Birgitte Federspiel
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Birgitte Federspiel (6 September 1925 – 2 February 2005) was a Danish film, theater and TV actress. She won two Bodil Awards for best actress in 1955 (Ordet) and 1959 (En fremmed banker på).
Born Karen Birgitte Federspiel in Copenhagen, she was the daughter of actor Ejner Federspiel and Gunver Fönss. She had a notable film roles as Inger in Ordet (1955) and, in later life, as Martine in Babette's Feast (1987), while on TV she played Baroness von Rydtger in three episodes of Matador. She died in Odense in 2005, aged 79.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7621 |
| Birthday | 1925-09-06 |
| Place of Birth | København, Danmark |
| Also Known As | Бригитте Федерспиль, |
1959
Charley's Aunt
6.882/17
Charles and Peter have passed their law degree and are looking forward to wooing a few girls in the country. For that, they need a chaperone and persu...
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Charley's Aunt
1987
Babette's Feast
7.212/442
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 1...
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Babette's Feast
1961
The Musketeers
6.2/5
It is the war year of 1658, and the winter in February is so harsh that the belts are frozen. The Swedish King Charles X Gustav, who has arrived in Ge...
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The Musketeers
1963
The Queen's Guardsman
5.75/4
When the Swedes occupy a Danish manor house, Svend Poulsen decides to help the family to safety. Along the way, Ib is taken prisoner. Svend Poulsen an...
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The Queen's Guardsman
1973
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
6.864/55
When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do not want to know about his new ingenious plan: they are...
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The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
1955
Ordet
7.954/412
The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father's religion, but eldest so...
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Ordet
1959
A Stranger Knocks
5.857/7
One day a strange man comes by and, seeing the lonely situation, invites himself in out of the rain. The woman is quietly hospitable and allows him to...
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A Stranger Knocks
1978
Holidays in jail
5.85/10
Four young men, Henry, Toft, Tam, and Klausen, take the train to Maribo, ending up at the prison gates. All four are serving sentences for drunk drivi...
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Holidays in jail
1961
Komtessen
6.75/8
In the village Karrild, the Countess Sonia Hardenborg and a young unmarried woman, Marta, give birth to a daughter on the same day. Marta dies after b...
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Komtessen
1987
Peter von Scholten
6.25/4
He freed the slaves in 1848. He spoke out against the king and the government. He loved his wives equally. He was colorful, he was autocratic, he was...
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Peter von Scholten
1966
Hunger
7.34/53
In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is de...
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Hunger
1960
The Quiet Battle
5.813/8
The Danish resistance movement stepped up its activities towards the end of the war. One night, an English agent arrives by plane, is injured and is t...
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The Quiet Battle
1997
Southern Comfort
6.714/7
7-year old Ida has to take care of her kid brother Skrubsak, feed the family and keep the child welfare officers at stake. Ida's father has left the f...
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Southern Comfort
1996
The Bogey Man
8/4
The first of Jesper W. Nielsen trilogy: Buldermanden, Lykkefanten and Ogginoggen. Ida and her little brother are visiting their strict grandmother who...
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The Bogey Man
1997
The Noodlepoop
5.444/9
Ida and her family are recovering from the divorce. She is looking forward to the upcoming dance contest. She is also growing up and developing romant...
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The Noodlepoop
1972
Z.P.G.
6.152/56
In the not too distant future, an overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with thei...
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Z.P.G.
1966
Dyden går amok
4.833/6
Hidden among the dunes on the west coast of Jutland lies HU, where fishermen struggle to earn a living. The hard and dangerous work combines HU's smal...
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Dyden går amok
1957
En kvinde er overflødig
7.667/3
Since her husband's death, Mrs. Tang has lived and worked exclusively for her two children, Erik and Ester. They are her whole world; her entire exist...
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En kvinde er overflødig
1970
Og så er der bal bagefter
6.25/4
Under the leadership of the authoritative Mrs. Emma, a mediocre theater troupe tours the remote corners of the province. Despite miserable conditions...
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Og så er der bal bagefter
1996
Looping
10/1
Nielsen is a quiet, respectable man who has always worked at the same bank and is turning 60 today—but he is also a man with a secret, a passion. Only...
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Looping
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
1974
Nøddebo præstegård
6/8
Adaptation of the classic Danish Christmas story about Nikolaj, a student, and his two older brothers, who are spending their vacation with the kind p...
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Nøddebo præstegård
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
1962
Drømmen om det hvide slot
6.4/5
Throughout his childhood "The White Castle " stood as something special for Susanne . The towering spiers, the swans in the moat , yes everything she...
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Drømmen om det hvide slot
1953
Adam and Eve
4.722/9
It's all about an anonymous little gray book originating from sexually advanced Paris. The book doesn't look like much, but shouldn't be judged by its...
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Adam and Eve
1948
I de lyse nætter
6.333/2
What could be more beautiful and delightful than the Danish summer when it shows itself from its best side? Director Rasmus Strang enjoys it at his co...
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I de lyse nætter
1957
Cupid on the Phone
5.5/4
During a train journey, Carolus, master of literature, meets the charming Italian Enrico. The two men discuss eroticism, and it ends with a bet: In a...
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Cupid on the Phone
1976
Julefrokosten
6.25/8
About the traditional celebration at Christmas. It is a safety valve, a cleansing bath that gives strength and zest for life well into the new year. "...
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Julefrokosten
1956
Kispus
6.2/5
When a young woman falls in love with a gown in a shop window it leads to adventure and romance exceeding even her own vivid imagination.
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Kispus
1974
Nineteen Red Roses
7.667/6
After his girlfriend is killed in an automobile accident, a man decides the best revenge on those responsible is to murder their loved ones.
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Nineteen Red Roses
1997
Barbara
6/15
Young vicar Mr. Paul arrives at the Faroe Islands to take up a benefice, and meets the young Barbara, twice married to vicars, and with both husbands...
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Barbara
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?
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
1951
Familien Schmidt
8.167/3
The bank is located in the square of a small, idyllic market town, and its manager, Anders B. Schmidt, is seriously ill in the town hospital. At the b...
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Familien Schmidt
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
1963
Gudrun
7.5/2
Danish drama about a young woman's rites of passage in finding romance.
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Gudrun
1952
Kærlighedsdoktoren
7.333/3
In "Ugens Ekko," the editor's greatest asset is "Aunt Oda," the renowned "love doctor" who provides the magazine's readers with advice and guidance on...
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Kærlighedsdoktoren
1977
Watch Your Back, Professor!
5/4
When a boring collage professor is mistaken for his cousin, he gets into all kinds of trouble, with hilarious results.
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Watch Your Back, Professor!
1987
Final Act
5.5/2
FINAL ACT is based on Noel Coward's play "Waiting in the Wings". Even the smallest events turn into mind-blowing dramas at The Set, a retirement home...
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Final Act
1994
Carlo and Ester
4/5
A pair of octogenarians meet, fall in love, and have a passionate love affair, much to the horror of their disapproving children.
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Carlo and Ester
1984
My Granny's House
5/4
Danish author Soya's acidly funny turn-of-the-century memoir novel turned into a robust black comedy. After his mother's death, tiny tot Søren goes to...
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My Granny's House
1942
Ta' briller paa
7.333/3
Mrs. Adda Ernst is a middle-aged lady of the bourgeoisie. She has a nice husband Mr. Ernst, a lovely home and two healthy children Birgit and Hans, wh...
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Ta' briller paa
1956
Vi som går stjernevejen
7/3
Lis Holst desperately wants to become an actress. After failing an audition at a theater, she decides to resort to other, more drastic measures. When...
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Vi som går stjernevejen
1966
Søskende
8/3
Three siblings see each other again after many years at their father's deathbed. The eldest, Arthur, a lawyer, has everything under control – or so it...
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Søskende
2001
Kat
6.556/9
Due to a failed séance of her flat mate's quirky grandparents, the cat of law student Maria gets possessed by demonic powers and starts some horrible...
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Kat
1943
Jeg mødte en morder
6.667/3
The young successful author Eva Saabye surprises both her publisher William Nerup and the literary critic Dr. Hennings, who is a good friend of hers,...
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Jeg mødte en morder
1995
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
6.056/27
Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors. Visually rich and densely l...
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Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
1978
Firmaskovturen
6/6
The employees at Simonsens Bijouterifabrik are not only experts in Christmas parties. They also know a thing or two about company outings. The picnic...
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Firmaskovturen
1976
That Brief Summer
6.429/7
Kirsten gets divorced in her early 40s and moves with her son to her parents' home in Hjørring. Here she falls in love with a German officer, without...
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That Brief Summer
1998
Little Big Sister
8.5/2
The second film of the trilogy, "It is forbidden for children". The family is pushed into depression and the heavy drinking mother Skrubsak does not h...
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Little Big Sister
1999
Indien
7/1
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Indien
1950
Susanne
8.25/4
Summer in the small market town of Stenvig equals life and good earnings for the city's shoppers. Love flourishes side by side with the urge to act, a...
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Susanne
1977
Nyt legetøj
7.333/3
Claus celebrates his promotion with a night out on the town. Ebbesen wants to close a workshop and Allan gets fired. Ulla, who is bored in her marriag...
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Nyt legetøj
1978
Else Kant
0/0
The painter Else Kant is in crisis – both artistically and personally. She is dissatisfied with her work and suffers from severe hallucinations and su...
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