King Lear

King Lear 1971

6.60

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

1971

Temptation of B.

Temptation of B. 1990

5.50

The story of a writer who accidentally stumbles across the elixir of immortality and in doing so encounters the small group of immortals who have jealously guarded this secret for centuries. Once the writer has knowledge of this elixir, called 'Mafussalin', the group of five immortals give him a stark choice: either join them, with the price of admission, being a duel to the death between the immortal who accidentally gave the secret away or death at the hands of the group. As the writer makes up his mind, sometimes aided and at other times opposed by the ever shifting alliances from within the group, we discover how the other immortals became this way, their true ages and what they have done with this 'gift'.

1990

The Perfect Human

The Perfect Human 1968

6.70

An elegant and humorous film—in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise—spotlights "The Perfect Human," a model of the modern Dane created by our wishful thinking.

1968

The Mind Snatchers

The Mind Snatchers 1972

5.90

A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain.

1972

Swedish Fly Girls

Swedish Fly Girls 1971

5.20

A gorgeous Danish international stewardess flirts brashly with her male passengers then beds them one after another in her Copenhagen home.

1971

Doctor Glas

Doctor Glas 1968

6.30

Doctor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality.

1968

The First Circle

The First Circle 1973

1

The story of the life of a political prisoner in a Russian gulag. Based on the book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

1973

Boy of Two Worlds

Boy of Two Worlds 1959

5.30

A young orphan is sent to live in a Danish village where he is cast out because his mother was a West Indian. With nowhere to turn, the ingenious survivor begins devising a new life outside of town.

1959

Ophelia's Flowers

Ophelia's Flowers 1968

5.00

Jørgen Leth's experimental take on Ophelia's madness scene in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

1968

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To 1964

5.00

In this romantic drama, Niels (Jens Osterholm) is a petty thief and irresponsible lout who meets Lone (Yvonne Ingdal), a hospital lab assistant who is just the opposite of Niels. The two meet, fall in love, and must learn the old adage that opposites attract. The unenviable Niels and the model citizen Lone are helpless to fight their passionate chemistry when they are together.

1964

The Feelings Are the Same

The Feelings Are the Same 1972

1.00

Interview-based documentary about the conditions for gays and lesbians in Danish society.

1972

Driving in the Night

Driving in the Night 1968

1

Two men meet by incident on a ferry, and they happen to continue the journey to Copenhagen by the same car in the night. In an intense and silent struggle for power, the driving turns out hazardously and with an ending open for interpretation.

1968

ON VIT UNE ÉPOQUE FORMIDABLE

ON VIT UNE ÉPOQUE FORMIDABLE 1970

1

Mathieu is a successful young man. He has a beautiful girlfriend, a thriving company, a nice apartment and all that he desires. Until one day, he desires a little too much...

1970

Bag de ens facader

Bag de ens facader 1961

1

The immense population increase in Copenhagen mid of the 20th century requested new living space further from the city centre. The old town quarters of the danish capital offered neither enough space nor did they provide a life close to nature which was required especially by families with many children. Based on the so called „finger plan” from 1947 Copenhagen was enlarged along five radial traffic axes. Using the example of the estates Carlsrø in Rodøvre and Milestedet in Brøndbyøster "Bag de ens facader" documents life in a modern suburb.

1961