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Doctor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality.
Jun 1968
King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads to her banishment, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. This hasty decision becomes his fatal error.
Jul 1970
The story of the life of a political prisoner in a Russian gulag. Based on the book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Nov 1973
Summer vacation. But Lars remain in town for his parents must work. One day as he bikes around, he hears a scream from a garden.
Jan 1969
An elegant and humorous film—in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise—spotlights "The Perfect Human," a model of the modern Dane created by our wishful thinking.
In a large office building, a mysterious murder is committed, after which the body disappears. Lily Hansen, the building's helpful and talkative cleaning lady, is driving the detective investigating the case crazy with her interference. Of course, the mystery can only be solved with her help.
Aug 1969
Every year, more and more Danes turn their backs on the rainy Danish summer and instead vacation in the sunshine of Mallorca. With Anders Christensen as our tour guide, we follow one of the many travel companies—some of the participants are new faces, others are old acquaintances from "Eventyrrejsen" (The Adventure Trip).
Oct 1961
Feb 1971
Dec 1968
In this romantic drama, Niels (Jens Osterholm) is a petty thief and irresponsible lout who meets Lone (Yvonne Ingdal), a hospital lab assistant who is just the opposite of Niels. The two meet, fall in love, and must learn the old adage that opposites attract. The unenviable Niels and the model citizen Lone are helpless to fight their passionate chemistry when they are together.
Aug 1964
A gorgeous Danish international stewardess flirts brashly with her male passengers then beds them one after another in her Copenhagen home.
Aug 1971
Simon talks about himself and his career, and why he prefers the company of his many animals to that of humans.
Jan 1964
A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain.
Jun 1972
The extensive excavation work that followed the discovery of five Viking ships in Roskilde Fjord. Many problems had to be solved before the wreckage of the ships could be taken away for final conservation.
Oct 1964
Interview-based documentary about the conditions for gays and lesbians in Danish society.
Dec 1972
The story of a writer who accidentally stumbles across the elixir of immortality and in doing so encounters the small group of immortals who have jealously guarded this secret for centuries. Once the writer has knowledge of this elixir, called 'Mafussalin', the group of five immortals give him a stark choice: either join them, with the price of admission, being a duel to the death between the immortal who accidentally gave the secret away or death at the hands of the group. As the writer makes up his mind, sometimes aided and at other times opposed by the ever shifting alliances from within the group, we discover how the other immortals became this way, their true ages and what they have done with this 'gift'.
Oct 1990
Jørgen Leth's experimental take on Ophelia's madness scene in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Aug 1968
Between the discovery of the sunken ships in Roskilde Fjord and the installation of the finished ships in the Viking Museum, it was a meticulous puzzle. It took ingenuity, care and patience to preserve and recreate the ships in their old form.
Jun 1986
Two men meet by incident on a ferry, and they happen to continue the journey to Copenhagen by the same car in the night. In an intense and silent struggle for power, the driving turns out hazardously and with an ending open for interpretation.
Sep 1968
A short documentary on recreation and the power of the crowds/audiences who watch.
Jan 1960