''Jeppe på bjerget'' (English: Jeppe of the Hill) is a 1981 Danish film directed by

Kaspar Rostrup Kaspar Rostrup (born 27 April 1940) is a Danish film director. Two of his films won the Best Film prize at the Bodil Awards : '' Jeppe på bjerget'' (1981) and '' Waltzing Regitze'' (1989). The latter was also nominated for the Academy Award for ...

. The script, written by Henning Bahs, was based on a play of the same name by

Ludvig Holberg Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Denmark–Norway, Dano–Norwegian dual monarchy. He was infl ...

. The film was produced by

Nordisk Film Nordisk Film A/S () is a Danish entertainment company involved in film production and distribution and a subsidiary of Egmont Group. The multimedia entertainment company is also involved in television production, cinemas, computer games and ...

and debuted on 16 February 1981. It won three

Bodil Awards The Bodil Awards are the major Denmark, Danish film awards given by the Danish Film Critics Association. The awards are presented annually at a ceremony in Copenhagen. Established in 1948, it is one of the oldest film awards in Europe. The awards ...

: Best Film, Best Actor (for Buster Larsen) and Best Supporting Actor (for Kurt Ravn). It was also entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.

Cast

* Buster Larsen as Jeppe * Else Benedikte Madsen as Nille * Henning Jensen as Baronen * Kurt Ravn as Erik Lakaj * Benny Poulsen as Baronens sekretær * Paul Barfoed Møller as Jacob Skomager *

Axel Strøbye Axel Strøby Jacobsen (22 February 1928 – 12 July 2005), known as Axel Strøbye was a Danish stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1951 and 2000. He was born in the Copenhagen borough Frederiksberg and died in Char ...

as Ridefogeden *

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 Jacobæus Lakaj * Claus Ryskjær as Peter Kane Lakaj * Claus Nissen as Peder Hammer Lakaj * Benny Bjerregaard as Severin * Jonny Eliasen as Morten Lakaj * Frank Andersen as Jacob Lakaj * Ole Ishøy as Baron * Ove Verner Hansen as Baron

References

External links

* 1981 comedy films 1981 films Danish comedy films Danish films based on plays 1980s Danish-language films Best Danish Film Bodil Award winners Adaptations of works by Ludvig Holberg Danish-language comedy films {{1980s-Denmark-film-stub