Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt (7 July 1931 – 14 March 2018) was a Danish

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 guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

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. He has directed 32 films between 1957 and 1995. His 1964 film '' To'' was entered into the

15th Berlin International Film Festival The 15th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June to 6 July 1965. The festival started selecting the jury members on its own rather than countries sending designated representatives. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' Alph ...

. Two years later, his 1967 film ''

Story of Barbara ''Story of Barbara'' () is a 1967 Danish film directed by Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt. It was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Yvonne Ingdal as Barbara * Peter Steen as Finn * Ejner Federspiel Ejner Federspie ...

'' was entered into the

17th Berlin International Film Festival The 17th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1967. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' Le Départ'' directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festi ...

. In 1965 he co-produced the film ''

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'' and it was entered into the

4th Moscow International Film Festival The 4th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1965. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film ''War and Peace (film series), War and Peace'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and the Hungarian film ''Twenty Hours'' di ...

. Kjærulff-Schmidt died on 14 March 2018 after a short illness at the age of 86.Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt

Selected filmography

* ''

Bundfald ''Bundfald'' is a 1957 Danish crime drama film directed by Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt and Robert Saaskin. Cast * Birgitte Bruun as Rosa Jensen * Ib Mossin as Anton Hansen * Ghita Nørby as Else * Bent Christensen as Kaj Jensen * Lone Hertz as ...

'' (1957) * '' To'' (1964) * ''

'' (1965) * ''

Once There Was a War ''Once There Was a War'', published in 1958, is a collection of articles written by John Steinbeck while he was a special war correspondent A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war, war zone. War corresp ...

'' (1966) * ''

'' (1967) * '' Tukuma'' (1984)

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* 1931 births 2018 deaths Danish film directors Danish male screenwriters People from Esbjerg {{Denmark-film-director-stub