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- DirectorAsbjørn AndersenStarsBodil KjerEbbe RodeIb SchønbergA man and a woman form a team traveling round performing as a professional dancing couple who has difficulty making ends meet.
- DirectorLau LauritzenStarsMogens WiethBerthe QvistgaardInge Hvid-MøllerAfter 3 years of marriage with hard life and quarrels on a Danish farm, Annie shoots her husband Henrik's dog. In return, he shoots and kills her. He's on the run from the law. Writer Eva gives him shelter and sympathy.
- DirectorBodil IpsenLau LauritzenStarsIllona WieselmannEbbe RodePoul ReumertAn uptown girl loses her memory after getting a disturbing message from her doctor and ends up in the wrong part of town among criminals and prostitutes.
- DirectorPalle Kjærulff-SchmidtRobert SaaskinStarsBirgitte PriceIb MossinGhita NørbyDesperation has a good hold of the youngsters. There are no more than 30,000 teacherships. Young people from the province are flowing to Copenhagen in the hope that the possibilities are greater there.
- DirectorBodil IpsenStarsJohannes MeyerBerthe QvistgaardAage FønssThe middle-aged manufacturer Jens Steen is on his way to his summer house by the sea to rest for a few days. All alone. At the same time, the 20-year-old Else Petersen is out on the road hitchhiking - in search of a free holiday. Jens gives Else a lift. She accompanies him to the summer house. It will be crucial moments in his life; he is immediately obsessed with Else's beauty and youth.
- DirectorBodil IpsenLau LauritzenStarsPoul ReichhardtIb SchønbergIngeborg BramsThis is the story of two different men and their struggle against alcoholism.
- DirectorBodil IpsenLau LauritzenStarsLau LauritzenJohannes MeyerLisbeth MovinTroels is a young, idealistic architect who one day wakes up to a true nightmare: To be accused of abusing and killing a 10-year-old girl. His wife, father and other loved ones react very differently. Meanwhile, Troels goes through a hell that threatens to change him forever.
- DirectorLau LauritzenStarsIb MossinBirgitte PricePer LauesgaardEgon, a young man from Jutland living with relatives in Copenhagen, meets sensible young girl Ruth and falls in love. But Egon is involved with a gang of criminals, and when they assault a man they meet in a bar they are caught by the police. Egon is sent to a juvenile home, but can he stay out of trouble?
- DirectorArne WeelStarsEllen Margrethe SteinBeatrice BonnesenPouel KernErik Hansen (Pouel Kerrn) is heavily indebted three years after he financed his wedding through shady loans from a loan shark. To solve the situation, he is coerced to make decisions that end up digging his own hole only deeper and deeper.
- DirectorJohan JacobsenStarsBirgitte FederspielPreben Lerdorff RyeVictor MontellA stranger - a fugitive, a sought-after - walks through a deserted landscape a late rainy day in August 1947. He reaches the sea, walks along the beach, the waves scream. He is lost. As it's getting dark he finds shelter in a lonely cottage where a mysterious woman lives alone.
- DirectorAlice O'FredericksStarsSigfred JohansenGrethe HolmerTavs NeiiendamUnder the guise of being a family man and a businessman, the mass murderer Hr. Petit methodical and discreet: He chooses lonely women with money in the bank book, wins their trust and then takes both their savings and their lives. But can he continue undetected as the number of corpses increases?
- DirectorSven MethlingStarsPreben Lerdorff RyeIb SchønbergEllen GottschalchTwo officers find the body of a young woman in the water of the Copenhagen Christianhavn district.
- DirectorAstrid Henning-JensenBjarne Henning-JensenStarsEbbe RodePreben NeergaardLily WeidingDanish noir crime drama with a poetic nerve. Two boys, Kristinus and Jakob (Rode and Neergaard) experienced a loveless and abusive childhood. Now as grown-ups, they are acting outside the law.
- DirectorAage WiltrupStarsPreben Lerdorff RyeAnne-Marie JuhlErik MørkCan you make the perfect crime? This movie is about that it is the small things, that decide if the plan will put people in jail or make the perfect crime.
- DirectorArne WeelStarsEjner FederspielHelga FrierVera Gebuhr
- DirectorBodil IpsenStarsGull-Maj NorinPoul ReichhardtAngelo BruunA woman is found strangled in her shop. Shortly after, another murder is committed. Perhaps the most terrifying is that the both girls' name is Sonja. The police is convinced it's the same killer and at each scene is heard a woman singing the same song. A song which is soon dubbed the 'murder melody'.
- DirectorJohan JacobsenStarsEbbe RodeTove MaësHans-Henrik KrauseThe police suspect smuggling, theft and black-market racketeering of insulin after investigating the murder of a user. The superintendent suspects someone only known as Nålen (the needle) to be behind it all.
- DirectorArne WeelStarsIb ConradiEbba NøragerOlaf UssingMurder who-done-it mystery taking place in a small inner city street and involving a colorful set of local characters.
- DirectorOle PalsboStarsEbbe RodeAgnes Thorberg WiethBjarne ForchhammerA shameless car salesman and womanizer Kurt (Ebbe Rode) is caught red handed when trying to cheat his way to the family fortune.
- DirectorAage WiltrupStarsSvend MethlingCarl HegerAnne-Marie JuhlGrethe moves from the country to Copenhagen with dreams of a better life. Here she meets the swindler Johan, who brings her into disability - so when her friend Anne Marie comes to town to look for Grethe, she has disappeared. Anne Marie does not give up so easily, but she must be careful not to fall into the traps of the big city and become one of the young girls who disappear in Copenhagen.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsMichael ElphickEsmond KnightMe Me LaiA cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.
- DirectorJohan JacobsenStarsMimi HeinrichHenrik Rosing WiehePoul ReichhardtThis noir drama has a double plot. A political thriller about sabotage on NATO transports. And a steamy love story with 19 y.o. Mimi Henrich showing all. First ever nude exposure in a Danish feature movie (causing quite a stir in its day).
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsJohn PayneAlexander KnoxConrad NagelWhen his sister is arrested in Denmark for murder, American cop Mike Brent aids Danish police with the case and stumbles upon a currency counterfeiting ring.
- DirectorPalle Kjærulff-SchmidtStarsHenning MoritzenBibi AnderssonPeter RonildA bank teller suspects an imminent bank robbery and stashes a fortune for himself. When the bank robber later discovers that he's been had, he threatens the teller and a game of cat and mouse begins.