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Kispus
''Kispus'' is a 1956 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Erik Balling. The film was the first Danish feature movie to be filmed in colour. Synopsis The eccentric fashion designer Mr. Marcel gives his newly designed gown to the common working-class seamstress, Eva, when he sees how well it fits her. He then bets the actress who originally ordered the gown that if Eva wears his creation to an upcoming movie premiere, she will be accepted as a high-society woman. He is right and Eva attracts the young aristocrat Jakob. Eva fears that Jakob will discover her lowly background, but Jakob himself is a fraud. He is only a poor student who works as a chauffeur and sells his books to take her out. After numerous misunderstandings and complications, love wins out over snobbery and fraud. Cast * Helle Virkner as Eva Møller, seamstress * Henning Moritzen as Jakob, student * as Hr. Marcel, fashion designer * Nina Pens Rode as Elizabeth, primadonna * Gunnar Lauring as C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poul Pedersen (cinematographer)
Poul Pedersen (16 May 1925 – 14 May 2003) was an American cinematographer who co-founded the Danish Cinematographers Guild (Dansk Filmfotograf Forbund) in 1954. Pedersen worked on 18 Danish feature films for the Nordisk Film studio from 1944 to 1962. His films included '' Kispus'' (1956), the first Danish feature movie to be filmed in color, and '' Qivitoq'' (1956) which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Palme D'Or. Selected filmography *'' For frihed og ret'' (1949) *'' Vesterhavsdrenge'' (1950) *''Mød mig på Cassiopeia'' (1951) *''Familien Schmidt'' (1951) *''Vi arme syndere'' (1952) *''Adam og Eva'' (1953) *''Vi som går køkkenvejen'' (1953) *'' Kongeligt besøg'' (1954) *'' Det er så yndigt at følges ad'' (1954) *'' Altid ballade'' (1955)'' *'' Kispus'' (1956) *'' Qivitoq'' (1956) *''Jeg elsker dig'' (1957) *''Poeten og Lillemor'' (1959) *'' Forelsket i København'' (1960) *''Tro, håb og trolddom ''Faith, Hope and Witch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Balling
Erik Balling (29 November 1924 – 19 November 2005) was a Danish TV and film director. He created two of Denmark's most popular TV-series, ''Matador'' and '' Huset på Christianshavn''. His feature film '' Qivitoq'' (1956) was nominated for a Golden Palm at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, and for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film. His 1962 film ''Den kære familie'' was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. Together with Henning Bahs, he also created the hugely popular series of '' Olsen Gang'' feature films. Biography Balling started working for the largest and oldest Danish film production company, Nordisk Film Nordisk Film A/S (lit. "Nordic Film") is a Danish entertainment company established in 1906 in Copenhagen by filmmaker Ole Olsen. It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind the Gaumont Film Company, Pathé, and Titanu ...s Kompagni, in 1946. He later became the boss of the company. His made his directin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helle Virkner
Helle Genie Virkner née Lotinga (15 September 1925 – 10 June 2009) was a Danish actress, author and spouse of Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag Personal life Helle Genie Lotinga was born in Aarhus to Jewish rentier Moritz “Morris” Lotinga and Ellen Larsine (née Rasmussen) Her parents divorced when she was 5, at which point she moved with her mother from Ry to Copenhagen. Her paternal family escaped to Sweden in 1943. Helle changed her last name from Lotinga to Virkner in 1944. Helle Virkner was married three times. First to actor William Rosenberg (1920–2014), then to actor Ebbe Rode (1910–1998). Her third marriage was to Danish Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978), with whom she had two children. Her daughter Astrid Helene 'Søsser' Krag, a journalist and former model, died on 5 July 2014, 51 years old. Helle and Søsser lived together in Charlottenlund in the last years of Helle's life. Career Virkner's career began in 1944, and two years later she appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Broberg
Lily Broberg (19 September 1923 – 30 July 1989) was a Danish stage and film actress. Born in Skjørring Skjørring is a village and parish in the Municipality of Skanderborg Municipality, Skanderborg, Jutland, Denmark. As of 1 January 2023 it had a population of 288. Skjørring is located 3 km north of Galten, Denmark, Galten and 21 km west ..., Skanderborg Municipality, Jutland, Denmark, she died in Frederiksberg and was buried at the Frederiksberg Ældre Kirkegård. Filmography References External links * Danish stage actresses Danish film actresses 1923 births 1989 deaths People from Skanderborg Municipality 20th-century Danish actresses {{Denmark-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen (20 June 1923 – 28 December 1998) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1943 and 1998. He was born in Rudkøbing, Denmark and died in Denmark. He was married to actress Lis Løwert. They married on 20 July 1947 and remained married until his death. Selected filmography * '' The Red Meadows'' (1945) * '' I Love Another'' (1946) * ''The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman'' (1948) * '' Kampen mod uretten'' (1949) * '' Adam and Eve'' (1953) * '' We Who Go the Kitchen Route'' (1953) * '' Kispus'' (1956) * '' Qivitoq'' (1956) * '' Poeten og Lillemor og Lotte'' (1960) * '' The Greeneyed Elephant'' (1960) * '' Den kære familie'' (1962) * '' The Girl and the Press Photographer'' (1963) * ''The Olsen Gang Sees Red ''The Olsen Gang Sees Red'' ( da, Olsen-banden ser rødt) is a 1976 Danish comedy film directed by Erik Balling and starring Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald and Poul Bundgaard. The film was the eighth in the Olsen Gang-se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Rindom
Jessie Rindom (4 October 1903 – 8 January 1981) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1925 and 1980. Born in Rostock, Germany, she was the daughter of Danish actors Ellen Diedrich and Svend Rindom. She died in Copenhagen, Denmark. Filmography * '' Undskyld vi er her'' (1980) * '' Next Stop Paradise'' (1980) * '' Attentat'' (1980) * '' Julefrokosten'' (1976) * '' Sådan er de alle'' (1968) * '' Onkel Joakims hemmelighed'' (1967) * ''Historien om Barbara'' (1967) * ''En nat i august'' (1967) * '' Pigen og millionæren'' (1965) * '' Ih, du forbarmende'' (1965) * '' Når enden er go''' (1964) * '' Sikke'n familie'' (1963) * '' Frøken April'' (1963) * ''Venus fra Vestø'' (1962) * '' Den rige enke'' (1962) * '' Sømænd og svigermødre'' (1962) * '' Eventyrrejsen'' (1960) * '' Vi er allesammen tossede'' (1959) * '' Verdens rigeste pige'' (1958) * '' Ingen tid til kærtegn'' (1957) * '' Den kloge mand'' (1956) * ''Kispus'' (1956) * '' Hvad vil De ha'?'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ''Matador''. She trained at the Royal Danish Theatre school from 1937 to 1939 and debuted at the Folketeatret, working there until 1964. She played her first lead film role as the scheming maid in the 1943 melodrama '' Møllen''. Gebuhr appeared in 65 films between 1937 and 2005, as well as made numerous appearances on Danish television series. Gebuhr married twice: to journalist Pallet Fønss and civil engineer Thomas Purl. In 1999, she received the Preben Neergaard honorary award. She died in her home at the age of 98 on 22 December 2014. Filmography * '' Flådens blå matroser'' – 1937 * '' Tag det som en mand'' – 1941 * ''Frøken Vildkat'' – 1942 * ''Som du vil ha' mig'' – 1943 * '' Møllen'' – 1943 * ''Lev livet let'' – 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgitte Federspiel
Birgitte Federspiel (6 September 1925 – 2 February 2005) was a Danish film, theater and TV actress. She won two Bodil Awards for best actress in 1955 ('' Ordet'') and 1959 (''En fremmed banker på''). , imdb.com; accessed 8 May 2015. Born Karen Birgitte Federspiel in Copenhagen, she was the daughter of actor Ejner Federspiel and Gunver Fönss. She had a notable film roles as Inger in '' Ordet'' (1955) and, in later life, as Martine in '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poul Reichhardt
Poul David Reichhardt (2 February 1913 – 31 October 1985) was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies. Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also starred in '' Huset på Christianshavn'', ''Matador'' and as various minor characters in the ''Olsen-banden'' films. For almost thirty years Reichhardt was a leading Danish heroic charmer in movies and partly also on stage. His acting debut was in 1931 as an extra in the play ''Styrmand Karlsens flammer'' in Nørrebros Theater. Already during the 1930s he won himself a name, this was cemented during World War II and from 1945 he stood as the movie hero par excellence: the plain, regular, quick-witted, sometimes hot-tempered, but often humorous man playing in melodramas and comedies. His versatile talent of acting and singing created him a widespread area as an artist. Poul Reichhardt got a special popularity during his performing in the so-called Morten Korch movies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerda Madsen
Gerda Madsen (4 January 1902 – 26 July 1986) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 26 films between 1921 and 1982. She was born and died in Denmark. Selected filmography * ''Häxan'' (1922) * ''Kispus'' (1956) * ''Be Dear to Me'' (1957) * '' Skibet er ladet med'' (1960) * '' Don Olsen kommer til byen'' (1964) * '' Der var engang'' (1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is ...) References External links * 1902 births 1986 deaths Danish film actresses Danish silent film actresses 20th-century Danish actresses Actresses from Copenhagen {{Denmark-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inger Lassen
Inger Lassen (27 July 1911 – 30 December 1957) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 15 films between 1940 and 1957. Filmography * '' Für zwei Groschen Zärtlichkeit'' (1957) * '' Tre piger fra Jylland'' (1957) * ''Der var engang en gade'' (1957) * '' Kristiane af Marstal'' (1956) * ''Kispus ''Kispus'' is a 1956 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Erik Balling. The film was the first Danish feature movie to be filmed in colour. Synopsis The eccentric fashion designer Mr. Marcel gives his newly designed gown to the ...'' (1956) * '' Bruden fra Dragstrup'' (1955) * '' Der kom en dag'' (1955) * '' Det er så yndigt at følges ad'' (1954) * '' Karen, Maren og Mette'' (1954) * '' Adam og Eva'' (1953) * '' The Old Mill on Mols'' (1953) * '' We Who Go the Kitchen Route'' (1953) * '' Ved kongelunden...'' (1953) * '' Peter Andersen'' (1941) * '' Barnet'' (1940) References External links * 1911 births 1957 deaths Danish film actresses 20th-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lis Løwert
Lis Løwert (7 December 1919 – 26 November 2009) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 23 films between 1938 and 1971. She was best known for her parts in two TV series: Mrs. Clausen in '' Huset på Christianshavn'' and Violet Vinter in '' Matador''. ''Matador'' has been heralded as one of the best in Danish television. It originally aired between November 1978 and January 1982. The series finale which aired in 1985 still stands as the most viewed ever in Danish TV history, with approximately 3.6 million viewers in a country of only about 5 million people. She was married to fellow actor Bjørn Watt-Boolsen. They wed on 20 July 1947 and remained married until his death on 28 December 1998. Filmography * ''Den mandlige husassistent'' (1938) * '' En forbryder'' (1941) * '' Gå med mig hjem'' (1941) * ''Tyrannens Fald'' (1942) * '' Mordets melodi'' (1944) * '' Oktoberroser'' (1946) * '' Hans store aften'' (1946) * '' Røverne fra Rold'' (1947) * ''Penge som græs'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |