Esper Hagen

Acting

Esper Hagen

Born May 17, 1948 · Aarhus, Danmark

Died January 24, 2015 · aged 66

Esper Hagen Andersen, der er søn af skuespillerinden Asta Esper Andersen og skuespilleren Paul Hagen, var elev af Gerda Gilboe og blev uddannet på Odense Teaters elevskole i årene 1968-1971. Han debuterede 14/9 1967 som Tommy i "Pippi Langstrømpe" på Det ny Teater i København. Han har siden haft engagementer på en række teatre og revyer bl.a. på Værkstedsteatret i Odense, Odense Teater 1970, A…

Known For

ForræderneForræderne · 1983
Forræderne
7.51983
MovieWarDrama
Two Danish youngsters see action in the USSR as volunteers in a special legion under German command in 1944-45. Returned to a camp in their native country, they go AWOL, having first killed a couple of officers. They are now being chased through a wintry Denmark by the German Army, Danish Quislings and the Danish freedom fighters. Love crosses their path when they take a Jewish girl as hostage.
Friends at Arms: On a Bear RunFriends at Arms: On a Bear Run · 1968
Friends at Arms: On a Bear Run
5.21968
MovieComedy
The German bear Fido from Münich is sweet, easygoing and nice, and just loves Danish soldiers. Thus, the bear marches together with the recruits and even wants to share their beds in this strange Danish comedy.
Bedside RomanceBedside Romance · 1973
Bedside Romance
4.71973
MovieComedyRomance
A girl inherits a string of industrial concerns that will become bankrupt by the inheritance tax unless the girl marries the son of the owner of a competing industrial concern.
Going for BrokeGoing for Broke · 1977
Going for Broke
6.81977
MovieComedyCrime
Three out of work actors breaks into a bank through the toilet of a railroad station.
How to Behave in a Fourposter BedHow to Behave in a Fourposter Bed · 1972
How to Behave in a Fourposter Bed
6.21972
MovieComedy
A police lieutenant woman goes undercover into a mansion where a couple maintains a school to teach young women how to catch a man... Especially if they are rich and into marriage. The courses include a number of disciplines, including judo and strip-tease.
Kniven i hjertetKniven i hjertet · 1981
Kniven i hjertet
8.51981
MovieDrama
A shy postman longing for a relationship is reading love letters he is supposed to deliver.
Droopy, Master DetectiveDroopy, Master Detective · 1993
Droopy, Master Detective
5.81993
SeriesAnimationComedy
Droopy, Master Detective is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera in association with Turner Entertainment. The show is a spin-off from Tom & Jerry Kids and was dropped from Fox's Saturday morning schedule on January 1, 1994. Months later, the series was aired on weekday afternoons in August and September 1994.
MatadorMatador · 1978
Matador
9.11978
SeriesDrama
Matador is a Danish TV series produced and shown between 1978 and 1982. It is set in the fictional Danish town of Korsbæk between 1929 and 1947. It follows the lives of a range of characters from across the social spectrum, focusing specifically on the rivalry between the families of two businessmen: The banker Hans Christian Varnæs, an established local worthy, and social climber Mads Skjern, who arrives in town as the series opens. The name Matador was taken from the localised edition of the boardgame Monopoly, also the series' tentative English title. In addition, in contemporary Danish a "matador" is often used to describe a business tycoon, in the series referring to the character of Mads Skjern and his craftiness as a self-made entrepreneur. Directed by famed Danish film maker Erik Balling, Matador was the idea of author Lise Nørgaard who wrote the bulk of the episodes alongside Karen Smith, Jens Louis Petersen and Paul Hammerich. The series is one of the most well-known and popular examples of Danish television and represents the peak of longtime development of Danish TV drama by the public service channel Danmarks Radio. The series has become part of the modern self-understanding of Danes, partly because of its successful mix of melodrama and a distinct warm Danish humour in the depiction of characters, which were portrayed by a wide range of the most popular Danish actors at the time; but also not least because of its accurate portrayal of a turbulent Denmark from around the start of the Great Depression and through Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in World War II.

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MatadorMatador · 1978
Matador
9.11978
SeriesDrama
Matador is a Danish TV series produced and shown between 1978 and 1982. It is set in the fictional Danish town of Korsbæk between 1929 and 1947. It follows the lives of a range of characters from across the social spectrum, focusing specifically on the rivalry between the families of two businessmen: The banker Hans Christian Varnæs, an established local worthy, and social climber Mads Skjern, who arrives in town as the series opens. The name Matador was taken from the localised edition of the boardgame Monopoly, also the series' tentative English title. In addition, in contemporary Danish a "matador" is often used to describe a business tycoon, in the series referring to the character of Mads Skjern and his craftiness as a self-made entrepreneur. Directed by famed Danish film maker Erik Balling, Matador was the idea of author Lise Nørgaard who wrote the bulk of the episodes alongside Karen Smith, Jens Louis Petersen and Paul Hammerich. The series is one of the most well-known and popular examples of Danish television and represents the peak of longtime development of Danish TV drama by the public service channel Danmarks Radio. The series has become part of the modern self-understanding of Danes, partly because of its successful mix of melodrama and a distinct warm Danish humour in the depiction of characters, which were portrayed by a wide range of the most popular Danish actors at the time; but also not least because of its accurate portrayal of a turbulent Denmark from around the start of the Great Depression and through Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in World War II.

Arnold Vinter