Johannes Meyer
Handsome smart tall blonde Danish performer Johannes Meyer born in 1884. After graduating grom Gymnasium, Mayer applied twice to the Royal Theatre School and was twice rejected. He made his stage debut at the Dagmarteatret in Copenhagen in 1905 and went on to perform at nearly every theatre in Copenhagen. He appeared in more than 100 movies, making his first film playing the role of Erneste des Tressailles in Viggo Larsen's 'Revolutionsbryllup' at the Nordist Film Co in 1909, His most memorable role as Viktor Frandsen in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Master of the House' at the Palladium Film Co in 1925. He was mostly seen in character or supporting roles in many talkies from 1933 until his last film appearance playing the role of Bilvis in Gabriel Axel's 'Hagbard and Signe' in 1967. He was also active on radio and in T.V. dramas and was stage director of the Fonixteatret and Norrebros Theatre before he was hired by the Royal Theatre in 1941. Died in Denmark in 1972 age 88.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.379 |
| Birthday | 1884-05-28 |
| Place of Birth | Skodsborg, Denmark |
| Also Known As |
1920
Leaves from Satan's Book
6.13/46
The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolutio...
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Leaves from Satan's Book
1951
Fodboldpræsten
6/4
Søren Holm becomes a pastor in the small town of Harslev. The parish council chairwoman, Mrs. Andersen, interferes in the pastor's family's private li...
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Fodboldpræsten
1950
Mosekongen
7.5/4
Landowner Munk has problems – he cherishes his wild moorland and does not want to parcel it out. His friend Martin Hald tries to mediate, but in vain....
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Mosekongen
1913
The Gambler's Wife
0/0
A past lover ignites a fiery gambling addiction within the reckless Prince Spinarosa. The old lover, Asta Leonhard, ensures that the prince acquires a...
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The Gambler's Wife
1958
Styrmand Karlsen
6.636/11
First mate Knud Karlsen has just received sad news from his girlfriend. On board the ship is also chef Valdemar, sailor Ole, owner's confident son Rob...
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Styrmand Karlsen
1952
2 Minutes Late
6.4/5
An unreliable lover of women and a hunchbacked clockmaker are suspected of killing a beautiful woman. Only one of them has done it, but whom?
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2 Minutes Late
1950
Café Paradis
7.5/6
This film could easily be a true story taken from contemporary Denmark. It is a typical Tuesday morning: stormy weather, slush, and bitter cold. Two y...
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Café Paradis
1951
Meet Me on Cassiopeia
7.25/4
Composer John Berger is plagued by marital problems and struggling with a deadline for the music for an operetta. When he is visited by the muse of mu...
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Meet Me on Cassiopeia
1941
Tag til Rønneby kro
8.667/3
The owner of Rønneby Kro, Bartholdi, is writing his memoirs. When this comes to the ears of prominent citizens, they rush to Rønneby Kro to have the p...
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Tag til Rønneby kro
1953
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
8/5
A young, beautiful girl arrives at Krogerød Kro on Mols and shocks the innkeeper by telling him that he is her father. At the same time, the inn is ab...
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Den gamle mølle paa Mols
1951
Dorte
6.5/2
A train pulls into Copenhagen Central Station, and 16-year-old Dorte gets off. She needs to find some people on a road somewhere near Svanemøllen. Her...
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Dorte
1952
Avismanden
5.667/3
At Vesterbros Torv in Copenhagen, Olsen has his newspaper kiosk. Here comes high and low in society: Homeless, a district attorney with pain in marria...
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Avismanden
1935
Rasmines bryllup
7.333/3
In a small street on the outskirts of town, there are two small shops next to each other: Nummesen's herbalist's shop and Mikkelsen's plumber's shop....
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Rasmines bryllup
1960
Flemming and Kvik
6.25/5
A Danish movie about the life of Flemming and his best friend Kvik.
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Flemming and Kvik
1952
Husmandstøsen
7/3
Helga is on a farm, where she is seduced by her husband, Per Mortensen. As it turns out she is with child, she gets a tough time among local residents...
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Husmandstøsen
1925
Master of the House
6.908/65
When a man becomes tyrannical towards his family, the women of the house decide to teach him a lesson in gratitude.
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Master of the House
1961
Landsbylægen
5.2/10
The old doctor, Dr. Bonnesen, is a tired old man. He wants to sell his practice and has been corresponding with the young doctor Jens Winther. Jens ar...
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Landsbylægen
1933
Saa til Søs
4.5/4
Three simple-minded fisherman brothers enjoy life. They get help from the young girl Sus, who manages the house and helps on the fishing boat. When th...
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Saa til Søs
1938
Under byens tage
7.5/4
Under the city's roofs, life goes on in a motley manner. It alternates with tears and smiles, with happiness and sadness. In the artist restaurant "Mo...
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Under byens tage
1958
Krudt og klunker
6/4
Copenhagen in the 1890s. A pleasant city for those who experienced it at the time. This is the story of how Therese Schrøder came to live with Profess...
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Krudt og klunker
1963
Støvsugerbanden
7.9/5
In the vicinity of Copenhagen, a group of pensioners live in a very large villa. The owner, Doctor Bach, has invited a colleague, the young master Pet...
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Støvsugerbanden
1955
Tre finder en kro
7.333/3
A romantic comedy about Ingrid, the innkeeper's daughter, and Karsten, the landowner, who are in love. Ingrid's father is strongly opposed to the rela...
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Tre finder en kro
1952
Vejrhanen
6.5/4
Theodor Nielsen lives a peaceful life with his adult daughter Eva. Then the weather vane on the nearby church tower starts squeaking every night. Theo...
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Vejrhanen
1914
Count Dahlbog's Secret
0/0
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Count Dahlbog's Secret
1951
Som sendt fra himlen
8.5/2
The young and beautiful Laura Heiberg is to marry Torsten Vinge. When the priest asks if she will marry him, she says no. She flees from the church an...
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Som sendt fra himlen
1962
The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
5.75/2
Two of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales in a blend of animation and live-action.
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The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
1942
Derailed
6.3/10
A young woman of good family is driven into one of thieves and prostitutes and ends in suicide.
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Derailed
1937
Incognito
7.667/3
The wealthy Olaf Brammer is the real owner of a nationwide company that trades in household goods. But he has no say, as the authoritative general man...
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Incognito
1954
Hendes store aften
6.5/4
Marianne is a sales assistant at the elegant fashion boutique Chez Madame on Strøget. She is a wallflower, and when the wealthy man of the world John...
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Hendes store aften
1950
The Red Horses
7.6/5
The old renowned Landboskole is spreading a new team of Agricultural Candidates after completing the Course.
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The Red Horses
1941
Frk. Kirkemus
7/4
The young Ms. Holm gets the job as private secretary to Director Berg and it quickly becomes clear that she is unusually active and enterprising. Ms....
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Frk. Kirkemus
1953
Vi som går køkkenvejen
10/1
The beautiful and spoiled manufacturer's daughter Helga defiantly bets with her friends whether she can survive a whole year as a working housekeeper...
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Vi som går køkkenvejen
1964
Tine
7.333/3
Danish melodrama about a housemaid struggling to find normalcy and love in the midst of war.
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Tine
1944
Teatertosset
7/4
A lost hat brings a powerful director and an aspiring actress together.
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Teatertosset
1943
My Dear Wives
7.667/3
The celebrated actor George Bergmann has four divorces behind him. When his four former wives get the impression that he is cozying up to a very young...
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My Dear Wives
1917
While the Christmas Bells Rings
7/1
It is Christmas Eve, and some are finding it easier to look forward to the upcoming celebrations than others. In the home of Widow Ejlersen and her ad...
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While the Christmas Bells Rings
1951
Fra den gamle købmandsgaard
5.8/5
Two rival young men both desire the merchant's pretty daughter, a bad young man robs the merchant's safe and blames it on "mother-in-law's dream", a w...
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Fra den gamle købmandsgaard
1964
Death Comes at High Noon
7.6/5
A dark evening, a crime writer Peter Sander, drives through a forest when his car runs out of petrol . A little distance from the road there is a hous...
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Death Comes at High Noon
1934
Lynet
7/3
Peter Blom, called Lynet, escapes from prison, and at the same time the unemployed actor Poul Quist sees his portrait in the newspaper, in connection...
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Lynet
1938
Alarm
6/3
A young, famous crime writer writes under the name Jess Clarck but is actually called Sven Hansen. He is married to a lovely woman who, in her warm, l...
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Alarm
1951
The Face of Truth
6.833/6
Lau Lauritzen plays an ordinary architect, with a wife and a son. He gets accused for killing a 10-year old girl, and of course nobody doubts he's the...
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The Face of Truth
1962
Det stod i avisen
6.75/4
An episodic film with six different stories that are more or less interwoven. A married couple is celebrating their 19th wedding anniversary. The wife...
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Det stod i avisen
1952
Det store løb
6/6
Due to his weakness for women and gambling, the old landowner Vilhelm Stone has ruined his marriage and lost his son and friends. But when he dies, hi...
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Det store løb
1953
Hejrenæs
7.667/3
The young siblings at the Hejrenæs estate, Vibeke and Hans-Henrik, have always gotten along well, so Hans-Henrik decides to celebrate his sister's 21s...
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Hejrenæs
1950
Historien om Hjortholm
7.667/3
The estate Hjortholm is rescued from bankruptcy, as the pleasant doctor Christian Riis fetches the young engineer Erik Kongsted to the estate.
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Historien om Hjortholm
1944
Besættelse
5.8/5
The middle-aged manufacturer Jens Steen is on his way to his summer house on the West Coast to relax. All alone. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Else Petersen...
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Besættelse
1955
The Blinded
7/4
The young mechanic Borge Rasmussen works in Salling Harbour and lives with the slightly older Marinus Frederiksen, who chairs the city's port workers....
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The Blinded
1933
De blaa drenge
6.5/4
Sylvia Grøn is fired as a teacher. Instead, she teams up with her great admirer, the actor Herman Sander. Sylvia Grøn invests her savings in his trave...
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De blaa drenge
1942
Lykken kommer
6.5/4
The rich couple Jytte and Ole spend their lives partying and having fun. After another evening and night of partying, the couple decides to get divorc...
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Lykken kommer
1944
Eight Chords
7.667/3
Eight separate family dramas (uncovering many aspects of deceit) are woven together to the sound of a certain Chopin waltz.
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Eight Chords
1947
Jenny and the Soldier
5.583/12
A good natured soldier with a killer right hand falls in love with a beautiful girl who has a troubled past.
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Jenny and the Soldier
1940
Sommerglæder
7.333/3
What might become the greatest challenge for the elderly Brasen couple having opened a summer guest house by the sea? Financial struggle or the sudden...
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Sommerglæder
1954
Sukceskomponisten
6.833/6
At the Copenhagen Conservatory of Music, Mogens Birk passes his organ exam with distinction. Together with his brother Steen Birk, he has supported hi...
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Sukceskomponisten
1963
Hvis lille pige er du?
6.8/5
The young, hard-working, and extremely attractive Eva Brun works as secretary to Director Jansen. But when her boss becomes a little too fond of Eva's...
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Hvis lille pige er du?
1937
Plat eller krone
7.667/3
This film follows two men, the plain Herkules (Ib Schønberg) and the rich Erik (Angelo Bruun). When they were boys, Erik defended his good friend Herk...
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Plat eller krone
1934
Skaf en sensation
7.5/2
Editor Halling is always looking for sensations in his newspaper. He believes in the principle that readers must have what they like,and he therefore...
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Skaf en sensation
1967
The Red Mantle
5.857/14
Seeking revenge against the rival clan responsible for the killing of his father, Hagbard calms down long enough to establish a truce. During a peacef...
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The Red Mantle
1959
A Hullaballoo at the Castle
5.7/10
The cheerful, traveling musicians Flink and Villy meet sweet music in the form of two girls. Unfortunately, the chrome nut is tone deaf and chases the...
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A Hullaballoo at the Castle
1935
De bør forelske Dem
5.75/4
Although Danish-American George Steffenson comes from poor circumstances, he has built a large financial empire, where the money rolls in. But the bus...
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De bør forelske Dem
1953
Det gælder livet
5.667/3
Ella and Olaf are in love but childless. Their neighbors Viggo and Polly have three children, but their marriage is in ruins. When Ella and Viggo happ...
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Det gælder livet
1944
Det kære København
7.333/3
Senior barrister Cornelius Thorsen is passionate about three things: good food, fine wine and above all else his lovely daughter Else. At a party, up-...
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Det kære København
1939
En lille Tilfældighed
7.667/3
The young folk singer Peter Jespersen has returned from abroad and is now without a contract. He approaches director Andresen of the Alhambra Theatre,...
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En lille Tilfældighed
1943
En pige uden lige
7.5/6
In the ‘Strandgården’ on Taasinge, the three brothers Østermann Lars, Nikolaj and Hans live a secluded life, they are all three bachelors. Over the ye...
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En pige uden lige
1949
For freedom and justice
6.231/162
A picture of the life of the Danish people from the late 1820s to the introduction of the free constitution in 1849. A fictional character, Rasmus Nie...
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For freedom and justice
1936
Giftes - nej tak!
7.667/3
Under the pseudonym Ulla Ironica, the author Ulla Hempel has gained great fame, and at the same time much indignation, because she writes with ruthles...
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Giftes - nej tak!
1945
I gaar og i morgen
7.333/3
Director Albrechtsen, who heads a large construction company, is a tough and ruthless businessman. He does not shy away from dubious transactions when...
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I gaar og i morgen
1954
Kongeligt besøg
8/2
In the year 1646, Denmark is at peace. Only recently have the last occupying troops left Jutland, leaving behind the sad traces of iron heels. The adm...
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Kongeligt besøg
1947
Mani
7/3
Erik Menkel is released after six years, convicted of the murder of Viktor Smith. He is sought out by an old college friend of Smith's, who wants Menk...
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Mani
1948
While the Gate was Locked
7/3
The film depicts a series of events that take place in a Copenhagen apartment building while the gate is closed, specifically between 10 p.m. and 7 a....
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While the Gate was Locked
1953
Min søn Peter
7.333/3
Once upon a time, there was a family consisting of the artist Michael, his wife Lydia, and their son Peter. But the couple divorced, and Lydia, who la...
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Min søn Peter
1939
Nordhavets mænd
5.667/3
Sigurd, the son of a hard-hearted, feared and hated consul, cannot have the girl he loves - because her mother is a Lapp girl - so he goes as a stowaw...
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Nordhavets mænd
1934
Nøddebo Præstegaard
6/4
Christmas at an old rectory in the countryside – it's Christmas! And the three student brothers, "Gamle", "Corpus Juris" and Nicolai, are delighted to...
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Nøddebo Præstegaard
1952
Us Petty Sinners
7.333/3
Venus aux belles fesses, or Venus with the beautiful buttocks, is the name given to a statuette by the famous Swedish sculptor Sergel, and this small...
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Us Petty Sinners
1934
Flugten fra millionerne
6.667/3
On a dark and gloomy evening, the heirs of the deceased millionaire Jensen-Bosch gather at his old castle to hear his last wishes. The darkness lies c...
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Flugten fra millionerne
1940
Jeg har elsket og levet
7.5/2
In 1801, the composer Weyse's cousin, the cheerful Henriette Frisch, advised her cousin to take in some student boarders in the house, so that he woul...
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Jeg har elsket og levet
1939
Children of Divorce
5.667/3
We are in New York. A young Danish girl has a conversation with the Danish-American Mr. Lang. It is understood that she loves his son and that he has...
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Children of Divorce
1941
Come Home With Me
8/3
It centers on the character Helene Hannøe, an attorney who forms close relationships with her troubled clients while trying to solve their problems.
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Come Home With Me
1940
I de gode gamle Dage
6.667/3
The two friends, Fy and Bi, come wandering along the country road as so many times before without a destination and - without food. Hunger torments th...
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I de gode gamle Dage
1961
Ullabella
7.2/5
Ullabella is a dreamy teenager who is in love with her teacher. But one day, when she refuses to do as he says, he slaps her. Ullabella tells her fami...
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Ullabella
1952
Ta' Pelle med
6.333/3
Laurits lives with his granddaughter Adda on a small farm. He has always had difficulty making ends meet, and the bailiff often has to visit Lauritz t...
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Ta' Pelle med
1944
Mit Liv er Musik
6.667/3
We meet the young violinist Erik Smith in the lap of his family with his wife Lise and his little daughter Lone. Erik is a young, aspiring musician wh...
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Mit Liv er Musik
1947
Røverne fra Rold
8/2
Our bandit story takes place in the good old days, when strife, war, and lawlessness were the order of the day—a time quite unlike our own. In Rold Fo...
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Røverne fra Rold
1951
Frihed forpligter
7/2
Danish social democratic propaganda film. During the Occupation, the young freedom fighter Søren had a good working relationship with a comrade in the...
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Frihed forpligter
1941
Tag det som en mand
6.667/3
Jens and Trille Woller have only been married for six months, and so far they live happily together in their cozy artist's dormitory, where Jens works...
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Tag det som en mand
1943
Hans Onsdags-Veninde
7/3
Director Peter Engel, called "Peter the Great" by his friends, is a very spoiled and spoiled young man. His mother, the general's wife, lives and brea...
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Hans Onsdags-Veninde
1948
Hvor er Far
7/3
Manufacturer Mads Juehl, who together with his partner Møller owns the pram factory "Fortuna", is a man with an appreciation for life's many small ple...
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Hvor er Far
1948
The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
6/5
On the 9th of April 1940, the crew of a Danish merchant ship receives the news of Germany's invasion of Denmark. Instead of returning home, they vote...
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The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
1943
Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
7.5/2
A large Danish provincial town in the year 1888. Headmaster Wang's wife needs recreation, and the kind headmaster sends her and his youngest daughter...
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Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
1922
Love One Another
6.583/24
A look at various lives, one of which is Jewish girl Hanne Liebe, as she grows up and experiences the pains of living as a Jew in Russia, leading to a...
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Love One Another
1937
Danmark for Folket
6.5/2
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Danmark for Folket
1917
The Secret of the Night Express
5/1
A dead man is found near the railway tracks, and his watch has stopped on the exact time the night train to New York is passing the spot. Detective To...
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The Secret of the Night Express
1914
Aquitted
10/2
The count makes his new wife jealous when he helps a female rider who makes obvious advances at him. Lydia has barely forgiven her husband before thin...
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Aquitted
1912
De uheldige Friere
0/0
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De uheldige Friere
1958
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down
7/2
German sailor Peter Hille arrives in Copenhagen to see his beloved Hannah. But she has died in childbirth, leaving Peter with an eight-month-old baby....
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