Helene Egelund

Family Matters (1993)

Jan thinks he is Swedish-Danish, but after his mother's death he discovers he was adopted. As his world begins to fall apart, he decides to find his birth parents. The hunt leads him to Portugal - in a taxi - where more surprises await him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanne Bier
CAST:  Ghita Nørby  •  Ernst-Hugo Järegård  •  Philip Zandén  •  Ana Padrão

Jan thinks he is Swedish-Danish, but after his mother's death he discovers he was adopted. As his world begins to fall apart, he decides to find his birth parents. The hunt leads him to Portugal - in a taxi - where more surprises await him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanne Bier
CAST:  Ghita Nørby  •  Ernst-Hugo Järegård  •  Philip Zandén  •  Ana Padrão

Cecilie (2007)

Cecilie sees and hears things no one else does; places suddenly change appearance, people aren´t really there. One night she experiences a rape, but no traces are to be found. Her husband Mads commits her to a psychiatric hospital. With the help of a psychiatrist, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Fabian Wullenweber
CAST:  Sonja Richter  •  Anders W. Berthelsen  •  Lars Mikkelsen  •  Claus Riis Østergaard

Cecilie sees and hears things no one else does; places suddenly change appearance, people aren´t really there. One night she experiences a rape, but no traces are to be found. Her husband Mads commits her to a psychiatric hospital. With the help of a psychiatrist, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Fabian Wullenweber
CAST:  Sonja Richter  •  Anders W. Berthelsen  •  Lars Mikkelsen  •  Claus Riis Østergaard

Black Harvest (1993)

Family drama set in the Danish countryside in the turn of the century. A wealthy landowner is an evil and corrupt womaniser with several illegitimate offspring in addition to his beautiful family. Nobody stands up to him except his feisty 17-year-old daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anders Refn
CAST:  Ole Ernst  •  Sofie Gråbøl  •  Marika Lagercrantz  •  Philip Zandén

Family drama set in the Danish countryside in the turn of the century. A wealthy landowner is an evil and corrupt womaniser with several illegitimate offspring in addition to his beautiful family. Nobody stands up to him except his feisty 17-year-old daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anders Refn
CAST:  Ole Ernst  •  Sofie Gråbøl  •  Marika Lagercrantz  •  Philip Zandén

Carl, My Childhood Symphony (1994)

Combining the exultant sweep of epic period drama with the subtle intimacy of biography in a social perspective, this is a tale of materially impoverished childhood, struggling early manhood and an unrequited first love turned into good musical fortune for Carl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Clausen
CAST:  Morten Gundel  •  Anders Forchhammer  •  Nikolaj Lie Kaas  •  Stina Ekblad

Combining the exultant sweep of epic period drama with the subtle intimacy of biography in a social perspective, this is a tale of materially impoverished childhood, struggling early manhood and an unrequited first love turned into good musical fortune for Carl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Clausen
CAST:  Morten Gundel  •  Anders Forchhammer  •  Nikolaj Lie Kaas  •  Stina Ekblad

Freedom on Parole (2010)

When career criminal John - the character from Clausen's drama-comedy »Temporary Release« (2007) - is granted parole, he hastens to Jutland to visit his son who is in difficulty. John might be a dedicated father, a perfect employee, and a great line-dancer, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Clausen
CAST:  Erik Clausen  •  Helene Egelund  •  Jesper Asholt  •  Henrik Bruhn

When career criminal John - the character from Clausen's drama-comedy »Temporary Release« (2007) - is granted parole, he hastens to Jutland to visit his son who is in difficulty. John might be a dedicated father, a perfect employee, and a great line-dancer, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Clausen
CAST:  Erik Clausen  •  Helene Egelund  •  Jesper Asholt  •  Henrik Bruhn

The Great Day on the Beach (1991)

It is the adult Gustav Adolf, who tells the story of the momentous day when he as a little boy with his father and mother and the whole staircase, went to the beach to enjoy the pleasures of bathing. We are in 1930s working-class neighborhood in Copenhagen. In a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stellan Olsson
CAST:  Erik Clausen  •  Nina Gunke  •  Benjamin Rothenborg Vibe  •  Jesper Klein

It is the adult Gustav Adolf, who tells the story of the momentous day when he as a little boy with his father and mother and the whole staircase, went to the beach to enjoy the pleasures of bathing. We are in 1930s working-class neighborhood in Copenhagen. In a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stellan Olsson
CAST:  Erik Clausen  •  Nina Gunke  •  Benjamin Rothenborg Vibe  •  Jesper Klein

Barbara (1997)

Young vicar Mr. Paul arrives at the Faroe Islands to take up a benefice, and meets the young Barbara, twice married to vicars, and with both husbands laid cold in the grave. Despite the warnings of the surrounding community and his own religious scruples, he falls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nils Malmros
CAST:  Anneke von der Lippe  •  Lars Simonsen  •  Trond Høvik  •  Jesper Christensen

Young vicar Mr. Paul arrives at the Faroe Islands to take up a benefice, and meets the young Barbara, twice married to vicars, and with both husbands laid cold in the grave. Despite the warnings of the surrounding community and his own religious scruples, he falls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nils Malmros
CAST:  Anneke von der Lippe  •  Lars Simonsen  •  Trond Høvik  •  Jesper Christensen

1939 (1989)

When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Annika moves to Stockholm and gets a job as a waitress. She meets the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Göran Carmback
CAST:  Helene Egelund  •  Helena Bergström  •  Per Morberg  •  Ingvar Hirdwall

When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Annika moves to Stockholm and gets a job as a waitress. She meets the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Göran Carmback
CAST:  Helene Egelund  •  Helena Bergström  •  Per Morberg  •  Ingvar Hirdwall

Hold Me Tight (2010)

In the wake of a series of seemingly insignificant events, an ordinary school day for Sara, Mikkel, Louise and Hassan develops into a tragic turning point that changes everything forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Munk
CAST:  Julie Brochorst Andersen  •  Frederik Christian Johansen  •  Sofia Cukic  •  Hicham Najid

In the wake of a series of seemingly insignificant events, an ordinary school day for Sara, Mikkel, Louise and Hassan develops into a tragic turning point that changes everything forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Munk
CAST:  Julie Brochorst Andersen  •  Frederik Christian Johansen  •  Sofia Cukic  •  Hicham Najid

Zoomers (2009)

Tim and Alexander are best friends. Tim would really like to have a girlfriend and Alexander would like to do better in school. Together they design the perfect plan, all they now need is a cordless kettle, a tiny robot, a blueprint of their school and 100 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian E. Christiansen
CAST:  Frederik Ludvig Mansa  •  Sophus Emil Løkkegaard  •  Emilie Løvenstein Vegeberg  •  Josephine Hage Thomsen

Tim and Alexander are best friends. Tim would really like to have a girlfriend and Alexander would like to do better in school. Together they design the perfect plan, all they now need is a cordless kettle, a tiny robot, a blueprint of their school and 100 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian E. Christiansen
CAST:  Frederik Ludvig Mansa  •  Sophus Emil Løkkegaard  •  Emilie Løvenstein Vegeberg  •  Josephine Hage Thomsen

The Day We Died (2020)

Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on February 14th and 15th 2015.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ole Christian Madsen
CAST:  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Jakob Oftebro  •  Sonja Richter  •  Lars Brygmann

Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on February 14th and 15th 2015.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ole Christian Madsen
CAST:  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Jakob Oftebro  •  Sonja Richter  •  Lars Brygmann

Cavern (2017)

A solitary young woman has a strong desire for garbage. When her mother's exhibitionist tendencies are revealed by the neighbours, she is forced to deal with her own paraphilia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nilas Chamby-Rus
CAST:  Andreas Højlund Arnfred  •  Mei Long Bao  •  Marina Bouras  •  Helene Egelund

A solitary young woman has a strong desire for garbage. When her mother's exhibitionist tendencies are revealed by the neighbours, she is forced to deal with her own paraphilia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nilas Chamby-Rus
CAST:  Andreas Højlund Arnfred  •  Mei Long Bao  •  Marina Bouras  •  Helene Egelund

I mammas famn (2015)

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DIRECTION:  Beata Rappe
CAST:  Teresa Brolin Tani  •  Helene Egelund

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DIRECTION:  Beata Rappe
CAST:  Teresa Brolin Tani  •  Helene Egelund

A Taste of Hunger (2021)

Maggie and Carsten love each other, they have two wonderful children and run their own gourmet restaurant; Malus. They want it all. And they have it all. Almost. They are missing the coveted Michelin Star. It has been their dream, on which they gambled everything ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christoffer Boe
CAST:  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Charlie Gustafsson  •  Katrine Greis-Rosenthal  •  Dag Malmberg

Maggie and Carsten love each other, they have two wonderful children and run their own gourmet restaurant; Malus. They want it all. And they have it all. Almost. They are missing the coveted Michelin Star. It has been their dream, on which they gambled everything ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christoffer Boe
CAST:  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Charlie Gustafsson  •  Katrine Greis-Rosenthal  •  Dag Malmberg