''Katinka'' ( da, Ved vejen, sv, Vid vägen) is a 1988 Danish-Swedish

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directed by

Max von Sydow Max von Sydow ( , ; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television ...

and starring

Tammi Øst Tammi Øst (born 1 October 1958) is a Danish actress. Øst was born in Copenhagen, and was trained at the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance in 1982. In 1988 she played the leading role of Katinka in Max von Sydow's film o ...

. Based on

Herman Bang Herman Joachim Bang (20 April 1857 – 29 January 1912) was a Danish journalist and author, one of the men of the Modern Breakthrough. Biography Bang was born in Asserballe, on the small Danish island of Als, the son of a South Jutlandic vicar ...

's novel '' Ved Vejen'' (1886) which is included in the

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, it was screened in the

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section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. At the 24th Guldbagge Awards it won the award for

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and Von Sydow won the award for

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Cast

as Katinka *

Ole Ernst Ole Ernst Pedersen (16 May 1940 – 1 September 2013) was a Danish actor, active on stage, TV and film. He appeared in 95 films and television shows from 1967 to 2013. He starred in the 1983 film '' Der er et yndigt land'', which won an Hono ...

as Bai *

Kurt Ravn Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...

as Wilhelm Huus * Erik Paaske as Linde * Anne Grete Hilding as Mrs. Linde * Tine Miehe-Renard as Agnes *

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 Helene * Birthe Backhausen as Mrs. Abel * Bodil Lassen as Louise Abel *

Vibeke Hastrup Vibeke Hastrup (born 7 April 1958 in Denmark) is a Danish actress who has worked in theatre, television and film. She performed in the films ''Babette's Feast'' and ''Dance of the Polar Bears'', and has done numerous voice-overs for animated fea ...

as Ida Abel *

Henrik Koefoed Henrik Koefoed (born 25 November 1955) is a Danish actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1979. Selected filmography References External links * 1955 births Living people Danish male film actors People from Vordingborg ...

as Bentsen *

Kim Harris Kim Harris (born 24 January 1952) is an Australian cricketer. He played in eleven first-class matches for South Australia between 1981 and 1984. See also * List of South Australian representative cricketers This is a list of cricketers who ...

as Togfører * Kjeld Nørgaard as Kiær *

Birgitte Bruun Birgitte Price (earlier known as Birgitte Bruun; 29 April 1934 – 17 July 1997) was a Danish actress of the 1950s and 1960s. Filmography *''Det store løb'' (1952) *''Far til fire'' (1953) *'' Farlig Ungdom'' (1953) *''Father of Four in the S ...

as Emma *

Dick Kaysø Dick Kaysø, (born 13 February 1947) is a Danish actor. Filmography * '' Mafiaen, det er osse mig'' (1974) * '' Piger i trøjen'' (1975) * ''Strømer'' (1976) * '' Julefrokosten'' (1976) * '' Affæren i Mølleby'' (1976) * ' (1976) * ' (1976 ...

as Andersen *

Paul Hüttel Paul Hüttel (born 13 July 1935) is a Danish actor. He has appeared in over 50 films and television shows since 1960. He starred in the 1969 film '' Ballad of Carl-Henning'', which was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival. ...

as Doktor *

Søren Sætter-Lassen Søren Sætter-Lassen (born 11 July 1955) is a Danish stage, film and television actor. Filmography Awards * 2000: Reumert award for best supporting actor, ''Don Carlos'' * 2010: Reumert award The Reumert Award (Danish: Årets Reumert) ...

as The Lieutenant

References

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* * 1988 films 1988 drama films 1988 directorial debut films 1980s Danish-language films Films based on works by Herman Bang Films based on Danish novels Films directed by Max von Sydow Danish drama films Best Film Guldbagge Award winners Films whose director won the Best Director Guldbagge Award Swedish drama films 1980s Swedish films {{1980s-Sweden-film-stub