Solbjørg Højfeldt

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The Kingdom (1994)

Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget", a number of characters, staff and patients alike, encounter bizarre phenomena, both human and supernatural.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars von Trier
CAST:  Udo Kier  •  Ernst-Hugo Järegård  •  Laura Christensen  •  Baard Owe

Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget", a number of characters, staff and patients alike, encounter bizarre phenomena, both human and supernatural.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars von Trier
CAST:  Udo Kier  •  Ernst-Hugo Järegård  •  Laura Christensen  •  Baard Owe

Den ubetænksomme elsker (1982)

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DIRECTION:  Claus Ploug
CAST:  Dick Kaysø  •  Karen-Lise Mynster  •  Pia Vieth  •  Ghita Nørby

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DIRECTION:  Claus Ploug
CAST:  Dick Kaysø  •  Karen-Lise Mynster  •  Pia Vieth  •  Ghita Nørby

No Time for Love (2009)

Circumstances force the unstructured yet charming Danish Bohemian novelist, Simon, to share his flat in Copenhagen with the very organized and beautiful Swedish lawyer, Malou. Simon dreams of children and a family. Malou is solely focused on her career. Despite ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theis Mølstrøm Christensen
CAST:  Tuva Novotny  •  Dejan Čukić  •  Robert Hansen  •  Solbjørg Højfeldt

Circumstances force the unstructured yet charming Danish Bohemian novelist, Simon, to share his flat in Copenhagen with the very organized and beautiful Swedish lawyer, Malou. Simon dreams of children and a family. Malou is solely focused on her career. Despite ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theis Mølstrøm Christensen
CAST:  Tuva Novotny  •  Dejan Čukić  •  Robert Hansen  •  Solbjørg Højfeldt

Medea (1988)

It is an adaptation of the Greek tragedy Medea from Euripides, a version where the Gods willing and intervations are absent. Medea is the tragic character that after helping Jason in the Voyage of the Argonauts (myth says that she has even sacrificed her own ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars von Trier
CAST:  Udo Kier  •  Kirsten Olesen  •  Henning Jensen  •  Solbjørg Højfeldt

It is an adaptation of the Greek tragedy Medea from Euripides, a version where the Gods willing and intervations are absent. Medea is the tragic character that after helping Jason in the Voyage of the Argonauts (myth says that she has even sacrificed her own ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars von Trier
CAST:  Udo Kier  •  Kirsten Olesen  •  Henning Jensen  •  Solbjørg Højfeldt

Operation Cobra (1995)

A family is held prisoner in their own house, when a summit conference is to be held in Nærum. The terrorist group has the plan of preventing this meeting and therefor capturing a family, and their house until the conference is held. Frederik, the main character, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lasse Spang Olsen
CAST:  Kasper Tuxen  •  Dejan Čukić  •  Robert Hansen  •  Thomas Eje

A family is held prisoner in their own house, when a summit conference is to be held in Nærum. The terrorist group has the plan of preventing this meeting and therefor capturing a family, and their house until the conference is held. Frederik, the main character, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lasse Spang Olsen
CAST:  Kasper Tuxen  •  Dejan Čukić  •  Robert Hansen  •  Thomas Eje

The Wolf at the Door (1986)

Chronicling a period of time in Paul Gauguin's life, this film follows him through his struggles in love and the financial problems caused by the inability to sell his artwork.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henning Carlsen
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Valeri Glandut  •  Sofie Gråbøl  •  Max von Sydow

Chronicling a period of time in Paul Gauguin's life, this film follows him through his struggles in love and the financial problems caused by the inability to sell his artwork.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henning Carlsen
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Valeri Glandut  •  Sofie Gråbøl  •  Max von Sydow

Two Penny Dance (1999)

The story of Juliane, a young woman who learns how to take her fate in her own hands and to trust nobody but herself. The plot is set in the Copenhagen tenements of the 1880s. Juliane is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man who suffers extended periods of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Kristensen
CAST:  Mette Lisby  •  Pelle Koppel  •  Lars Simonsen  •  Bodil Jørgensen

The story of Juliane, a young woman who learns how to take her fate in her own hands and to trust nobody but herself. The plot is set in the Copenhagen tenements of the 1880s. Juliane is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man who suffers extended periods of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Kristensen
CAST:  Mette Lisby  •  Pelle Koppel  •  Lars Simonsen  •  Bodil Jørgensen

It's a World Full of Children (1980)

Susanne, a journalist, and Morten, a cellist, desperately want a child, but are unsuccessful. The situation leads to desperate acts, occasional drunkenness, and solace for her with a discreet lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aase Schmidt
CAST:  Karen-Lise Mynster  •  Jesper Christensen  •  Lane Lind  •  Per Pallesen

Susanne, a journalist, and Morten, a cellist, desperately want a child, but are unsuccessful. The situation leads to desperate acts, occasional drunkenness, and solace for her with a discreet lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aase Schmidt
CAST:  Karen-Lise Mynster  •  Jesper Christensen  •  Lane Lind  •  Per Pallesen

The Kingdom II (1997)

Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget", "Riget" means "the realm" or "the kingdom" and leads one to think of "dødsriget", the realm of the dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars von Trier  •  Morten Arnfred
CAST:  Udo Kier  •  Ernst-Hugo Järegård  •  Kirsten Rolffes  •  Holger Juul Hansen

Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget", "Riget" means "the realm" or "the kingdom" and leads one to think of "dødsriget", the realm of the dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars von Trier  •  Morten Arnfred
CAST:  Udo Kier  •  Ernst-Hugo Järegård  •  Kirsten Rolffes  •  Holger Juul Hansen

Motello (1998)

It all begins when ex-boxer and motel owner Ford Fordson wants to get a little workout Rocky-style in the kitchen meat locker. But the door falls shut, and only opens from the outside. Fordson deep-freezes to death. So his son Willy, who is also a boxer, comes home ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steen Rasmussen  •  Michael Wikke
CAST:  Allan Olsen  •  Sidse Babett Knudsen  •  Bent Warburg  •  Solbjørg Højfeldt

It all begins when ex-boxer and motel owner Ford Fordson wants to get a little workout Rocky-style in the kitchen meat locker. But the door falls shut, and only opens from the outside. Fordson deep-freezes to death. So his son Willy, who is also a boxer, comes home ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steen Rasmussen  •  Michael Wikke
CAST:  Allan Olsen  •  Sidse Babett Knudsen  •  Bent Warburg  •  Solbjørg Højfeldt

Stepping Out (1981)

Individually divorced and disillusioned, Jens and Karen meet and are drawn towards each other, but how does one go about courtship in a natural way, let alone a tangible relationship, in a time and age of general wisdom on every bookshelf? Surrounded by marital ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Esben Høilund Carlsen
CAST:  Solbjørg Højfeldt  •  Ole Ernst  •  Claus Nissen  •  Ulf Pilgaard

Individually divorced and disillusioned, Jens and Karen meet and are drawn towards each other, but how does one go about courtship in a natural way, let alone a tangible relationship, in a time and age of general wisdom on every bookshelf? Surrounded by marital ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Esben Høilund Carlsen
CAST:  Solbjørg Højfeldt  •  Ole Ernst  •  Claus Nissen  •  Ulf Pilgaard

The Boys from St. Petri (1991)

A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
CAST:  Nikolaj Lie Kaas  •  Tomas Villum Jensen  •  Karl Bille  •  Bent Mejding

A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
CAST:  Nikolaj Lie Kaas  •  Tomas Villum Jensen  •  Karl Bille  •  Bent Mejding

Zappa (1983)

Denmark, 1961. Bjørn, a middle-class boy in his early teens, wants to be accepted by Steen, a bullying peer of his with wealthy but freezingly cold parents. Bjørn's other good friend is Mulle, a cheerful and more childish working-class boy. All three seem friends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bille August
CAST:  Adam Tønsberg  •  Morten Hoff  •  Peter Reichhardt  •  Lone Lindorff

Denmark, 1961. Bjørn, a middle-class boy in his early teens, wants to be accepted by Steen, a bullying peer of his with wealthy but freezingly cold parents. Bjørn's other good friend is Mulle, a cheerful and more childish working-class boy. All three seem friends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bille August
CAST:  Adam Tønsberg  •  Morten Hoff  •  Peter Reichhardt  •  Lone Lindorff

Brothers (2004)

A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanne Bier
CAST:  Connie Nielsen  •  Ulrich Thomsen  •  Nikolaj Lie Kaas  •  Sarah Juel Werner

A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanne Bier
CAST:  Connie Nielsen  •  Ulrich Thomsen  •  Nikolaj Lie Kaas  •  Sarah Juel Werner

Flickering Lights (2000)

Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anders Thomas Jensen
CAST:  Søren Pilmark  •  Ulrich Thomsen  •  Mads Mikkelsen  •  Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anders Thomas Jensen
CAST:  Søren Pilmark  •  Ulrich Thomsen  •  Mads Mikkelsen  •  Nikolaj Lie Kaas

The Day Will Come (2016)

Set in the blooming 1960s, the film centres on two young brothers who are instantly robbed of their lives when they are placed in a boy's home forgotten by time. Armed only with a vivid imagination and a fickle hope, the boys engage in the frightening battle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesper W. Nielsen
CAST:  Lars Mikkelsen  •  Sofie Gråbøl  •  Harald Kaiser Hermann  •  Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt

Set in the blooming 1960s, the film centres on two young brothers who are instantly robbed of their lives when they are placed in a boy's home forgotten by time. Armed only with a vivid imagination and a fickle hope, the boys engage in the frightening battle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesper W. Nielsen
CAST:  Lars Mikkelsen  •  Sofie Gråbøl  •  Harald Kaiser Hermann  •  Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt

The Blessing (2009)

Overwhelmed and extra-sensitive, Katrine has a hard time coping when her more relaxed boyfriend, Andreas, takes a business trip just days after the birth of their first child. The fussy baby has difficulty breastfeeding, and vulnerable, insecure Katrine feels like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heidi Maria Faisst
CAST:  Lærke Winther  •  Mads Riisom  •  Solbjørg Højfeldt  •  Tina Gylling Mortensen

Overwhelmed and extra-sensitive, Katrine has a hard time coping when her more relaxed boyfriend, Andreas, takes a business trip just days after the birth of their first child. The fussy baby has difficulty breastfeeding, and vulnerable, insecure Katrine feels like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heidi Maria Faisst
CAST:  Lærke Winther  •  Mads Riisom  •  Solbjørg Højfeldt  •  Tina Gylling Mortensen

The Serbian Dane (2001)

Miniseries of 3 episodes of 50 minutes based on the bestseller by Leif Davidsen. Religious fanatics put a price on the head of the controversial Anglo-Iranian writer Sara Santanda. $ 4 million. Sarah decides to come out of hiding and face in Copenhagen. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacob Grønlykke
CAST:  Dejan Čukić  •  Lotte Andersen  •  Philip Zandén  •  Troels Lyby

Miniseries of 3 episodes of 50 minutes based on the bestseller by Leif Davidsen. Religious fanatics put a price on the head of the controversial Anglo-Iranian writer Sara Santanda. $ 4 million. Sarah decides to come out of hiding and face in Copenhagen. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacob Grønlykke
CAST:  Dejan Čukić  •  Lotte Andersen  •  Philip Zandén  •  Troels Lyby

Darling (2017)

The moving love story of a dancer on the rollercoaster ride of her life, a drama about the rise and fall of a modern woman as she summons the courage to face her greatest trial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Birgitte Stærmose
CAST:  Danica Ćurčić  •  Gustaf Skarsgård  •  Astrid Grarup Elbo  •  Ulrich Thomsen

The moving love story of a dancer on the rollercoaster ride of her life, a drama about the rise and fall of a modern woman as she summons the courage to face her greatest trial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Birgitte Stærmose
CAST:  Danica Ćurčić  •  Gustaf Skarsgård  •  Astrid Grarup Elbo  •  Ulrich Thomsen
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