Jesper Christensen

Oh, To Be a Butterfly

The story is centered on the stubborn farmer Ernst and his wife Louise who are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a traditional Danish gold wedding for friends and family. However, the family carries several secrets and Ernest holds on to the biggest one of them all. Through one long joyous, intoxicating, surprising, gripping and melancholic night, the truths creep out and the family is put to the ultimate test.

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7.4

2020 Drama 90 min Spielen

6

Into the Darkness

Karlskov is a self made, successful owner of a large electronics factory, has a wife and five children. They live the good, privileged upper-class life on Strandvejen north of Copenhagen when the Nazis occupy Denmark in April 1940. Karl struggles to continue production at the factory, but to protect his family and employees he reluctantly begins to produce for the German market. It brings him into a controversial collaboration with the occupying power and causes painful breaks in the family.

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6

2020 Drama 152 min Spielen

6.7

Before the Frost

The film takes place somewhere in the Danish countryside in the middle of the 19th century. Here within a small Danish peasant family, harsh circumstances reign. With the prospect of yet another tough winter, the farmer Jens faces an unbearable choice. If the family is to survive the winter, he must settle an agreement with the rich farmer nearby and forsake his own moral as well as his most precious possession, in an effort to secure them all a better life.

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6.7

2019 Drama 104 min Spielen

6.8

The King’s Choice – Angriff auf Norwegen

Am 9. April 1940 erreichen die Schrecken des Zweiten Weltkrieges endgültig Norwegen, als die deutsche Armee ohne vorherige Kriegserklärung das Land angreift. König Haakon VII. flieht daraufhin mit seiner Familie aus Oslo, um sich den Nazis zu entziehen. Von seinem Sohn, Kronprinz Olav wird der Monarch, der sich bisher aus Prinzip aus allen Regierungsgeschäften herausgehalten hat, jedoch gedrängt, die Initiative zu ergreifen. Währenddessen bemüht sich der deutsche Diplomat Curt Bräuer darum, ...

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6.8

2016 Action 130 min Spielen

6.6

Sex, Drugs & Taxation

Maybe the best thing to come out of Scandinavia during the hippie years was, in fact, the story of a radical libertarian and a hedonist capitalist. Their friendship, forged by being outsiders in a conformist country, took them through years of adulation and success, with slight detours into the welcoming arms of vilification and imprisonment. A joyride through taxation, mass travel, hookers and politics. Not feeling too constrained by historical facts, director Christoffer Boe's story of ...

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6.6

2013 Comedy 110 min Spielen

5.7

The Last Sentence

Renowned journalist Torgny Segerstedt declares war against Hitler as he criticizes Swedish politicians who tried to look away from the tyranny of the Nazis with the good excuse of “neutralism”. His only weapon is his pen and his life is full of gossip such as an affair with his boss’ wife, a love scandal with a secretary younger than his daughter, and the suicide of his wife. However, he continues to fight a one man battle against Hitler and the Nazi regime until his death, throwing the ...

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5.7

2012 Drama 104 min Spielen

7.4

Die ewigen Momente der Maria Larsson

Maria Larsson lebt Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts in einer schwedischen Kleinstadt. Irgendwann hat sie einmal eine Kamera in einer Tombola gewonnen, vor der Hochzeit mit dem kommunistischen Arbeiter Sigfrid vor den fünf Kindern. Als das Geld wieder einmal knapp ist, versucht Maria, die Kamera dem Inhaber eines Fotogeschäfts, Sebastian Pedersen zu verkaufen. Dieser überredet sie, das Gerät doch erstmal auszuprobieren und Maria entdeckt die Fotografin in sich. Zwischen Pedersen und ihr ...

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7.4

2008 Drama 110 min Spielen

5.5

Manslaughter

A college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of killing a policeman.

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5.5

2005 Drama 100 min Spielen

5.9

Minor Mishaps

Minor Mishaps is the story of a family's reaction to the untimely death of their matriarch, examining the effect of the tragedy on John, her husband, who is himself ill, his daughters, Marianne and Eva, and their friends and family. When a man's wife dies in an accident, his children return home to deal with the tragedy together. The film throws a spotlight on each of their lives as they confront the changed dynamic in the family and their own lives, with some surprises, revelations and ...

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5.9

2002 Drama 109 min Spielen

6.7

The Bench

Kaj is a stubborn man with a great deal of pride. The former chef lives in a council flat. He has wasted his life and is now on a council job training scheme for the long-term unemployed, where he refuses to let the foreman of the activation project boss him about. When Kaj's daughter, with whom he has not been in touch for nineteen years, moves into the same council estate on the run from her violent husband, a change comes over Kaj. His initial instinct is to avoid her, but by chance he ...

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6.7

2000 Drama 93 min Spielen

7.8

Wanna See My Beautiful Navel?

Coming of age, summer camp and first love...

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7.8

1978 Drama 95 min Spielen