Axel Strøbye

Axel Strøbye

Strøbye was most famous for his comedy roles, as the confused uncle in Min søsters børn (My sisters Children) and the hustler Gyldenkål in Familien Gyldenkål (The Goldcabbage Family). But his biggest role and success was in Matador the TV series a lawyer Skjold Hansen, he started his acting career and education as an actor at Det Kongelige Teater (The Royal Danish theater), he also worked at Folketeatret (The peoples theater). Strøbye made his movie debut in Nåler 1951 and his last role was in 1998, as the aging inspector in the legendary Olsen Banden movies.

  • Title: Axel Strøbye
  • Popularity: 3.105
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1928-02-22
  • Place of Birth: Frederiksberg, Danmark
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  • Also Known As: Axel Strøby Jacobsen
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Axel Strøbye Movies

  • 1987
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    Pelle the Conqueror

    Pelle the Conqueror

    7.271 1987 HD

    In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a...

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  • 1983
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    Otto Is a Rhino

    Otto Is a Rhino

    6.8 1983 HD

    The boy Topper is bored. He finds a pencil that proves to have magical powers. Draw a rhino, and right away, you have a real rhino for a companion. A...

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  • 1975
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    The Olsen Gang on the Track

    The Olsen Gang on the Track

    7.117 1975 HD

    Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy....

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  • 1976
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    The Olsen Gang Sees Red

    The Olsen Gang Sees Red

    7.31 1976 HD

    Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which...

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  • 1998
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    The Olsen Gang's Last Trick

    The Olsen Gang's Last Trick

    5.8 1998 HD

    Egon escapes from the psychiatric ward, where he has been incarcerated since the gang's last coup. Keld and Benny pick him up, and when Egon, as...

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  • 1974
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    The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang

    The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang

    7.12 1974 HD

    The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that is. They don't have any money, so Egon has to...

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  • 1978
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    The Olsen Gang Goes to War

    The Olsen Gang Goes to War

    6.8 1978 HD

    Some criminal EU ministers plan to turn Denmark into a gigantic fair ground and holiday paradise. Egon gets his hand at some important documents...

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  • 1977
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    The Olsen Gang Outta Sight

    The Olsen Gang Outta Sight

    7.1 1977 HD

    Egon is starting to be a little forgetful; he forgot the zone number, so he fails to open the strongbox. When he gets out of Vridslose State Prison,...

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  • 1979
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    The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

    The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

    6.8 1979 HD

    Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he...

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  • 1964
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    Gertrud

    Gertrud

    7.2 1964 HD

    Hopeless romantic Gertrud inhabits a turn-of-the-century milieu of artists and musicians, where she pursues an idealized notion of love that will...

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  • 1975
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    The Goldcabbage Family

    The Goldcabbage Family

    5.5 1975 HD

    The family Gyldenkål is actually called Iversen, but have changed their name, after numerous problems with the IRS, loan sharks and employers....

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  • 1976
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    The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank

    The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank

    4.8 1976 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote

    The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote

    4.6 1977 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Veterinarian's Adopted Children

    The Veterinarian's Adopted Children

    6.7 1968 HD

    The Veterinarian's Adopted Children is a 1968 Danish comedy film directed by Carl Ottosen and starring Dirch Passer.

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  • 1965
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    The Girl and the Playboy

    The Girl and the Playboy

    7.1 1965 HD

    A millionaire gets amnesia after a hit to the head and now he has to rediscover his past and decide what kind of man he wants to be in the future.

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  • 1985
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    The Chronic Innocence

    The Chronic Innocence

    5.1 1985 HD

    For Janus his friend Tore is his big ideal: pretty, intelligent and self-confident. Janus is grateful for his friendship even though he is considered...

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  • 1974
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    Me, Too, in the Mafia

    Me, Too, in the Mafia

    5.5 1974 HD

    Mafiaen, det er osse mig er en dansk komediefilm fra 1974 og en fortsættelse af Mig og Mafiaen. Filmen har manuskript af Lise Nørgaard...

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  • 1973
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    The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

    The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

    6.8 1973 HD

    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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  • 1969
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    Ta' lidt solskin

    Ta' lidt solskin

    5.2 1969 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Olsen Gang Long Gone

    The Olsen Gang Long Gone

    6.7 1981 HD

    Criminal genius Egon Olsen presents his accomplices Benny and Keld with yet another infallible plan that can only end badly. The booty is a red...

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  • 1981
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    The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence

    The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence

    6.93 1981 HD

    As usual, Egon has an ingenious plan. And, as usual, it works just fine until one of the gang members makes some kind of funny error. This time,...

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  • 1971
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    Kid Gang on the Go

    Kid Gang on the Go

    5.9 1971 HD

    The last day of school before the summer, held farewell to the school year. Hurray a long summer ahead. Rikke joined the feminist and is...

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  • 1982
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    Kidnapning

    Kidnapning

    5 1982 HD

    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...

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  • 1966
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    Six Kids and Their Uncle

    Six Kids and Their Uncle

    7 1966 HD

    Erik Lund is a child psychologist and defend a doctoral thesis on the subject. His knowledge is at the very theoretical level, and he will be...

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  • 1965
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    Een pige og 39 sømænd

    Een pige og 39 sømænd

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1967
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    Six Kids and the Honeymooners

    Six Kids and the Honeymooners

    5.9 1967 HD

    Erik and Lisbeth are getting married and then honeymoon to Austria. When Mom and Dad need to have another baby, the four small decides to go on the...

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  • 1976
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    Flaming Fire Chief

    Flaming Fire Chief

    4.2 1976 HD

    A festive crime comedy about a confused innkeeper who involuntarily finds himself becoming entangled in a larger crime-affair where the villains have...

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  • 1963
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    Bussen

    Bussen

    5.6 1963 HD

    The protagonist is a jovial bus driver, well beloved by his passengers, essentially the whole community around him. The bus, however, is old, and...

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  • 1961
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    Den grønne elevator

    Den grønne elevator

    4.7 1961 HD

    Hans og Mona beslutter at give deres respektive ægtefælder lidt at tænke over, ved at blive fundet i en kompromitterende situation...

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  • 1967
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    Love Thy Neighbour

    Love Thy Neighbour

    4.4 1967 HD

    Love Thy Neighbour (Danish: Elsk... din næste!, German: Vergiß nicht deine Frau zu küssen ) is a 1967 Danish-German comedy film...

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  • 1965
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    Mor bag rattet

    Mor bag rattet

    5.3 1965 HD

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  • 1963
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    A Day Without Lies

    A Day Without Lies

    4.3 1963 HD

    A Day Without Lies

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  • 1962
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    Han, hun, Dirch og Dario

    Han, hun, Dirch og Dario

    5.8 1962 HD

    Director Paul Borg (Ebbe Langberg) neglects his young, beautiful wife Marianne (Ghita Nørby). He even forget their wedding day, in favor of a...

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  • 1973
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    Fætrene på Torndal

    Fætrene på Torndal

    4.4 1973 HD

    Werner (William Rosenberg) is an inspector for group of farmes called Digeskov. Left alone by Digeskovs owner, Werner is tricking small neighboring...

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  • 1991
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    Høfeber

    Høfeber

    6.7 1991 HD

    A confrontational and friendly judge gets in trouble when his wife is trying to arouse his jealousy of her long-term relationship with their mutual...

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  • 1954
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    I kongens klæ'r

    I kongens klæ'r

    6.6 1954 HD

    Kjeld Petersen plays a merchant who has stolen his clothes when he is out take a dip in the Sound. He stopped by the police, and they find a call to...

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  • 1967
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    Wife on vacation

    Wife on vacation

    6.7 1967 HD

    Allan Thorsen er træt af sin kone, men han har svært ved at få sagt at han vil skilles. Derfor arrangerer han en skiferie, hvor hun...

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  • 1981
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    Jeppe på Bjerget

    Jeppe på Bjerget

    6.2 1981 HD

    Jeppe på bjerget is a 1981 Danish film directed by Kaspar Rostrup and based on a play by Ludvig Holberg. It won three Bodil Awards : Best Film,...

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  • 1994
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    Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud

    Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud

    1 1994 HD

    Documentary about Carl Theodor Dreyer and his film Gertrud.

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  • 1972
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    How to Behave in a Fourposter Bed

    How to Behave in a Fourposter Bed

    5.6 1972 HD

    A police lieutenant woman goes undercover into a mansion where a couple maintains a school to teach young women how to catch a man... Especially if...

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  • 1988
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    The Girl in a Swing

    The Girl in a Swing

    3.7 1988 HD

    A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love...

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  • 1963
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    En af dagene

    En af dagene

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1960
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    Den sidste vinter

    Den sidste vinter

    5.2 1960 HD

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  • 1956
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    Kristiane af Marstal

    Kristiane af Marstal

    5.9 1956 HD

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  • 1962
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    Det stod i avisen

    Det stod i avisen

    5.7 1962 HD

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  • 1966
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    Dyden går amok

    Dyden går amok

    5 1966 HD

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  • 1979
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    Kick Me in the Traditions!

    Kick Me in the Traditions!

    6.2 1979 HD

    Based on Leif Panduro's 1958 satire classic. David, a senior high-school student, aims a swift kick at his principal's behind and is committed to a...

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  • 1962
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    Crazy Paradise

    Crazy Paradise

    4.1 1962 HD

    Romantic comedy, based on the discovery that eggs from a particular island provide men with great virility and make them irresistible.

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  • 1976
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    Kassen stemmer

    Kassen stemmer

    5.6 1976 HD

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  • 1963
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    South of Tana River

    South of Tana River

    8 1963 HD

    South of Tana River is a 1963 Danish family film directed by Bent Christensen and starring Poul Reichhardt.

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  • 1962
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    Oskar

    Oskar

    5.8 1962 HD

    Oskar? That's my driver. And Tina, my maid, must have taken my suitcase with her to the baron - the one my daughter should have been engaged to. But...

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  • 1971
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    Den fine mand

    Den fine mand

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1966
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    Nu stiger den

    Nu stiger den

    4 1966 HD

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  • 1967
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    Tre mand frem for en trold

    Tre mand frem for en trold

    8 1967 HD

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  • 1951
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    Naalen

    Naalen

    4.5 1951 HD

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  • 1969
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    Mig og dig

    Mig og dig

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1994
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    Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner

    Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner

    7 1994 HD

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  • 1965
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    It's Nifty in the Navy

    It's Nifty in the Navy

    6.1 1965 HD

    It's Nifty in the Navy is a 1965 Danish comedy film directed by Finn Henriksen and starring Dirch Passer.

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  • 1953
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    Fløjtespilleren

    Fløjtespilleren

    7.4 1953 HD

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  • 1966
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    I, A Lover

    I, A Lover

    6 1966 HD

    Beatrice abandons her husband Peter because he is impotent in their sex life, instead she travels to paris with her lover Isac. Meanwhile Peter stays...

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  • 1969
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    Helle for Lykke

    Helle for Lykke

    4.7 1969 HD

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  • 1965
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    Hold da helt ferie

    Hold da helt ferie

    4.4 1965 HD

    Søren is looking forward to a relaxing camping holiday with his wife, Marianne. But nothing goes as planned, when his two daughters and...

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  • 1957
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    Be Dear to Me

    Be Dear to Me

    6.6 1957 HD

    The Danish Ingen tid til Kaertegn (Be Dear to Me) is heavily reliant on the appeal of its star, 8-year-old Eva Cohn. Our heroine is the neglected...

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  • 1987
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    Babette's Feast

    Babette's Feast

    7.2 1987 HD

    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...

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  • 1983
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    Topsy Turvy

    Topsy Turvy

    3.6 1983 HD

    An uptight young man and his equally uptight family moves next door to a hedonistic clan, including the beautiful, sexy Topsy, who charms the new...

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  • 1970
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    Bedroom Mazurka

    Bedroom Mazurka

    5.2 1970 HD

    Max (Søltoft) is a popular teacher at a public school who needs a new schoolmaster. In an effort to entice him to take the vacated position,...

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  • 1987
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    The Fight For The Red Cow

    The Fight For The Red Cow

    2 1987 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Poet and the Little Mother

    The Poet and the Little Mother

    6.4 1959 HD

    Poeten and Lillemor are making their living on his writing, but the general interest in modern poetry is low and their income very small. A creditor...

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  • 1976
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    The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

    6.4 1976 HD

    Spøgelsestoget (English title: The ghost train) is a 1976 Danish family film directed by Bent Christensen. It is based on the 1923 play The...

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  • 1958
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    Styrmand Karlsen

    Styrmand Karlsen

    6.6 1958 HD

    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...

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  • 1964
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    Tine

    Tine

    7.5 1964 HD

    Danish melodrama about a housemaid struggling to find normalcy and love in the midst of war.

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  • 1977
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    Vandalism

    Vandalism

    5.5 1977 HD

    Based upon the novel "Hærværk" by Tom Kristensen about the self destructive person. The literary reviewer Ole Jastrau chooses to free...

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  • 1954
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    Father of Four: In the Snow

    Father of Four: In the Snow

    5.8 1954 HD

    Ib Schønberg is again the kindly father - and now he is crowned "the ideal driver". This means that he can take all his four children to...

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  • 1972
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    Bedside Highway

    Bedside Highway

    4.8 1972 HD

    In this Danish sex comedy, precisely opposite goals lead a young official of the Department of Roads and Traffic and all the women of the local...

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  • 1972
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    Bedside Head

    Bedside Head

    5 1972 HD

    The young headmaster of a boy's boarding school has decided that due to the virility of his young charges, they are a sort of national treasure. He...

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  • 1963
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    The Girl and the Press Photographer

    The Girl and the Press Photographer

    6.5 1963 HD

    Bastian and Lene are a good couple, as a journalist and press photographer. They take turns to get ideas for how to get a scoop for the magazine "Tit...

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  • 1965
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    Biedermann og brandstifterne

    Biedermann og brandstifterne

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1962
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    Duellen

    Duellen

    6.5 1962 HD

    A sort of forerunner to Hollywood's Boogie Nights (1997), this Danish melodrama is set in the world of strip clubs. A medical student (Frits Helmuth)...

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  • 1953
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    Det gælder livet

    Det gælder livet

    4.5 1953 HD

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  • 1977
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    Watch Your Back, Professor!

    Watch Your Back, Professor!

    4.3 1977 HD

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

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  • 1963
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    Sextet

    Sextet

    5 1963 HD

    Six people of different ages and with varying mental health problems are forced to spend the night together by bad weather and react upon each other.

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  • 1971
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    Tjærehandleren

    Tjærehandleren

    6 1971 HD

    Audun’s son is killed in an accident while the mother is in bed with her lover. Ten years later is Audun on the road living as a salesman and...

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  • 1964
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    Premiere i helvede

    Premiere i helvede

    7 1964 HD

    About an American's reaction to the Dane's way of chatting about each other. Behind their backs. A rumor begins to flourish. A serious one. About...

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  • 2001
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    Prop and Berta

    Prop and Berta

    6 2001 HD

    Prop & Berta is the story of a friendship between a little stout man and a big and proud cow, who are able to talk to each other. Together they...

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  • 1964
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    Selvmordsskolen

    Selvmordsskolen

    8 1964 HD

    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...

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  • 1995
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    Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier

    Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier

    6 1995 HD

    Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors....

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  • 1983
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    May

    May

    1 1983 HD

    Early TV-film from Bille August.

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  • 1960
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    Faith, Hope and Witchcraft

    Faith, Hope and Witchcraft

    6 1960 HD

    In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean on the island of Troldø lives a single farming family. The grandmother Gunhild is the only woman...

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  • 1990
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    Camping

    Camping

    3 1990 HD

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  • 1954
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    Jan går til filmen

    Jan går til filmen

    1 1954 HD

    Fourteen-year-old Jan and his companion Erling appear as extras in a film being filmed at Nordisk Film's studios in Valby. A mysterious burglary at...

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  • 1954
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    Karen, Maren og Mette

    Karen, Maren og Mette

    9 1954 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Young Have No Time

    The Young Have No Time

    5 1956 HD

    A tale of wealthy youth in post-WWII Copenhagen.

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  • 1987
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    Sidste akt

    Sidste akt

    4 1987 HD

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  • 1984
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    Rainfox

    Rainfox

    4 1984 HD

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  • 1954
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    Vores lille by

    Vores lille by

    7 1954 HD

    Vores lille by er en ganske almindelig samling af huse et tilfældigt sted i Danmark beboet af ganske almindelige mennesker. Ingenting af...

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  • 1954
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    Det er så yndigt at følges ad

    Det er så yndigt at følges ad

    7 1954 HD

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  • 1984
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    Anthonsen

    Anthonsen

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1992
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    Skibet i Skilteskoven

    Skibet i Skilteskoven

    7.3 1992 HD

    Sømanden Otto (Brandenburg) har bugseret sit gode skib ”Julia” ind i Skilteskoven. Her nyder han freden og roen, alene med sin...

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  • 1997
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    Den hemmelige tunnel

    Den hemmelige tunnel

    7.5 1997 HD

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  • 1970
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    The House at Christianshavn

    The House at Christianshavn

    8 1970 HD

    Huset på Christianshavn was an 84-part television drama series broadcast in Denmark between 1970 and 1977. It was produced by the Nordisk Film...

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  • 1970
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    The House at Christianshavn

    The House at Christianshavn

    8 1970 HD

    Huset på Christianshavn was an 84-part television drama series broadcast in Denmark between 1970 and 1977. It was produced by the Nordisk Film...

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  • 1970
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    The House at Christianshavn

    The House at Christianshavn

    8 1970 HD

    Huset på Christianshavn was an 84-part television drama series broadcast in Denmark between 1970 and 1977. It was produced by the Nordisk Film...

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  • 1978
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    Matador

    Matador

    9.1 1978 HD

    Matador is a Danish TV series produced and shown between 1978 and 1982. It is set in the fictional Danish town of Korsbæk between 1929 and...

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  • 1988
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    Station 13

    Station 13

    1 1988 HD

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