''Death Comes at High Noon'' () is a 1964 Danish

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

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 ...

and starring Poul Reichhardt.

Cast

* Poul Reichhardt as Peter Sander * Helle Virkner as Eva Lindberg *

Birgitte Federspiel Birgitte Federspiel (6 September 1925 –February 2, 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'').Jan Priiskorn-Schmidt as John Lindberg *

Morten Grunwald Walter Morten Grunwald (9 December 1934 – 14 November 2018) was a Danish actor, stage director and theatre manager. Early life and education He was born in Odense, Denmark, attended Odense Theatrical School in 1958, and graduated from the Roy ...

as Bertel Lindberg * Kirsten Søberg as Frk. Jørgensen * Karl Stegger as Overbetjent Duus Jensen * Pouel Kern as Overbetjent Hald * Gunnar Lauring as Doktor Lund *

Gunnar Strømvad Gunnar Strømvad (12 May 1908 – 6 December 1972) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1940 and 1971. Filmography * '' Den forsvundne fuldmægtig'' (1971) * '' Olsen-banden i Jylland'' (1971) * '' Ballade på Christia ...

as Autoforhandler H. F. Kærgaard * Ebba Amfeldt as Fru Kærgaard * Kai Holm as Tømmerhandleren * Einar Nørby as Lastbilchauffør * Johannes Meyer as Dr. Joachim Lindberg

Production

Much of the film was shot in or around the country house Tågegården at

Rågeleje Rågeleje is a former fishing village and popular tourist resort on the north coast of Zealand, midway between Gilleleje and Tisvildeleje, some 50 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. As of 2024, it had a population of 700. History The fishing vi ...

. Some of the forest scenes were shot at

Silkeborg Silkeborg () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 52,571 (1 January 2025).

References

External links

* 1964 films 1964 crime films 1960s Danish-language films Danish black-and-white films Danish crime films Films directed by Erik Balling Films with screenplays by Erik Balling {{1960s-Denmark-film-stub