoming event that will marry TV chat hosts Anders and Signe. Instant attraction between Anne and Anders is complicated even further by her planned nuptials with boring b.f. Simon.
Susse
While changing the pipes in the tanningbeds at Golden Sun, Tommy meets the owner. A middleaged former Miss Fyn called Susse. Slowly an unusual love affair begins. Tommy's two friends Ole & Flemming give him tips on how to give Golden Sun some masculine appeal. Susse just happens to have a sleazy lawyer that does not appreciate the new look.
Sara
Morten Arnfred's warm comedy Lykkevej (Move Me) begins with Sara (Birthe Neumann) being left by her husband of a quarter century. Sara gets a job and moves into a new home on a street populated by eccentrics. Neighbor Robert (Jesper Lohmann) showers in his backyard, has been in mourning since his wife's death, and annoys his neighbors by keeping junk on his front yard. Sara and Robert tentatively strike up a relationship, while a couple on the street, Sus and Bo (Ditte Grbl and Asger Reher), have their own marriage issues to deal with. Move Me was screened at the Gothenburg Film Festival.
Asta K. Andersen
Девятилетний Ходдер — одинокий, лишенный матери мальчик, склонный к необычному воображению. Он живет вместе со своим отцом, который зарабатывает на жизнь, расклеивая по ночам постеры на рекламных щитах. И хотя у Ходдера нет друзей, и в школе он не очень-то в почете у сверстников, мальчик оптимистично относится к жизни. Но однажды ночью Ходдеру является фея и просит его спасти мир. Фантазия переплетается с реальностью, оказывая положительное влияние на жизнь мальчика... Фильм снят по одноименной книге датского юношеского писателя Бьярне Реутера, написанной в 1998 г.
Mother of Eli
In his new film, an intriguing and delicately crafted drama, Malmros portrays the poignant story of a man, who grew up in very modest circumstances in the early years of the 20th century, but whose diligence, intelligence and willingness to endure hardship helped him to become a leading brain surgeon. A success story on the face of it, but a story about a man - who is none other than the director's father - a man of powerful emotions. The film explores the nature and origin of the guilt that repeatedly deprived him of happiness.
Hanne
Сесиль и Йоахим любят друг друга и собираются пожениться. Но все их планы рушатся в одно мгновение: Йоахим попадает под машину и остается полностью парализованным. Сесиль пытается его утешить, но Йоахим пребывает в отчаянии. Чувствуя свою беспомощность, Сесиль изливает горе доктору Нильсу, жена которого была за рулем автомобиля, сбившего Йоахима. Нильс искренне сочувствует Сесиль, но в своих утешениях заходит слишком далеко. Их дружба перерастает в страстную любовь. И, кажется, Нильс даже рад тому, что его собственная жизнь тоже рушится…
Elin
Rasmus is a commissioning editor prepared to go to lengths to keep people happy - which is just what he has to do, because Rasmus has a problem. He can't say no. To his ex-girlfriend who wants a baby or his new girlfriend, who wants things clear cut, or his author pal, who wants to write for a limited audience, or his new boss, who wants to publish sex guides.
Elisabeth
While out and about tending to his herd, young shepherd Larus meets a mysterious little girl named Tinke. Quickly realizing that the girl is alone, Larus brings Tinke some food and slowly builds a friendship with her. Tinke, whose parents died within the past year, has managed to survive by her own devices in the wild and has hence become quite feral. Larus convinces Tinke to come to his home so that his parents can take care of her
Undertaker
Nete is a tough woman of 37 who runs her job, husband, and teenage daughter with a firm and efficient hand. Her father suddenly becomes ill. Seriously ill. Nete forces a doctor to tell her how much time he has left. 3 weeks, hardly any longer. Nete's father becomes bitter and introvert, but Nete insists that he come to live with her and her family the few weeks he has left. "You should die with your family." Nete's father moves in and puts even more strain on Nete's family and everyday life. They all try to cope with the situation - he has only three weeks left, and you don't argue with a dying man. Three weeks pass by. A month. Nete's father does not die, his appetite comes back, the doctors begin to have doubts as to the prognosis, and Nete has a problem.
Elly
Dennis and Carl are brothers who live on a small farm in the country. None too bright, Dennis wants a girlfriend for Christmas. Carl makes sure that Dennis gets just that when he meets Rita at the local pub. She is on the run from her husband and she doesn't turn down the chance to hide away at Carl and Dennis's place.
Ejendomsmægler
Erik Lund is a professor in child psychology. When his sister and her husband go on vacation, he is left in charge of their five children. He really feels up to it, since he is now going to be able to try out his skills in child psychology. However, reality is something else than theory and children do not always do as they are supposed to, according to his book on child psychology. The children soon fool him into doing as they please when it comes to food and pleasures. However, soon they start to realise that if they can make him serve them hot dogs and hamburgers and let them watch TV as much as they like, they can also make him help them restore their old house, so that they won't have to move, as their parents want to. And, as their uncle is nice enough to help them, they also decide to try and get him a wife.
Gloria Neimann
Освобождённая после трёх лет тюрьмы Макс узнаёт, что её отец, богатый бизнесмен, нанял незнакомца на роль своего сына. Между тем, бывший муж директора «Семьи напрокат» планирует ограбить отца Макс.
Madam Olsen
The story of Juliane, a young woman who learns how to take her fate in her own hands and to trust nobody but herself. The plot is set in the Copenhagen tenements of the 1880s. Juliane is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man who suffers extended periods of insanity. They have two children. She struggles to improve her social status, however, striving to attain the level of her two elder sisters is not easy. The great upheaval comes when she meets Otto, a smith, younger than Juliane, and in many ways her opposite. He is an ardent socialist, whereas she believes in herself. It is love at first sight when they meet and waltz on the pavement, but their passion really bursts into flame as time goes by. At last Juliane has found a man as strong-willed as she is.
Dorthe
Director: Søren Fauli Drama Also known as: The Cable Club
Fru Basse
Moderen
В шикарном загородном особняке намечается торжество. На юбилей почтенного отца большого семейства съезжаются дети и родственники. В зале накрыт изумительный стол, откупорены изысканные вина. За столом нет только одной из дочерей юбиляра, покончившей с собой при таинственных обстоятельствах. Праздник начинается. Старший сын произносит первый тост. Никто не подозревает, что собравшимся нарядным гостям предстоит услышать шокирующую и жуткую правду…
Anne Marie
Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting. Rather than have the news leak out and have to be escorted off with the eccentric welfare officer, they invent a 'never present' dad who is looking after them.
Fru Svendsen
Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget", "Riget" means "the realm" or "the kingdom" and leads one to think of "dødsriget", the realm of the dead.
Kate Suhr
Honey, it's your turn
Hannibal is a nice and polite boy, but Father and Mother think he hangs too much in front of the television. They therefore give him the dog Jerry, whom he is very pleased with. It turns out that Jerry, as the dog is called, is not an ordinary dog, because it can not bark, but on the other hand it can speak. The crafty toy maker Uncle Grandfather and his henchman Uncle Harry would like to grab Jerry, and it involves various conflicts involving a cheeky dog trader, an unlucky glazier and a distinct police cops.
Else Willumsen
Four high school friends meet up in an abandoned house to play 'Backstabbed', a game of murder with headphones and plastic weapons. Meanwhile, a serial killer is leaving a trail of blood on his way to the house, and soon the game of murder becomes much more than make-believe.
Tove
Svend Aage is an aging prisoner. His son, Max, is doing well in the world "outside" - or so Svend Aage's wife tells him - and is quite unaware that his father is in jail. One day, a new inmate arrives at the gates to serve the most severe sentence ever handed out for violence and drug-related crime. It's Max.
The Mother
Янус только что вышел из тюрьмы, а Якоб сбежал от приемных родителей. Якоб — невинный парень, который всюду следует за братом. Однажды, когда Янус решает покончить с криминальной жизнью, Якоб ступает на его путь — насилия и наркотиков…
Moster 'Bob'
PUK SCHARBAU plays Lise Nørgaard in the epic film adaptation of her fascinating life story. In a chronicle of both love and war, masterfully directed by Peter Schroeder, we follow the woman who would later give us 'Matador', from her early childhood to her controversial career as a journalist with a Denmark of yesterday, and a Europe in flames as convincing backdrop.
Torben's Mother
Torben's father and farmer Jacob make a trade. Jacob gets a gearbox and Torben's father gets peace: Torben must be at farmer Jacob on the farm the rest of his summer holidays. It was Jacob never have done ...! Absolutely terrific Danish family comedy in the best action-style. Wild bass played by Robert Hansen, known from Anja and Viktor films and family Gregersen. Moreover contributes among other Preben Kristensen, Viggo Summer and Dick Kaysø and many more ...
Lana
A disturbed loner can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality.
Fru Nielsen
At their 25th high-school anniversary some bourgeois citizens remember their time in school as a happy one. In reality it was quite the contrary. The school was a madhouse in which the teachers, especially Blomme, tormented the students. As a result one of them became a murderer.
Kirsten's mother
A young woman who falls in love with her teacher is hit by heartache and challenges she is not prepared for and struggles to escape her dark frame of mind.
Fru Mortensen
Lasses mor
At age 12, Lasse is a tough guy and a bright one. His life is changed when his mother, pregnant at the time, abandons his beloved father. She takes Lasse with her to live with her new paramour, a dentist as authoritarian as Lasse's Elvis Presley-fan butcher dad was easy-going. The dentist has a daughter, too, and she is a jealous schemer. Lasse tries hard to conform, but can a tiger change its stripes?
Lis
Metaphysical comedy and love film about two young angels, who are tasked by the archangel Gabriel to find a stupid pig down on Earth and turn him into a good person.
Lisa
A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain.
Anna
En gruppe unge mennesker ønsker at ændre samfundet, hvorfor de skærer hoved af en statue af Christian IV. Hovedet gemmes i arkivet hos direktør Lund, hvor Anna netop er blevet ansat. Anna lærer direktør Lund i at være ung og frigjort. Lund følger med men svigtes til sidst af gruppen.
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