Thomas is newly divorced and is borrowing Bibi & Asger's apartment. He goes to the doctor because he is feeling unwell and is given some pills. At home, he gets drunk and is visited by his upstairs neighbor. At the same time, Thomas is being stalked by an unknown man on the phone. When Thomas meets...
Bella is surrounded by external security, comfort, and expensive luxury. In her cold, unconnected everyday life, she randomly meets 20-year-old hippie Jacob. They share a sense of loneliness.
An uptight, confused man lives with his wife and maid next to a big tree. He suspects people live up in the tree when he keeps finding various items and trash under the tree. The government appointed street cleaner doesn't do much, except occasionally take trashy people off the street and into the...
In her husband's opinion, Nora spends too much money. When Nora receives a visit from Mrs. Linde, she confides a secret to her. Nora has borrowed money so that the family can go on vacation. However, her husband must not find out. Helmer has become the director of the bank where Krogstad works....
Mads' father’s company is too small for a proper Christmas tree party, so Mads decides to arrange his own for himself and his best friend. But arranging such a party is easier said than done. It involves theft, intrigue and deception. Can Mads overcome the difficulties, or will there be no...
In an old Jewish family in Copenhagen, with its loyalty and close-knit community, there are some challenges when they run into the world outside their family circle.
Daniel owns a shoe factory. He is in his fifties, married to Elisa, has a son who studies psychology and a mother who is at a nursing home. But when he applies for a life insurance his life changes. Because he has to undergo a number of health examinations, and maybe he is not what the insurance...
The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be married off to an unappealing but rich old man, Mr. Sleeman, at the instigation of her aunts who have taken charge of her. Bergman infuses the situation with overtones of rueful pessimism concerning life in general.
Architect William Sommer wants to organize his life in a practical and sensible way. Yet it is falling apart. His ex-wife will not settle for a check. His new, young girlfriend has a young man in tow. William feels sick to his stomach. He numbs the pain with alcohol. He feels like doing something...
"Parassiterne" is a 1958 TV film based on Carl Erik Soya's 1929 play. The story follows a group of con artists who live parasitically off others, hiding their true nature behind a facade of normalcy. The film is a stark caricature that exposes human nature and the hidden sides of society. Known for...
Danish adaptation of Pulman's 1959 dramatic debut about young Harvey Green (Baard Owe), whose life has reached a baffling crossroads. At seventeen, with his schooling over and his future uncertain, he lives with his widower father (Gunnar Lemvigh) and sister (Annegrethe Nissen) in a crumbling,...
Some young squatters have occupied a building that the insurance company wants to demolish, but Adam Berg hesitates to call the police on them. A difficult policyholder wants more money for a claim than the company has paid out. A former schoolmate pesters Adam to allow him to take out insurance he...
TV adaptation of Holberg's popular 1724 confusion comedy: Henrik (Paul Hagen) and Pernille (Birgitte Reimer) are two servants working for their respective lordships and they each independently fall for the temptation to put on the clothes of their lordships and pretend to be someone other than who...
The woman Winnie sinks deeper and deeper into a large pile of manure while talking to her husband and spouting an endless stream of trivialities. This is the simple plot of Samuel Beckett's world-famous classic of the theater of the absurd.