Bodil Ipsen

Bodil Louise Jensen Ipsen was a Danish actress and film director, and is considered one of the great stars of Danish cinematic history.

Come Home With Me (1941)

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DIRECTION:  Benjamin Christensen
CAST:  Bodil Ipsen  •  Johannes Meyer  •  Grethe Holmer  •  Mogens Wieth

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DIRECTION:  Benjamin Christensen
CAST:  Bodil Ipsen  •  Johannes Meyer  •  Grethe Holmer  •  Mogens Wieth

Be Dear to Me (1957)

The Danish Ingen tid til Kaertegn (Be Dear to Me) is heavily reliant on the appeal of its star, 8-year-old Eva Cohn. Our heroine is the neglected child of a businessman father and actress mother. Feeling that happiness lies well outside her own backyard, Eva goes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annelise Hovmand
CAST:  Lily Weiding  •  Hans Kurt  •  Jørgen Reenberg  •  Bent Christensen

The Danish Ingen tid til Kaertegn (Be Dear to Me) is heavily reliant on the appeal of its star, 8-year-old Eva Cohn. Our heroine is the neglected child of a businessman father and actress mother. Feeling that happiness lies well outside her own backyard, Eva goes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annelise Hovmand
CAST:  Lily Weiding  •  Hans Kurt  •  Jørgen Reenberg  •  Bent Christensen

Faith, Hope and Witchcraft (1960)

In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean on the island of Troldø lives a single farming family. The grandmother Gunhild is the only woman on the island and her son Enok is unable to find a wife. Gunhild's advanced age causes her to worry for the future of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Balling
CAST:  Bodil Ipsen  •  Gunnar Lauring  •  Louis Miehe-Renard  •  Peter Malberg

In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean on the island of Troldø lives a single farming family. The grandmother Gunhild is the only woman on the island and her son Enok is unable to find a wife. Gunhild's advanced age causes her to worry for the future of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Balling
CAST:  Bodil Ipsen  •  Gunnar Lauring  •  Louis Miehe-Renard  •  Peter Malberg

Red Meadows (1945)

A suspense tale revolving around the memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a German war-time prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Poul Reichhardt  •  Preben Kaas  •  Lisbeth Movin  •  Per Buckhøj

A suspense tale revolving around the memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a German war-time prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Poul Reichhardt  •  Preben Kaas  •  Lisbeth Movin  •  Per Buckhøj

Besættelse (1944)

Den midaldrende manufakturhandler Jens Steen er på vej til sit sommerhus ved Vestkysten for at slappe af. Helt alene. Imens er 20-årige Else Petersen på spanden - og hun vejrer en ferie med alt betalt. Med klassisk kvindelist fedter hun sig ind hos Jens Steen, der ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Johannes Meyer  •  Berthe Qvistgaard  •  Aage Foss  •  Poul Reichhardt

Den midaldrende manufakturhandler Jens Steen er på vej til sit sommerhus ved Vestkysten for at slappe af. Helt alene. Imens er 20-årige Else Petersen på spanden - og hun vejrer en ferie med alt betalt. Med klassisk kvindelist fedter hun sig ind hos Jens Steen, der ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Johannes Meyer  •  Berthe Qvistgaard  •  Aage Foss  •  Poul Reichhardt

Derailed (1942)

A young woman of good family is driven into one of thieves and prostitutes and ends in suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Poul Reumert  •  Illona Wieselmann  •  Ebbe Rode  •  Johannes Meyer

A young woman of good family is driven into one of thieves and prostitutes and ends in suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Poul Reumert  •  Illona Wieselmann  •  Ebbe Rode  •  Johannes Meyer

Café Paradis (1950)

Café Paradis is an award-winning Danish film made in 1950, directed by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr., and written by Johannes Allen. The film received the Bodil Award for Film of the Year, and Ib Schønberg, for what is regarded his finest performance, received ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Poul Reichhardt  •  Ingeborg Brams  •  Ib Schønberg  •  Karin Nellemose

Café Paradis is an award-winning Danish film made in 1950, directed by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr., and written by Johannes Allen. The film received the Bodil Award for Film of the Year, and Ib Schønberg, for what is regarded his finest performance, received ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Poul Reichhardt  •  Ingeborg Brams  •  Ib Schønberg  •  Karin Nellemose

Melody of a Murder (1944)

A 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Gull-Maj Norin  •  Poul Reichhardt  •  Angelo Bruun  •  Else Petersen

A 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Gull-Maj Norin  •  Poul Reichhardt  •  Angelo Bruun  •  Else Petersen

The Face of Truth (1951)

Lau Lauritzen plays an ordinary architect, with a wife and a son. He gets accused for killing a 10-year old girl, and of course nobody doubts he's the one. Even his wife and his uncle has trouble believing him, but at least they don't tell him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Grethe Thordahl  •  Ib Schønberg  •  Lisbeth Movin

Lau Lauritzen plays an ordinary architect, with a wife and a son. He gets accused for killing a 10-year old girl, and of course nobody doubts he's the one. Even his wife and his uncle has trouble believing him, but at least they don't tell him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Grethe Thordahl  •  Ib Schønberg  •  Lisbeth Movin

The Golden Smile (1935)

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DIRECTION:  Pál Fejős
CAST:  Bodil Ipsen  •  Helen von Münchofen  •  John Price  •  Carl Alstrup

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DIRECTION:  Pál Fejős
CAST:  Bodil Ipsen  •  Helen von Münchofen  •  John Price  •  Carl Alstrup

Bolettes Brudefærd (1938)

I en lille sjællandsk landsby, hvor alt tilsyneladende er lutter idyl, lever syersken Bolette Jensen, en djærv kvinde, som har gjort sine bitre erfaringer og nu er frygtet for sin skarpe tunge. Bolette plejer at sige sin mening uden omsvøb, og da sandheden som ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emanuel Gregers
CAST:  Bodil Ipsen  •  Peter Malberg  •  Pouel Kern  •  Sigurd Langberg

I en lille sjællandsk landsby, hvor alt tilsyneladende er lutter idyl, lever syersken Bolette Jensen, en djærv kvinde, som har gjort sine bitre erfaringer og nu er frygtet for sin skarpe tunge. Bolette plejer at sige sin mening uden omsvøb, og da sandheden som ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emanuel Gregers
CAST:  Bodil Ipsen  •  Peter Malberg  •  Pouel Kern  •  Sigurd Langberg

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DIRECTION:  Emanuel Gregers
CAST:  Bodil Ipsen  •  Marguerite Viby  •  Peter Malberg  •  Valdemar Møller

Forellen (1942)

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DIRECTION:  Emanuel Gregers
CAST:  Emanuel Gregers  •  Bodil Ipsen  •  Grethe Holmer  •  Ejner Federspiel

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DIRECTION:  Emanuel Gregers
CAST:  Emanuel Gregers  •  Bodil Ipsen  •  Grethe Holmer  •  Ejner Federspiel

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DIRECTION:  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Mogens Wieth  •  Bodil Kjer  •  Gull-Maj Norin  •  Ib Schønberg

Drama på slottet (1943)

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DIRECTION:  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Gull-Maj Norin  •  Bodil Kjer  •  Mogens Wieth  •  Angelo Bruun

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DIRECTION:  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Gull-Maj Norin  •  Bodil Kjer  •  Mogens Wieth  •  Angelo Bruun

Wedding Night (1947)

It is a great day for Albert and Yvonne. They will finally get divorced. Together with their lawyers they celebrate their new happy lives without each other, and all the fighting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Max Hansen  •  Sickan Carlsson  •  Inga Landgré  •  Lauritz Falk

It is a great day for Albert and Yvonne. They will finally get divorced. Together with their lawyers they celebrate their new happy lives without each other, and all the fighting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Max Hansen  •  Sickan Carlsson  •  Inga Landgré  •  Lauritz Falk

The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman (1948)

On the 9th of April 1940, the crew of a Danish merchant ship receives the news of Germany's invasion of Denmark. Instead of returning home, they vote in favor of setting course for England. The crew will undergo much hardship over the next five years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Poul Reichhardt  •  Lisbeth Movin  •  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Johannes Meyer

On the 9th of April 1940, the crew of a Danish merchant ship receives the news of Germany's invasion of Denmark. Instead of returning home, they vote in favor of setting course for England. The crew will undergo much hardship over the next five years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Bodil Ipsen
CAST:  Poul Reichhardt  •  Lisbeth Movin  •  Lau Lauritzen Jr.  •  Johannes Meyer

Madsalune (1923)

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DIRECTION:  Emanuel Gregers
CAST:  Bodil Ipsen  •  Grethe Rygaard  •  Aage Fønss  •  Gerhard Jessen

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DIRECTION:  Emanuel Gregers
CAST:  Bodil Ipsen  •  Grethe Rygaard  •  Aage Fønss  •  Gerhard Jessen

Frie Fugle (1922)

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DIRECTION:  Emanuel Gregers
CAST:  Aage Fønss  •  Bodil Ipsen  •  Frederik Jacobsen  •  Bertel Krause

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DIRECTION:  Emanuel Gregers
CAST:  Aage Fønss  •  Bodil Ipsen  •  Frederik Jacobsen  •  Bertel Krause

Lavinen (1920)

After years living in the province, the well-respected lawyer Poul Lindorph returns to the capital. While he is expected to take up the post of Director of Public Prosecutions, his wife Maria is far less enthusiastic about returning to the city. She fears bumping ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emanuel Gregers
CAST:  Jon Iversen  •  Bodil Ipsen  •  Arne Weel  •  Carl Lauritzen

After years living in the province, the well-respected lawyer Poul Lindorph returns to the capital. While he is expected to take up the post of Director of Public Prosecutions, his wife Maria is far less enthusiastic about returning to the city. She fears bumping ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emanuel Gregers
CAST:  Jon Iversen  •  Bodil Ipsen  •  Arne Weel  •  Carl Lauritzen