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9th Bodil Awards
The 9th Bodil Awards was held 26 April 1956 in Copenhagen, Denmark, honouring the best in Danish and foreign film of 1955. The evening started with a preview screening of Alexander Mackendrick's '' The Ladykillers''. American actor Fess Parker was guest and performed on stage in leather jacket and fur hat songs from ''Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier''. The winner this year was '' På tro og love'' (On my Honor) directed by Torben Anton Svendsen. Ove Sprogøe got a well-deserved award for his performance in the film, and Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen received a Bodil for ''Altid ballade'' (Always Trouble). ''La Strada'' directed by Federico Fellini won the Bodil Award for Best European Film, and '' Marty'' directed by Delbert Mann won the award for Best American Film. The Bodil Award for Best Documentary had not been handed out since 1948, but Bjarne Henning-Jensen received the second ever awarded for his documentary '' Hvor bjergene sejler''. Honorees Best Danish Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Awards
The Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given by the Danish Film Critics Association. The awards are presented annually at a ceremony in Copenhagen. Established in 1948, it is one of the oldest film awards in Europe. The awards are given without regard to commercial interests or box-office sales, but rather to highlight the films or actors that the critics regard as most worthy. The name of the award honours two of the most important actresses in Danish cinema, Bodil Kjer and Bodil Ipsen. The statuette is made of porcelain, and was designed by Danish artist and sculpted by Svend Jespersen of Bing & Grøndahl. Categories Awards are presented for the following categories: Merit awards * Best Danish Film * Best Actor * Best Actress * Best Supporting Actor * Best Supporting Actress * Best American Film, awarded as Best Non-European Film from 1961 until 1969 * Best Non-American Film, awarded as Best European Film from 1961 until 1969 * Best Documentary * Best Cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked highly in critical polls such as that of ''Cahiers du Cinéma'' and ''Sight & Sound'', which lists his 1963 film '' '' as the 10th-greatest film. Fellini's best-known films include ''La Strada'' (1954), ''Nights of Cabiria'' (1957), ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960), ''8½'' (1963), ''Juliet of the Spirits'' (1965), the "Toby Dammit" segment of ''Spirits of the Dead'' (1968), ''Fellini Satyricon'' (1969), ''Roma'' (1972), '' Amarcord'' (1973), and ''Fellini's Casanova'' (1976). Fellini was nominated for 16 Academy Awards over the course of his career, winning a total of four in the category of Best Foreign Language Film (the most for any director in the history of the award). He received an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Awards Ceremonies
Bodil may refer to: * Bodil Awards, Danish film awards * Bodil (given name), a feminine given name * Cyclone Bodil Cyclone Xaver (or Storm Xaver), also known as the North Sea flood or tidal surge of 2013, was a winter storm that affected northern Europe. Force 12 winds and heavy snowfall were predicted along the storm's path, and there were warnings of a s ..., a 2013 winter storm that affected northern Europe * 3459 Bodil, an asteroid {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 In Denmark
Events from the year 1956 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick IX * Prime minister – H. C. Hansen Events Sports Badminton * 17 March Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Double at the All England Badminton Championships Faatball * 2 June BK Frem wins the 1955–56 Danish Cup by defeating AB 10 in the final. Births * 13 March – John Frandsen, composer * 30 September – Frank Arnesen, football player and manager * 29 November – Lene Tranberg, architect and co-founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg * 13 December – Jens Fink-Jensen, poet, author, photographer, composer and architect Deaths * 7 March – Johannes Gandil, athlete and footballer, competitor in athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics, silver medallist in football at the 1908 Summer Olympics (born 1873) * 30 April – Morten Pedersen Porsild, botanist active in Greenland (born 1872) * 17 June – Leck Fischer, writer (born 1904) * 21 July – Ejnar Nielsen, painter and illus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Film Awards
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first Nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18–January 20, 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Taiwan, Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torben Anton Svendsen
Torben is a Danish variant of the given name Torbjörn. People named Torben include: *Torben Betts (born 1968), English playwright and screenwriter *Torben Boye (born 1966), Danish former footballer *Torben Frank (born 1968), Danish former football striker * Torben Grael (born 1960), Brazilian sailor and twice Olympic gold medalist *Torben Hoffmann (born 1974), German former football defender * Torben Joneleit (born 1987), Monegasque-born German footballer * Torben Larsen (born 1942), Danish scientist in the field of hydrology and water pollution *Torben Meyer (1884-1975), Danish character actor * Torben Nielsen (born 1945), Danish former football player and manager *Torben Oxe (died 1517), Danish nobleman controversially executed for murder *Torben Piechnik (born 1963), Danish former football defender * Torben Schousboe (1937–2017), Danish music researcher and writer * Torben Skovlyst, Danish orienteering competitor See also *Torbern Bergman (1735-1784), Swedish chemist and mine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hvor Bjergene Sejler
''Where Mountains Float'' ( da, Hvor bjergene sejler) is a 1955 Danish documentary film directed by Bjarne Henning-Jensen. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and won the Bodil Award for Best Documentary. Cast * Lars Henning-Jensen as Narrator References External links * * * Hvor bjergene sejler' at the Danish Film Institute The Danish Film Institute ( da, Det Danske Filminstitut) is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest. Also known as ''Filmhuset'' ("the film h ... (in Danish) 1955 documentary films 1955 films Best Documentary Bodil Award winners Danish documentary films 1950s Danish-language films Films directed by Bjarne Henning-Jensen Greenlandic-language films Inuit films {{documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjarne Henning-Jensen
Bjarne Henning-Jensen (6 October 1908 – 21 February 1995) was a Danish film director and screenwriter. He directed 21 films between 1941 and 1974. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark. He was married to Astrid Henning-Jensen. Filmography * '' Cykledrengene i Tørvegraven'' (1941) * '' Brunkul'' (1941) * '' Arbejdet kalder'' (1941) * '' Sukker'' (1942) * '' Papir'' (1942) * '' S.O.S. - kindtand'' (1943) * ''Korn'' (1943) * '' Heste'' (1943) * ''Naar man kun er ung'' (1943) * '' De danske sydhavsøer'' (1944) * '' Folketingsvalg'' (1945) * ''Ditte menneskebarn'' (1946) * '' Stemning i april'' (1947) * ''De pokkers unger'' (1947) * '' Kristinus Bergman'' (1948) * '' Vesterhavsdrenge'' (1950) * ''Solstik'' (1953) * '' Ballettens børn'' (1954) * '' Hvor bjergene sejler'' (1955) * ''Paw'' (1959) * ''Kort är sommaren Kort or KORT may refer to: People Given name *Kort Rogge (c. 1425-1501), also known as Rogge Kyle, Konrad Rogge, Cort Rogge, Conradus Roggo goth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Award For Best American Film
The Bodil Award for Best American Film is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Union of Film Critics ( da, Filmedarbejderforeningen). It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest film prizes in Europe. The category was named "Best American Film" until 1961, when it became the "Best Non-European Film". In 2001, the name of the award changed back to "Best American Film", and the European category was changed to "Best Non-American Film". The judging committee may choose not to present an award if there isn't a worthy film. This has happened twice: In 1957, when American producers boycotted Denmark; and in 1964, when two Bodils were awarded to European films. Honorees 1940s * 1948: ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' directed by William Wyler * 1949: ''Monsieur Verdoux'' directed by Charles Chaplin 1950s * 1950: ''The Snake Pit'' directed by Anatole Litvak * 1951: ''Sunset Boulevard'' directed by Billy Wilder * 1952: ''All About Eve'' directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delbert Mann
Delbert Martin Mann Jr. (January 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film '' Marty'' (1955), adapted from a 1953 teleplay of the same name which he had also directed. From 1967 to 1971, he was president of the Directors Guild of America. In 2002, he received the DGA's honorary life member award. Mann was credited to have "helped bring TV techniques to the film world." Early life and education Delbert Martin Mann Jr. was born on January 30, 1920, in Lawrence, Kansas, to Delbert Mann Sr. and Ora (Patton) Mann (died 1961). His father taught sociology at the University of Kansas from 1920 to 1926. In 1926, the Manns left Lawrence and moved to Pennsylvania and then Chicago before finally settling in Nashville in 1931.George R. Zepp''Hidden History of Nashville'' The History Press, 2009 page 77 There, his father continued to teach sociology at the Scarritt College for Christian Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty (film)
''Marty'' is a 1955 American romantic drama film directed by Delbert Mann in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay of the same name, which was broadcast on The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse and starred Rod Steiger in the title role. The film stars Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. In addition to winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, the film enjoyed international success, becoming the fourth American film to win the Palme d'Or. ''Marty'', '' The Lost Weekend'' (1945) and ''Parasite'' (2019) are the only three films to win both organizations' grand prizes. In 1994, ''Marty'' was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. Plot Marty Piletti is an Italian-American butcher who lives in The Bronx with his mother. Unmarried at 34, the good-natured but socially awkward Marty faces constant badgering from fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Award For Best European Film
The Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Union of Film Critics (Danish: Filmedarbejderforeningen). It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest film prizes in Europe. This category was called "Best European Film" until 2001, when it became the "Best Non-American Film". Honorees 1940s * 1948: '' A Matter of Life and Death'' directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger * 1949: ''Hamlet'' directed by Laurence Olivier 1950s * 1950: ''The Third Man'' directed by Carol Reed * 1951: ''Bicycle Thieves'' directed by Vittorio De Sica * 1952: '' The Browning Version'' directed by Anthony Asquith * 1953: ''Only a Mother'' directed by Alf Sjöberg * 1954: ''Forbidden Games'' directed by René Clément * 1955: ''Umberto D.'' directed by Vittorio De Sica * 1956: ''La Strada'' directed by Federico Fellini * 1957: ''Smiles of a Summer Night'' directed by Ingmar Bergman * 1958: '' Gates of Paris'' directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
