Torben Skjødt Jensen

Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier (1995)

Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors. Visually rich and densely layered, Carl Th. Dreyer—My Metier illuminates an artist too little understood and too important to overlook. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
CAST:  Henning Jensen  •  Henning Bendtsen  •  Helene Falconetti  •  Birgitte Federspiel

Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors. Visually rich and densely layered, Carl Th. Dreyer—My Metier illuminates an artist too little understood and too important to overlook. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
CAST:  Henning Jensen  •  Henning Bendtsen  •  Helene Falconetti  •  Birgitte Federspiel

The Tenth Muse (2004)

Set in Copenhagen in 1964, a personal drama evolves as a young film director tries to make a film about aging film star Asta Nielsen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
CAST:  Vera Gebuhr  •  Vivian Nielsen  •  Ole Lemmeke  •  Lene Tiemroth

Set in Copenhagen in 1964, a personal drama evolves as a young film director tries to make a film about aging film star Asta Nielsen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
CAST:  Vera Gebuhr  •  Vivian Nielsen  •  Ole Lemmeke  •  Lene Tiemroth

Væbnet med ord & vinger (2018)

A documentary about the Danish writer and poet Michael Strunge's life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
CAST:  Michael Strunge  •  Johnny Møller  •  Anne Bosse  •  Iben Seremet

A documentary about the Danish writer and poet Michael Strunge's life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
CAST:  Michael Strunge  •  Johnny Møller  •  Anne Bosse  •  Iben Seremet

Naughty Boy (1997)

A profile of Danish film-maker Ole Ege, whose work pushed the boundaries of acceptability when Denmark legalized pornography in 1969.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
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A profile of Danish film-maker Ole Ege, whose work pushed the boundaries of acceptability when Denmark legalized pornography in 1969.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
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More Sex Please, We're Scandinavians (2002)

Scandinavia has the reputation of being a land of beautiful natural blondes and midnight sex romps. This film, by Torben Skødt Jensen and Ghita Beckendorff, charts the history of attitudes to sex and reveals the reality to be somewhat more complicated.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen  •  Ghita Beckendorff
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Scandinavia has the reputation of being a land of beautiful natural blondes and midnight sex romps. This film, by Torben Skødt Jensen and Ghita Beckendorff, charts the history of attitudes to sex and reveals the reality to be somewhat more complicated.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen  •  Ghita Beckendorff
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Flâneur III: Benjamin's Shadow (1998)

A documentary on Walter Benjamin and his Passagenwerk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
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A documentary on Walter Benjamin and his Passagenwerk.  (more)

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Simons film (1999)

Documentary feature about the controversial and eccentric Simon Spies, Denmark's first charter travel magnate, featuring plentiful archive footage and source interviews.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
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Documentary feature about the controversial and eccentric Simon Spies, Denmark's first charter travel magnate, featuring plentiful archive footage and source interviews.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
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Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen (2003)

Documentary feature about film diva Asta Nielsen based in part on previously unseen material from private archives of Frede Smith.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
CAST:  Asta Nielsen

Documentary feature about film diva Asta Nielsen based in part on previously unseen material from private archives of Frede Smith.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torben Skjødt Jensen
CAST:  Asta Nielsen