Afterword - Danish favourites
Favourite Danish films from contributors to the Afterword blogsite.
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- DirectorGabriel AxelStarsStéphane AudranBodil KjerBirgitte FederspielDuring the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsAnders W. BerthelsenAnn Eleonora JørgensenAnette StøvelbækSeveral lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsPelle HvenegaardMax von SydowErik PaaskeWhen his wife dies, Lasse takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle, from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsUlrich ThomsenHenning MoritzenThomas Bo LarsenAt Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsSidse Babett KnudsenNiels OlsenSøs EgelindWhen handyman Niller comes to install Sus' new kitchen one day, their immediate crush is a sweet escape from both of their problematic relationships.
- DirectorSøren Kragh-JacobsenStarsIben HjejleAnders W. BerthelsenJesper AsholtKresten's dad dies and he returns to the farm on Lolland to take care of things, including his developmentaly-challenged brother. He employs a hooker as maid. He loses his wife and job due to lies. The maid's kid brother moves in and they're a family of 4.
- StarsJørgen BuckhøjBuster LarsenGhita NørbyA man comes to Korsbæk, Denmark, in 1929, opens a women's clothing store in competition with an established one - bringing him up against the conservative establishment including the bank manager. We follow the families until after WWII.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsSøren PilmarkUlrich ThomsenMads MikkelsenA gang of 4 Danish criminals are ordered by Færingen to steal a bag from a safe. When they see DKK4,000,000 in the bag, they keep it for themselves and head for Spain. They end up in a ruin of an old restaurant on Jutland and renovate it.
- DirectorErik BallingStarsKim LarsenErik ClausenBirgitte RaabergBenny and Arnold and other squatters are evicted by cops from a building in Nørrebro, Copenhagen. They start a commune in an abandoned factory. Harmony breaks when politicians, capitalists and a violent gang get involved.
- DirectorKaspar RostrupStarsFrits HelmuthMikael HelmuthGhita NørbyThe active Regitze and passive Karl Aage have a party with friends and family at their allotment garden. He reminisces his life with her from meeting her during WWII, having a son, the son graduating, etc. up to present day.
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsPierce BrosnanTrine DyrholmMolly Blixt EgelindA hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, finds out her husband is having an affair, travels to Italy for her daughter's wedding, and meets a widower who still blames the world for the loss of his wife.
- DirectorOle Christian MadsenStarsThure LindhardtMads MikkelsenStine StengadeA drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsMikael PersbrandtTrine DyrholmMarkus RygaardThe lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
- DirectorKresten Vestbjerg AndersenThorbjørn ChristoffersenStefan FjeldmarkStarsAnders MatthesenKim MatthesonBill BaileyTerkel is an average teenager whose life takes a turn for the worse when a girl who had a crush on him kills herself and an unknown maniac starts stalking him.
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsUlrich ThomsenNikolaj Lie KaasConnie NielsenTwo brothers must negotiate changing roles and shifting family dynamics when one is sent to war in Afghanistan.
- DirectorHella JoofStarsMads MikkelsenCharlotte MunckTroels LybyJakob proposes to his boyfriend, Jørgen, during a party in their apartment. He later kisses Caroline, the wife of Jørgen's brother. It becomes an affair.
- DirectorNatasha ArthyStarsSidse Babett KnudsenBjörn KjellmanSøren ByderKatrine is getting married in two days but can't tell her sister at the mental hospital. Their ex pops up just as he left two years ago for Kenya. Then there's last minute preparations and a bachelor party. Wedding?
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsNikolaj Lie KaasMads MikkelsenLine KruseTwo Danish friends are tired of their employer and open their own butcher shop. An electrician accidentally dies in the freezer and he's sold as marinated chicken and business picks up. What happens when they run out of "chicken"?
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsUlrich ThomsenMads MikkelsenNicolas BroA neo-Nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devoted minister.
- DirectorMikkel NørgaardStarsFrank HvamCasper ChristensenMarcuz Jess PetersenIn order to prove his fatherhood potential to his pregnant girlfriend, Frank 'kidnaps' her 12-year-old nephew and tags along on his best friend Casper's debauched weekend canoe trip.
- DirectorNiels Nørløv HansenStarsNicolaj KopernikusAnders W. BerthelsenTroels LybyNiels is invited to a 25 year reunion for his student years, and is given the task of holding the main speech. This comes at a bad time. He is troubled with his self consciousness, eyesight, Hemmoroids and age bothering him.
- DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsKim BodniaZlatko BuricLaura DrasbækA drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
- DirectorPer FlyStarsJesper ChristensenMarius Sonne JanischefskaStine Holm JoensenKaj is an alcoholic living on the money the Danish state is providing him. Him and his friends spend their time drinking beer at a public bench. One day Kaj's life turns upside down when a young lady and her child moves in next to him.
- DirectorLasse Spang OlsenStarsKim BodniaDejan CukicNikolaj Lie KaasTwo brothers, one cold and ruthless, the other sensitive and reluctant, and their brutal misadventures.
- DirectorTomas Villum JensenStarsRobert HansenSofie Lassen-KahlkeSebastian Jessen16 y.o. Danish high school sophomore Viktor falls in love with senior Anja at 1st hiccup. Their little brothers (BFFs) invite him to Anja's 18th birthday party. Viktor's 2 friends also help. Where does Anja's arrogant boyfriend fit in?
- DirectorPeter GantzlerStarsSebastian JessenMarie Louise WilleHelle Merete Sørensen18-year old Christian has just graduated from high school. At his summer job he is seduced by the 36-year old single mother Sanne. Soon he is drawn into a world of sensuality and his acquaintance with Sanne turns into an intense love affair which forces Christian to deal with his newly discovered sides.
- StarsCharlotte FichMads MikkelsenLars BrygmannA mobile task force is dispatched across Denmark to help local police solve tough cases.
- CreatorMette HeenoStarsHenrik PripLaura DrasbækChristian TafdrupThree siblings escape the attention of some angry gangsters by settling into a quiet residential street, where they think nothing can go wrong.
- StarsAnne Louise HassingAnders W. BerthelsenMaibritt SaerensStarting in 1949, the series follows four young Danes through 25 years of history and personal developments in a story about finding yourself in a world of changes.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenAnnika WedderkoppA teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
- DirectorLasse Spang OlsenStarsKim BodniaTorkel PeterssonTomas Villum JensenFresh out of a Danish prison, Harald bosses his old gang around, into visiting his hospitalized foster dad, who wants to see his bio son before dying. The son's in a Swedish prison. Then there's a money matter - robbing a bank.
- DirectorHenrik Ruben GenzStarsJakob CedergrenLene Maria ChristensenKim BodniaA thriller about a Copenhagen cop who moves to a small town after having a nervous breakdown.
- DirectorHella JoofStarsLotte AndersenMalik YobaDitte GråbølA small Danish church choir gets a breath of fresh air when a convalescing, American gospel choir leader/ minister helps them form a worthy gospel choir.
- DirectorMikkel NørgaardStarsNikolaj Lie KaasPer Scheel KrügerTroels LybyPolice inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad. They dig into a case about a missing woman.
- DirectorChristoffer BoeStarsPilou AsbækNicolas BroJesper ChristensenBased on true events, two notorious and provocative figures of modern Danish history, Spies and Glistrup, provide a radical view on liberty through money, sex and drugs.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsGhita NørbyPaprika SteenDanica CurcicThree generations of a family coming together over a weekend. A sick mother's wish to die before her disease worsens gets harder to handle as old conflicts come to the surface.