''The Girls Are Willing'' () is a 1958 Danish
comedy film directed by
Gabriel Axel. It was chosen as Denmark's
official submission to the
31st Academy Awards
The 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1959, to honor the best films of 1958. The show's producer, Jerry Wald, started cutting numbers from the show to make sure it ran on time. He cut too much material and the ceremony ended 20 ...
for
Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences] It was also entered into the
8th Berlin International Film Festival
The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June to 8 July 1958 with the Zoo Palast as the main venue. The festival was opened by then West Berlin's newly elected mayor Willy Brandt. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Sw ...
.
''Guld og grønne skove'' was only Gabriel Axel's third feature film as a director, and from it came out in 1958, it took exactly 30 years before in 1988 he won his Academy Award for ''
Babette's Feast''.
Plot
The two small islands, Hvenø and Birkø, have been in a decade-long conflict, and it therefore creates big problems when three young men from one island falls in love with three beautiful, young girls from the neighbouring island. Nothing could be more unlikely than a marriage between the islands - let alone three! But one day oil is found on the first island - causing a veritable invasion of the US oil company, American Super Oil Company. And then the whole little sleepy community is turned completely upside down ...
Cast
*
Axel Bang
Axel may refer to:
People
* Axel (name), all persons with the name
Places
* Axel, Netherlands, a town
** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586
Arts, entertainment, media
* ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove
* ''Axel'', a Cirqu ...
- Sognerådsformand Kristian Kristiansen
*
Henny Lindorff Buckhøj
Henny Lindorff Buckhøj (29 April 1902 – 18 December 1979) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 19 films between 1944 and 1970. She was born and died in Denmark.
Filmography
* '' Det bødes der for'' (1944)
* '' Elly Petersen'' (19 ...
- Martha
*
Verner Tholsgaard - Theo
*
Ole Larsen - Postmester Lars Peter
*
Else-Marie - Thyra
*
Mogens Viggo Petersen - Ole
*
Valsø Holm - Købmand Anton
*
Cay Kristiansen - Hans
*
Anna Henriques-Nielsen
Anna Henriques-Nielsen (8 December 1881 – 24 December 1962) was a Danish stage and film actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1941 and 1958. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark.
Filmography
*'' I folkets navn'' - ...
- Jensine
*
Vilhelm Henriques Vilhelm is a masculine given name, the Scandinavian form of William and Wilhelm. Notable people with the name include:
* Vilhelm Ahlmann (1852-1928), Danish-Swedish architect
* Vilhelm Andersen (1864–1953), Danish author, literary historian and ...
- Organist Mattis
*
Einar Reim - Pastor Breining
*
Keld Markuslund
Keld Markuslund (9 July 1921 – 20 October 1972) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 35 films between 1951 and 1973.
Selected filmography
* ''Vi arme syndere'' (1952)
* ''We Who Go the Kitchen Route'' (1953)
* ''Flintesønnerne'' (195 ...
- Skolelærer
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Karl Stegger - Sognefoged Søren
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Hanne Winther-Jørgensen
Hanne is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Hanne Blank (born 1969), American historian, writer, editor and public speaker
* Hanne Budtz (1915–2004), Danish politician and lawyer
* Hanne Darboven (born 1941), German c ...
- Rigmor
*
Judy Gringer - Anna
See also
*
List of submissions to the 31st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
*
*
Guld og grønne skove' at the
Danish National Filmography
1958 films
1950s Danish-language films
1958 romantic comedy films
Films directed by Gabriel Axel
Danish romantic comedy films
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