''Venus fra Vestø'' (literally, ''Venus from West Island'') is a 1962 Danish

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

directed by Annelise Reenberg and starring

Malene Schwartz Malene Schwartz (born 10 August 1936) is a Danish film actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1955. In the TV series ''Matador'' she played the role of Maude Varnæs. She was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Pa ...

. The film is based on Jerrard Tickell's 1951 novel ''

Appointment with Venus ''Appointment with Venus'' () is a novel by Jerrard Tickell published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1951, leading to a British film adaptation the same year and Venus fra Vestø, a Danish film adaptation in 1962. The story is based on a real incident ...

'' (Danish title: ''Operation Venus''), but re-set on a Danish island rather than a ficitional island in the

Channel Islands The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...

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as Miss Nicola Egede-Schack *

Henning Moritzen Henning Moritzen (3 August 1928 – 11 August 2012) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1950 and 2010. He was born in Taarbæk, Denmark. Partial filmography Film * ''John og Irene'' (1949) – Gæst ved Carl ...

as John Morland *

Dirch Passer Dirch Hartvig Passer (18 May 1926 – 3 September 1980) was a celebrated Danish actor. He was greatly renowned for his improvisational skills and, with a filmography comprising 90 movies, one of Denmark's most prolific actors. His life is depi ...

as Ditlev Egede-Schack * William Knoblauch as Parish Council Chairman Ole Klausen * Ole Wegener as Radio Telegraphist Henriksen *

Jan Priiskorn-Schmidt Jan Priiskorn-Schmidt (born 22 February 1951) is a Danish film actor. He appeared in 25 films between 1960 and 1972. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Filmography * ''Rektor på sengekanten'' (1972) * ''Min søsters børn, når de er værst' ...

as Søren Severinsen *

Arthur Jensen Arthur Robert Jensen (August 24, 1923 – October 22, 2012) was an American psychologist and writer. He was a professor of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen was known for his work in psychometrics an ...

as Pive Ras *

Holger Hansen Holger Hansen (1929–2015) was a Danish politician, academic and jurist from Venstre who served as the minister of environment and minister of Greenland in the cabinet of Poul Hartling from 1973 to 1975. Trained as an agronomist, he received ...

as Morten Jacobsen *

Gunnar Lemvigh Gunnar Lemvigh (28 March 1909 – 16 November 1979) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 52 films between 1939 and 1977. Filmography * '' Familien Gyldenkål vinder valget'' (1977) * ''Agent 69 Jensen i Skorpionens tegn'' (1977) * ''Sl ...

as Kromand *Jakob Nielsen as Kristoffer * Jerrard Tickell as Uncle George *

Poul Thomsen Poul Thomsen (15 February 1922 – 16 December 1988) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1944 and 1985. He was born in Præstø, Denmark and died in Denmark. Selected filmography * '' Otte akkorder'' - 1944 * '' Lejl ...

as Courtroom Interpreter * Karl Heinz Neumann as Captain Weiss * Inger Knoblauch *

Edith Hermansen Edith Hermansen (11 December 1907 – 9 February 1988) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1946 and 1969. She was born and died in Denmark. Selected filmography * '' Kampen mod uretten'' (1949) * ''Mosekongen'' (195 ...

Avi Sagild Avi Sagild (22 February 1933 – 19 September 1995) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 21 films between 1958 and 1993. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and died in Denmark. Selected filmography * ''The Gree ...

as Mathilde *

Varinka Wichfeld Muus Varinka Corinna Wichfeld Muus (9 February 1922 – 18 December 2002) was a Danish resistance fighter under the Denmark in World War II, German occupation of Denmark in World War II. Her mother was Monica Wichfeld, an upper-class Ulster, Ulsterwom ...

* Flemming B. Muus *

Vera Lynn Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (; 20 March 191718 June 2020) was an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during World War II. She is honorifically known as the " Forces' Sweetheart", having giv ...

as Herself *

Richard Wattis Richard Wattis (25 February 1912 – 1 February 1975) was an English actor, co-starring in many popular British comedies of the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Richard Cameron Wattis was born on 25 February 1912 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, the ...

, Edward Chapman, Allan Blanner and David Collet as Englishmen

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* 1962 films 1962 drama films Danish war comedy films 1960s Danish-language films ASA Filmudlejning films Remakes of British films Films directed by Annelise Reenberg Films about cattle Films set on islands Films based on British novels Films set in 1940 Danish World War II films {{Denmark-film-stub

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