Johan Jacobsen (born 14 March 1912 in

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– died 7 July 1972 in

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) was a

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film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865-1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886-1968). From the 1940s Jacobsen directed a number of both popular and critically acclaimed films for the film studio

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. From 1947 onwards he was an independent director and producer. He produced his own films and those of his partner

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(1924-2016) at his own film studio

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. In 1959 he was a member of the jury at the

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. His A Stranger Knocks (1959) was in competition at the

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1960. It was distributed in the US by Trans-Lux and played a major part in bringing down the American State Film Censorship system in 1965. In his last years Jacobsen worked for tycoon

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(1921-1984) at his cinema

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Filmography

Director: *''Under byens tage'' (1938) *''En Lille tilfældighed'' (1939) *'' I de gode gamle Dage'' (1940) *''Tag det som en mand'' (1941) *''Tobiasnætter'' (1941) *''Ballade i Nyhavn'' (1942) *''Baby på eventyr'' (1942) *''Mine kære koner'' (1943) *''Som du vil ha' mig'' (1943) *'' Eight Chords'' (1944) *'' Mens sagføreren sover'' (1945) *''

The Invisible Army ''The Invisible Army'' ( da, Den usynlige hær) is a 1945 Danish war film directed by Johan Jacobsen and starring Bodil Kjer. Cast * Bodil Kjer as Alice * Ebbe Rode as Jørgen * Mogens Wieth as Poul * Maria Garland as Alices mor * Poul Müller ...

'' (1945) *''Far betaler'' (1946) *''

Letter from the Dead The 1946 Danish film ''Letter from the Dead'' ( da, Brevet fra afdøde) is a serial-killer mystery-thriller-romance directed by Johan Jacobsen. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Cast *Eyvind Johan-Svendsen as Læge Arne Lorentz ...

'' (1946) *''

Jenny and the Soldier ''Jenny and the Soldier'' ( da, Soldaten og Jenny) is a 1947 Danish dramatic film written and directed by Johan Jacobsen. The black-and-white film is based on the 1940 stage play ''Brudstykker af et mønster'' () written by Danish playwright Carl ...

'' (1947) *''3 Aar efter'' (1948) *'' My Wife is Innocent'' (1950) *'' The Needle'' (1951) *'' All this and Island too'' (1951) *''

Som sendt fra himlen ''Som sendt fra himlen'' ( en, As sent from Heaven) is a 1951 Danish comedy film directed by Johan Jacobsen. Cast *Mogens Wieth as Allan / Alfred Kragh * Birgitte Reimer as Laura Heiberg *Kjeld Petersen as Torsten Vinge * Erik Mørk as Herbert ...

'' (1951) *''

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'' (1955) *'' Den store Gav-tyv'' (1956) *''Vi som går stjernevejen'' (1956) *'' A Stranger Knocks'' (1959) *''

Dronningens vagtmester ''Dronningens vagtmester'' is a 1963 Danish drama film based on the novel of the same name by Carit Etlar. It was directed by Johan Jacobsen and starring Poul Reichhardt. It followed the 1961 film '' Gøngehøvdingen''. Cast *Poul Reichhardt a ...

'' (1963) *''Søskende'' (1966) Documentaries / shorts: *''Da freden kom til Danmark'' (1945) *''Kongefilmen Frederik IX'' (1949) *''Næste gang er det dig'' (1948) *''En dag i radioen'' (1950) *''Skatteøens hemmelighed'' (1953) * ''

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'' (''La petite fille aux allumettes'') (1953) *''Splintret emalje'' (1956) *''Fremrykket møde'' (1964) *''Norden i flammer'' (1965) Producer: * '' Next time it's you'' (1948) * ''Kongefilmen Frederik IX'' (1949) * ''En dag i radioen'' (1950) * ''The Needle'' (1951) *'' All this and Island too'' (1951) * ''Problems to be solved'' (1952) * ''

'' (''La petite fille aux allumettes'') (1953) * Skatteøens hemmelighed (1953) *''

'' (1955) * ''Hvorfor stjæler barnet?'' (1955) * ''Splintret emaille'' (1956) * ''Den store Gav-tyv'' (1956) * ''

Be Dear to Me ''Be Dear to Me'' () is a 1957 Danish film directed by Annelise Hovmand. Cast * Eva Cohn as Lene * Lily Weiding as Mor as Skuespillerinde Maria Lehmann * Hans Kurt as Far as Direktør Mogens Vestergaard * Jørgen Reenberg as Lærer Harting * ...

'' (''Sei lieb zu mir'') (1957) * ''Krudt og klunker'' (1958) * '' A Stranger Knocks'' (1959) * ''Frihedens pris'' (1960) * ''The Musketeers'' (1961) * ''Dronningens vagtmester'' (1963) * ''Sextet'' (''Sekstet'') (1963) * ''Fremrykket møde'' (1964) * ''Norden i flammer'' (1965) * ''Søskende'' (1966)

References

Literature

Morten Piil Morten Piil (1 March 1943 – 22 March 2018) was a Danish writer and film critic. He received a Bodil Honorary Award in 2002 for his "long-standing contribution to Danish film literature". Piil was a film critic at ''Berlingske Tidende'' 1962- ...

(ed): ''Danske filminstruktører''. Gyldendal, Copenhagen. 2005. * Peter Schepelern (ed), ''100 års dansk film''. Rosinante, Copenhagen. 2001. * Peter Schepelern (ed): ''Filmleksikon''. Munksgaard Rosinante, Copenhagen. 1995.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobsen, Johan 1912 births 1972 deaths Danish film directors People from Aarhus