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Grisen (2008)
Character: Asbjørn Jensen
In this live-action, Oscar-nominated short from Denmark, Asbjorn is a patient admitted to a Danish hospital, who quickly warms to a painting of a whimsical pig hung on the walls. It becomes a source of comfort and solace for him - until another patient has it removed by request (Written by Nathan Southern, Rovi)
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The Swineherd (1975)
Character: N/A
A spoiled princess scorns the love of an honorable prince who offers her precious gifts.
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Pengene eller livet (1982)
Character: Poul Kristiansen
An architect experiences health problems following a professional and personal setback. The conflicts culminate when he discovers that the businesspeople who want him to work for them are not only involved in financial crime, but also murder.
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Himlen er blaa (1954)
Character: Slagterens datters kæreste
A different kind of Danish film about Denmark, the Danes, and everyday life in Denmark. An episodic film consisting of different storylines, which are linked together by several smaller scenes.
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Herr Sleeman kommer (1959)
Character: N/A
The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be married off to an unappealing but rich old man, Mr. Sleeman, at the instigation of her aunts who have taken charge of her. Bergman infuses the situation with overtones of rueful pessimism concerning life in general.
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Det gælder livet (1953)
Character: N/A
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 happen to be alone on a motorboat, she gives in to his advances and becomes pregnant. Ella conceals the circumstances, but when her daughter is seriously injured, only Viggo can be used as a blood donor.
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Hjemme hos William (1971)
Character: N/A
Architect William Sommer wants to organize his life in a practical and sensible way. Yet it is falling apart. His ex-wife will not settle for a check. His new, young girlfriend has a young man in tow. William feels sick to his stomach. He numbs the pain with alcohol. He feels like doing something violent. The nice man is about to explode...
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Baby Doom (1998)
Character: Holstein
Max is a programmer, Nicoline is a chef, and they are both young, in love, and ambitious. Then lightning strikes: they have a baby. From that day on, nothing is ever the same again. Max, who has just been promoted, is certain he has everything well in hand. He has just invented the LifeOrganizer interactive personal scheduler designed to make life easier. But having to endure a baby with colic, piled-up washing and missed deadlines, Max and Nicoline's bachelor lifestyle is put to the test. There are only 24 hours in a day, or are there? With many wacky smiles and lashings of gallows-humour Peter Gren Larsen depicts the stressed out situation young couples face when baby throws a spanner in your career. Max and Nicoline go through an awful lot, including a trial separation, before they accept that kids change your life.
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Adam og Eva (1953)
Character: Tolderen
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 cover. Wherever this book goes, something will happen. And for sure, this book goes around.
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Frihed forpligter (1951)
Character: Landmand
Danish social democratic propaganda film. During the Occupation, the young freedom fighter Søren had a good working relationship with a comrade in the resistance movement, despite the fact that Søren was a social democrat and his comrade a communist. After the liberation in May 1945, the differences that had been less important during the war begin to stand in Søren's way. Both his friendship with his comrade and his relationship with the wealthy Inger fall apart in the summer of liberation. But through his work in the Social Democratic Party, Søren experiences a renewed enthusiasm and resumes his relationship with Inger. Together, they actively engage in the party's work and both see it as an extension of the struggle for freedom during the occupation. Denmark's entry into NATO is particularly important.
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Peter von Scholten (1987)
Character: Kong Christian VIII
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 Denmark's last governor-general of the West Indies, his name was Peter von Scholten. The film about him is a magnificent story of greatness, power, and stubbornness on the one hand, and of love, loyalty, and melancholy on the other. It is a colorful gallery of characters that depicts the times, the Dane in a foreign land—and the black man in relief to the white.
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Susanne (1950)
Character: Deltager til bal
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, and especially the baker's daughter Susanne makes the young men's hearts beat fast. But when the infatuated Otto gets a little too close, it has major consequences for Susanne.
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Roser og Persille (1993)
Character: Willy Larsen
Pianist Benny loses his heart to a hair dresser, who is already in a relationship with a married man. Things get even more complicated since all three people have pre-teens, who apparently know one another.
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Allegro (2005)
Character: Tom
Famous pianist Zetterström returns home to his native Denmark, to give a concert, just to find out that the choices he has made in his life have affected his love life greatly.
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Støvsugerbanden (1963)
Character: Peter Park
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 Peter Park , to visit him. They have a common interest that they could discuss during his stay. When he arrives, it is at a most inconvenient time. He is greeted by the doctor's sister, the almost deaf Camilla, who does not understand much of what is going on around her. The doctor has completely forgotten that he invited Park, but he settles him into the villa nonetheless. Here, Park meets the doctor's granddaughter, the young and beautiful Lise Bach (Henriette Normann), to whom he is immediately attracted. When Lise asks her grandfather if he is going out again, the doctor explains that he is going to the cinema with his good friend Friis.
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Alting bliver godt igen (2010)
Character: N/A
A writer-director known for becoming obsessed with his own stories, Jacob Falk stumbles upon photographs of prisoners of war being tortured by Danish soldiers. Suspecting a political conspiracy, Falk falls into a frenetic chase to reveal the mystery behind the photos, which leads him to discover a truth more disturbing than he imagined.
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Tænk på et tal (1969)
Character: Flemming Borch
The story opens just before Christmas, when solitary, apathetic bank clerk Flemming Borck uncovers a plot to rob his bank. After doing a little rookie recon, Borck identifies the would-be bank robber as a faux shopping-mall Santa Claus, and counter-plots to steal the money himself and let Santa take the blame. This works out about as badly as you might imagine, and our bumbling protagonist spirals further and further away from the carefree, laconic lifestyle he had hoped to ensure for himself.
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Harry og kammertjeneren (1961)
Character: N/A
A gentle comedy offering the promise of easy social consensus. Harry (Helmuth) is a simple old-time shop porter offered a chance at self-realisation when he's bequeathed a sum by an unknown relative (via several levels of fiscal blood suckers). He decides to engage a butler to take good care of him for a time. This is a man of distinguished upper class service, but a generous nature which happily integrates with Harry's small but colourful world of drinking buddies and crackpot neighbourhood kids.
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Nu (2003)
Character: Adam (old)
A man and a woman meet in 1960. They marry because that's what you are supposed to do. But something goes wrong on their wedding night. They have no idea what to do with each other. Sexually. Emotionally. The husband meets a man who knows what to do with his sexuality. Suddenly a hand can do something no hand has done before and lips something no lips have ever done. The two men have a secret love affair. But there is a problem: The woman. And she has something up her sleeve. Will she act? Yes, she will. What happens? Nobody knows. Until now.
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Festen (1998)
Character: Faderen
The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a devastating secret that turns the night into a battle of truth and denial.
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Vores fjerde far (1951)
Character: N/A
The film is a sequel to Hold fingrene fra mor (Hands Off Mom). Berthe Quistgaard and Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt play the leading roles in this delightful romantic comedy. Lulu Vänner is about to get married for the fourth time. She is the mother of four children from three different men, but perhaps the fourth time will be the charm. Although the children like Lulu's fiancé, John Carstensen, they are not keen on the idea of marriage.
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Stine og drengene (1969)
Character: Stines far
Stine tries to figure out her feelings for Jens, Michael, and Søren. She is most in love with Jens. However, Jens is always so serious and only thinks about school. Stine and Jens move in together, but this does not solve any of their problems. When Jens does not come home one evening without letting her know, Stine moves in with Anders. However, she misses Jens.
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Tante Tut fra Paris (1956)
Character: Bent Larsen
Mogens Wieth is a songwriter who lives beyond his means. He is expecting to inherit a fortune from his Aunt Tut in Paris, who is old and filthy rich. He has been corresponding with her for many years. In reality, Aunt Tut is dead, and it is her daughter who writes the letters. A young singer who wants to ingratiate himself with the songwriter claims that he knows the aunt and that she is coming to Copenhagen. He has persuaded an older actress to play the role of Aunt Tut. Unfortunately, the aunt's charming daughter also arrives in Copenhagen at the same time, setting the stage for costly episodes and amusing complications...
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Eventyr på Mallorca (1961)
Character: N/A
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).
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Dorte (1951)
Character: Doktor Sørensen
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. Here, in a beautiful villa, lives Asger Haensen, a director who runs a large company in Copenhagen. He lives with his two children, Margot and Steen. Asger Haensen lives a superficial and overly expensive life—among other things, he has an expensive girlfriend. In the evening, the doorbell rings at the director's house. Outside stands Dorte with a letter that must be delivered to him personally. The letter reveals that Dorte is the result of a small youthful mistake on the part of the director. So Dorte stays in the house. Dorte does not quite fit into the elegant home. But she is feisty—and brings life to the house!
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Vi som går køkkenvejen (1953)
Character: Dick
The beautiful and spoiled manufacturer's daughter Helga defiantly bets with her friends whether she can survive a whole year as a working housekeeper without financial help.
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Den kære familie (1962)
Character: Alex Maagenhjelm
Copenhagen around the turn of the century - December 29th, 1899. Great merchant and shipowner Jacob Friis is one of Copenhagen's richest men. His home is the gathering place for family and friends. Since his wife's dead 10 years earlier, he shares sense of family and business acumen with his three daughters. Jacob wants to find a nobleman for his daughter Emily. Baron Claes is a very charming gentleman, but also a great womanizer...
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Et dukkehjem (1974)
Character: Doktor Rank
In her husband's opinion, Nora spends too much money. When Nora receives a visit from Mrs. Linde, she confides a secret to her. Nora has borrowed money so that the family can go on vacation. However, her husband must not find out. Helmer has become the director of the bank where Krogstad works. Krogstad now threatens Nora to reveal her secret. Nora goes through a lot of anguish.
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Sofie (1992)
Character: Frederick Philipson
Liv Ulmann's directorial debut also had her co-authoring the screenplay (with poet Peter Poulsen) as based on a Henri Nathansen's 1932 novel about an affluent late 19th century Jewish merchant family in Copenhagen. Ulmann focuses on strong-willed daughter Sofie's progress through life: a love affair with a gentile painter, an arranged marriage , childbirth and ever more fateful challenges.
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Forelsket i København (1960)
Character: Jan Scharf
Jan Scharf's band is playing at Grönköbing Folk Park. Pianist Jan flirts with a young female audience member. Her friend notices what is going on, so they have to flee headlong. Back home in Copenhagen, they discover that their old residence has disappeared and a new high-rise building is going up, leaving them homeless. Jan has an uncle in Nyhavn, where he plans to stay temporarily.
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Headhunter (2009)
Character: Niels Frederiks Sieger
Martin Vinge, former notorious journalist, now successful headhunter with a complicated personal life, is in all confidentiality contacted by 85 year-old N.F. Sieger, S.E.O. of Denmark's largest shipping company and oil empire. Sieger hires Martin to find an alternative heir to the firm instead of his son, Daniel Sieger, who for a long time has been destined to take the company into the next era. Martin starts coming up with suitable names for the position, but discovers that he has actually been entangled in a larger impenetrable power game aimed at deciding what is really going to happen to the company; a brutal power struggle that puts an intense pressure on Martin and his private life and relationships.
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John og Irene (1949)
Character: N/A
The two leading actors form a team traveling round performing as a professional dancing couple who has difficulty making ends meet. Ebbe Rode is the dreamer and Bodil Kjer the down to earth realist. Bodil Kjer expands her image to encompass the disillusioned woman reflecting the hard life she has gone through. Ebbe Rodes disappointed optimism turn into violence with dramatic consequences.
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Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør (1961)
Character: Poeten
The poet is tired of spring and can't write anything. Meanwhile, Lillemor thinks that spring should be used to get a lot done. Soon, a conflict is brewing. The poet wants to buy a small car, and even though he has no financial sense, he goes ahead and does so without Lillemor's knowledge. She gets angry and wants nothing to do with the car, and this is about to have serious consequences, but thanks to the wise Lillemor, happiness prevails over common sense.
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Dansen med Regitze (1989)
Character: Børge
Karl Åge and Regitze host a summer garden party for close friends, their son, and his family. Karl Åge is quiet, detached; Regitze is spirited, lively. He thinks back: love at first sight during the war, living together unmarried, her mother's hunger strike when they won't baptize their son. Regitze is passionate and forthright; she speaks her mind. He remembers her inviting a derelict for Christmas dinner, and the man shows up with five bashful friends. He recalls her taking on their son's teacher when the man slaps the lad. He remembers her love of dancing and his fear that his social clumsiness might end their relationship. Now, in twilight, he has other things to face.
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Visions of Europe (2004)
Character: (segment "Denmark: Europe")
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
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For frihed og ret (1949)
Character: N/A
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 Nielsen, travels around the country, first as a traveling teacher, later in other positions, and through his experiences we are introduced to the conditions of various population groups. The central figure in the portrayal of historical figures is the politician Orla Lehmann.
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Det stod i avisen (1962)
Character: Johan Jespersen
An episodic film with six different stories that are more or less interwoven. A married couple is celebrating their 19th wedding anniversary. The wife wants a chest of drawers. During a trip to the countryside, they pass by the place where the chest of drawers is sold. Dr. Gregersen's wife is pregnant. Meanwhile, the doctor has bought an expensive typewriter. The doctor advertises the typewriter for sale through his friend, and the buyer is none other than the doctor's wife. A couple wants a bigger apartment, they argue and break up. Later, we meet them again, where they have both found work through an advertisement with a rich man as a housekeeper and a driver. A woman wants to sell a pram because she is going to the hospital. Her little son is to be looked after by her sister. The couple who cannot have children have just adopted the little boy's sister and now come to buy the pram.
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Værelset (1970)
Character: Pierre
The married couple Pierre and Eva live in a conventional middle-class environment, but Pierre increasingly feels alienated from people and things.
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Mariannes bryllup (1958)
Character: Jørgen von Hejden
Jørgen von Hejden is very distinguished, but poor. He is something of a fortune hunter. He dreams of getting rich quick. But his skills are not up to the radio quiz show, so he sticks to gambling, roulette, and dice games. When he marries the beautiful and wealthy Marianne, he also gambles. He has married her for her money! But Marianne is not only wealthy, she is also strong-willed. She inherited this trait from her father, shipowner John Christensen.
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Et eventyr om tre (1954)
Character: Kjeld
There are three young people, Bella, the lonely office lady, Kjeld, the brooding student, and Poul, the youngest man in the company, who are all bullied; none of them seem particularly happy. But these three young people each take the consequences and make a desperate decision that they are about to carry out. Instead, as luck would have it, they have enough to do saving each other.
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Her i nærheden (2000)
Character: Baronen
The city is gasping for air in the scorching summer heat; everyone is under suspicion; a persistent detective superintendent is burrowing for the truth. A fiercely penetrating drama about a mother's love for her autistic adult son, who is suspected of murdering a local girl. The mother knows her son could have committed the murder, but she conceals her knowledge, and gradually becomes entangled in a thicket of lies. How far is she prepared to go to protect her son who is helpless in so many ways? Does she have it within her to give up the only person she loves?
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Det tossede paradis (1962)
Character: N/A
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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Don Juan (1973)
Character: Don Juan
Don Juan has betrayed and abandoned Donna Elvira, who loves him. Sganarelle, his servant, speaks his mind bluntly: "A great man and an evil man in one person is a terrible thing." TV adaptation of Molière's comedy from 1665.
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Venus fra Vestø (1962)
Character: John Morland
Vestø island's isolated community's prize cow is in danger of being abducted by German WWII occupation forces.
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Poeten og Lillemor og Lotte (1960)
Character: Poeten
The poet and Lillemor have become parents, but poetry and washing the diapers are two subjects which are hard to unite under the same roof. The two just married couples, the barber Anton and Vera plus the baker and Lise, are having some difficulties with their marriages but that doesn't scare off the butcher, who's got the hots for the midwife.
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Den gamle mølle paa Mols (1953)
Character: Fløgstrup
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 about to lose its liquor license, threatening its very existence. The innkeeper tells the girl that both he and his friend from his military days have paid child support to her, as no one knew which of them was her real father.
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Misantropen (1974)
Character: Alceste
This television film records Ingmar Bergman’s Copenhagen stage production of Molière’s The Misanthrope, presented as a guest performance at the Royal Danish Theatre. The play centers on Alceste, a man who rejects social hypocrisy and flattery, whose rigid principles are tested by his love for the socially adept Célimène.
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Poeten og Lillemor (1959)
Character: Poeten
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 is dogging them, when a sudden bequest gives them some breathing-space. They buy an old house in a small village, where living is cheaper than in Copenhagen. The villagers are distrustful towards the newcomers. After a while the baker, the butcher and the grocer won't give Poeten and Lillemor credit anymore. Also the old creditor is back dogging them. Should Poeten renounce his high poetical standards and write simple verses for popular music, to get money?
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Viskningar och rop (1972)
Character: Joakim
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.
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Jetpiloter (1961)
Character: N/A
Two brothers, Ras and Jan, have always been together during the long training to become jet pilots in the Danish Airforce. They both join squadron 793, where they will serve on active duty under the the young and very energetic squadron leader, Captain Tom Jessen.
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Bruden fra Dragstrup (1955)
Character: Walter Brandt
At Helene Dragstrup's 20th birthday, her grandmother Margrethe decides that it is time that Helene learns something about life outside the protective walls of the estate.
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Kispus (1956)
Character: Jakob
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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Kærlighedsdoktoren (1952)
Character: 1. Kontorist
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 matters of the heart every week. Only those in the know are aware that "Aunt Oda" is in fact the young poet Ambrosius Hansen, who once impressed editor Vestergaard with some words about women.
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Hitler Superstar (1974)
Character: Preben Guldløwe
A young hippie couple discovers Adolf Hitler survived the Second World War and is now living unscathed with his mistress/wife Eva Braun in Denmark. Meanwhile, a right-winged promotion director concocts a plan to transform the Führer into a Global Superstar.
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Mor skal giftes (1958)
Character: Ove Bang
How long should one continue to support one's adult, married, but well-spoiled children financially? One day, Mrs. Holm, a widow, grows tired of this and decides to cut off the flow of money. With the assistance of her good friend and admirer, she devises a plan that causes quite a stir. She is not alone in being unconventional in her approach to raising adults. In this regard, a festive old consul's wife and her quirky servant are also progressive. At first, they are somewhat distraught about how they will manage, but the whole affair works out for all the adult children and saves their marriages.
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