''The Crime of Tove Andersen'' (Danish: ''Kriminalsagen Tove Andersen'') is a 1953 Danish

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Sven Methling Sven Johan Methling (or Sven Methling Jr.) (20 September 1918 – August 7, 2005) was a Danish film director and screenwriter. The son of actor and film director Svend Methling, Methling Jr. was best known for a series of light-hearted comedies. ...

and starring

Preben Lerdorff Rye Preben Lerdorff Rye (23 May 1917 – 15 June 1995) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1941 and 1989. He was born and died in Denmark. Selected filmography * '' The Child'' (1940) – Jurastuderende * ''En ganske alminde ...

, Ib Schønberg and Else Jarlbak.Hammer p.98

Cast

as Kriminalbetjent Knudsen * Ib Schønberg as Kriminalbetjent Villumsen * Else Jarlbak as Fru Villumsen *

Aage Winther-Jørgensen Aage Winther-Jørgensen (16 May 1900 – 10 April 1967) was a Danish actor. Partial filmography *'' The Vicar of Vejlby'' (1931) - Musicerende præst *''Skaf en sensation'' (1934) - Kahn *''The Golden Smile'' (1935) *''Elverhøj'' (1939) - Mo ...

as Kriminalassistent * Arthur Jensen as Sprit Ole *

Ove Sprogøe Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen (21 December 1919 – 14 September 2004) was a Danish actor. Life Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe Petersen. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. O ...

as Mælkemand Valde * Karl Stegger as Værtshusholder *

Emil Hass Christensen Emil Hass Christensen (23 January 1903 – 12 January 1982) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1925 and 1978. He was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark and died in Denmark. Selected filmography * ''Cirkusrevyen 1936'' – 1 ...

as Apoteker *

Ellen Gottschalch Ellen Sofie Kathrine Gottschalch (2 May 1894 – 17 February 1981), was a Danish stage and film actress. She worked in the Arhus Theatre in 1911 then the Det Ny Theater in Copenhagen from 1912 to 1928.

as Portnerske Martha Christoffersen *

Svend Methling Svend Methling (1 October 1891 – 4 June 1977) was a Danish actor and film director. He was a director for Dansk Skolescene 1924-1929, for Folkescenen 1925 and for Komediehuset 1929-1930. He also worked as a director at the Det Ny Teate ...

as Læge Ove Kampstrup * as Tove Andersen * Preben Neergaard as Robert Koldberg *

Karen Berg Karen Berg (October 12, 1942 – July 30, 2020) was an author and the founder of the Kabbalah Centre International. She is the author of four books; ''God Wears Lipstick: Kabbalah for Women''; ''Simple Light, Wisdom from a Woman's Heart''; ' ...

as Fru Burdal *

Vera Gebuhr Vera Margrethe Gebuhr (15 May 1916 – 22 December 2014) was a Danish film, television and stage actress. Gebuhr was most noted for her portrayal of the snobbish neurotic head saleswoman Miss Jørgensen in the popular television series ''Ma ...

as Fru Burdals ældste datter * Carl Ottosen as Bartender Olsen *

Jakob Nielsen Jacob or Jakob Nielsen may refer to: * Jacob Nielsen, Count of Halland (died c. 1309), great grandson of Valdemar II of Denmark * , Norway (1768-1822) * Jakob Nielsen (mathematician) (1890–1959), Danish mathematician known for work on automorphi ...

as Hr. Andersen * Ib Fürst *

Ernst Schou Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975- ...

* Adelhaid Nielsen as Toves mor *

Inga Thessen ''Inga'' is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing treesElkan, Daniel. "Slash-and-burn farming has become a major threat to the world's rainforest" ''The Guardian'' 21 April 2004 and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. ''Inga''s l ...

Kirsten Aller Kirsten is both a given name and a surname. Given name Kirsten is a female given name. It is a Scandinavian form of the names Christina and Christine.Tove Bang Tove Bang (18 February 1904 – 26 March 1977) was a Danish actress. She appeared in more than 20 films between 1930 and 1975. Selected filmography * ''Jeg har elsket og levet'' (1940) * ''En mand af betydning'' (1941) * ''Hr. Petit'' (1948 ...

Berit Erbe Berit Erbe (4 September 1923 – 13 May 2009) was a Danish-Norwegian actress and theatrical historian. She was born in Oslo and died in Bergen. After her theatre education she worked at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. She took a magister de ...

* Poul Jensen * as Tove Andersens kusine *

Ebbe Langberg Ebbe Langberg (1 August 1933 – 3 February 1989) was a Danish actor and film director. He appeared in 45 films between 1946 and 1988. Career Langberg debuted as Lotte's little brother in Ditte menneskebarn (1946) and also starred as a child ...

as Lærling

References

Bibliography

* Tad Bentley Hammer. ''International film prizes: an encyclopedia''. Garland, 1991.

External links

* 1953 crime films 1953 films Danish black-and-white films Danish crime films 1950s Danish-language films Films directed by Sven Methling {{Denmark-film-stub