Matador is probably the most successful danish TV-series. It is written by Lise Nørrgård og Erik Balling (Erik Balling is a part of the two-man team behind Olsen Banden). The story is going on under the second world war. One of the main characters of Matador is Mads Skjern. In the first screenplay his real name is Mads Larsen, but takes the name of the city where he grew up (Skjern is in the nortwest of Jutland). He comes to the little city/village of Korsbæk. He wants to start up his own little clothing store. He tries to borrow money from Korsbæk Bank. The chairman of the board in Korsbæk Bank is Christian Varness, a high respected citizen of Korsbæk. He refuses him to lend any money. In rage Mads Skjern leaves the bank and goes to the local pub. There he meets Pigsdealer Larsen (Played by Buster Larsen). Larsen is a good man and take Mads Skjern and his son, Daniel, home to his wife, Katrine. There he meets the couples grown-up daughter, Ellen, who has a girl of the same ags as Daniel from a former marriage. Mads and Ellen fall in love with each other. With the little money Mads has and with money from Larsen they buy a house and a little closed down store. Skjern starts his own bussiness and the rest of the epsiodes is about how he prospers in Korsbæk and become more accepted and more respected than Varness, the man in the bank.
The show is about if you work hard and don't give up, you can come far. If you are stubborn enough it will pay off in the end!
The show is about if you work hard and don't give up, you can come far. If you are stubborn enough it will pay off in the end!