''Den kære familie'' is a 1962 Danish

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Erik Balling Erik Balling (29 November 1924 – 19 November 2005) was a Danish TV and film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guid ...

based on a play by Gustav Esmann. It was entered into the

3rd Moscow International Film Festival The 3rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1963. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Italian film ''8½'' directed by Federico Fellini. Jury * Grigori Chukhrai (USSR - President of the Jury) * Shaken Ajmanov (USSR) * Se ...

where cinematographer Jørgen Skov won a Silver Prize for photography.

Cast

* Gunnar Lauring as Skibsreder Jacob Friis * Lise Ringheim as Elise Randall *

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 2 ...

as William Randall * Helle Virkner as Emilie *

Jarl Kulle Jarl Lage Kulle (28 February 1927 – 3 October 1997) was a Swedish film and stage actor and director, and father of Maria Kulle. Kulle was born in the village of Truedstorp, outside Ekeby, Sweden, and was the son of the merchant Nils Kull ...

as Count Claes af Lejonstam *

Ghita Nørby Ghita Nørby (born 11 January 1935) is a Danish actress with 117 film credits to her name from 1956 to 2005, making her one of the most active Danish actresses ever. Early life Nørby was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the daughter of opera singer ...

as Ida Friis *

Ole Søltoft Ole Søltoft (8 January 1941 – 9 May 1999 in Kolding) was a Denmark, Danish actor who became an icon of the 1970s wave of Danish erotic feature film comedies. For over a decade he starred or co-starred in nearly all notable films in this genre a ...

as Friis' søn *

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 i ...

as Valdemar Nystrøm * Henning Moritzen as Alex Maagenhjelm *

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'' ( ...

as von Schildpadde * Buster Larsen as Ludwig

References

External links

* * 1962 films 1962 comedy films Danish comedy films 1960s Danish-language films Films directed by Erik Balling {{1960s-Denmark-film-stub