Acting
Jørgen Buckhøj
Born January 10, 1935 · Aarhus, Danmark
Died April 14, 1994 · aged 59
Jørgen Buckhøj was a Danish actor, working on stage, TV and film. He is best known as the title character Mads Skjern in Matador. He appeared in 38 films between 1953 and 1977.
Known For
Sorte Shara · 1961Sorte Shara
★ 6.71961
MovieHistoryWar
Based on a true story from the fateful day of August 29, 1943, when the Germans disarmed the Danish army and navy. The minesweeper MS 1 plays the leading role in the film about the ship that refused to surrender. The commander, Captain U.H. Gad, camouflaged the boat as a tugboat under the name 'Sorte Shara'. With Sweden as its destination, the boat set sail and experienced hours of excitement as it approached the German observation posts.
The Key to Paradise · 1970The Key to Paradise
★ 5.31970
MovieFamilyComedy
An unconventional parish priest runs a highly successful travel agency. The chairman of the parish council plots against him, and his problems are compounded when, during a trip to the Costa del Sol, he meets Gaby, a girl he has been in love with in several previous lives.
Syg og Munter · 1974Syg og Munter
★ 7.01974
MovieComedyTV Movie
Arntsen takes things and people around him too seriously, and has therefore been awarded a disability pension. And he is not exactly clairvoyant either. But that may come, and often with female help from, for example, Vaskemutter, for whom he does the laundry, or Mette, who has her own problems and accepts him as he is – even without clothes.
Gudrun · 1963Gudrun
★ 7.51963
MovieDramaRomance
Danish drama about a young woman's rites of passage in finding romance.
I kongens klæ'r · 1954I kongens klæ'r
★ 6.61954
MovieComedyCrime
Kjeld Petersen plays a merchant who has stolen his clothes when he is out take a dip in the Sound. He stopped by the police, and they find a call to military service in his pocket, after further complications lands him at the barracks, where he came under the loving care of 66 (Dirch compatible) and 65 (Ove Sprogø). So the stage is set for lots of fun and games, in the right old style.
Skibet er ladet med.. · 1960Skibet er ladet med..
★ 5.31960
MovieComedy
"The ship is loaded with" four angry young men, an original skipper, a fashion model, a radio station, a pirate flag and various musical instruments. And the ship is at anchor in international waters and can not sail forward or backward. On the other hand it can emit radio advertising, and it does.
The Only Way · 1970The Only Way
★ 6.31970
MovieDramaWar
In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised peaceful cooperation on the condition that Denmark's Jews remained free. The Nazis agreed. In October 1943, the agreement was broken... This is the true and magnificent saga of Denmark's valorous actions to save Danish Jews from Nazi extermination at peril of death!
Værelset · 1970Værelset
★ 7.01970
MovieDrama
The married couple Pierre and Eva live in a conventional middle-class environment, but Pierre increasingly feels alienated from people and things.
Movies
Sorte Shara · 1961Sorte Shara
★ 6.71961
MovieHistoryWar
Based on a true story from the fateful day of August 29, 1943, when the Germans disarmed the Danish army and navy. The minesweeper MS 1 plays the leading role in the film about the ship that refused to surrender. The commander, Captain U.H. Gad, camouflaged the boat as a tugboat under the name 'Sorte Shara'. With Sweden as its destination, the boat set sail and experienced hours of excitement as it approached the German observation posts.
The Key to Paradise · 1970The Key to Paradise
★ 5.31970
MovieFamilyComedy
An unconventional parish priest runs a highly successful travel agency. The chairman of the parish council plots against him, and his problems are compounded when, during a trip to the Costa del Sol, he meets Gaby, a girl he has been in love with in several previous lives.
Syg og Munter · 1974Syg og Munter
★ 7.01974
MovieComedyTV Movie
Arntsen takes things and people around him too seriously, and has therefore been awarded a disability pension. And he is not exactly clairvoyant either. But that may come, and often with female help from, for example, Vaskemutter, for whom he does the laundry, or Mette, who has her own problems and accepts him as he is – even without clothes.
Gudrun · 1963Gudrun
★ 7.51963
MovieDramaRomance
Danish drama about a young woman's rites of passage in finding romance.
I kongens klæ'r · 1954I kongens klæ'r
★ 6.61954
MovieComedyCrime
Kjeld Petersen plays a merchant who has stolen his clothes when he is out take a dip in the Sound. He stopped by the police, and they find a call to military service in his pocket, after further complications lands him at the barracks, where he came under the loving care of 66 (Dirch compatible) and 65 (Ove Sprogø). So the stage is set for lots of fun and games, in the right old style.
Skibet er ladet med.. · 1960Skibet er ladet med..
★ 5.31960
MovieComedy
"The ship is loaded with" four angry young men, an original skipper, a fashion model, a radio station, a pirate flag and various musical instruments. And the ship is at anchor in international waters and can not sail forward or backward. On the other hand it can emit radio advertising, and it does.
The Only Way · 1970The Only Way
★ 6.31970
MovieDramaWar
In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised peaceful cooperation on the condition that Denmark's Jews remained free. The Nazis agreed. In October 1943, the agreement was broken... This is the true and magnificent saga of Denmark's valorous actions to save Danish Jews from Nazi extermination at peril of death!
Værelset · 1970Værelset
★ 7.01970
MovieDrama
The married couple Pierre and Eva live in a conventional middle-class environment, but Pierre increasingly feels alienated from people and things.
Friends at Arms: On Autumn Exercises · 1961Friends at Arms: On Autumn Exercises
★ 6.01961
MovieComedyWar
The old comrades are called up for three weeks of autumn maneuvers. They are usually more interested in beer, girls, and cheerful music, but Sergeant Vældegaard is determined to scrape the civilian rust off the "boys." Their old friends from their days as recruits have remained in the system as platoon leaders and sergeants, respectively, but that does not dampen the fun. In the heat of battle, the schoolteacher finds time to flirt with his Lotte Corps colleague Birthe.
Six Kids and the Honeymooners · 1967Six Kids and the Honeymooners
★ 6.01967
MovieFamilyComedy
Erik and Lisbeth are getting married and then honeymoon to Austria. When Mom and Dad need to have another baby, the four small decides to go on the honeymoon as well. They hide in the caravan and come unseen to Austria. Since they do not have passports, Erik can not just send them home. The children are only listed in their mother's passport and she is in the hospital giving birth. Lisbeth and Erik have to take care of the kids. It provides a lot of fun entanglements between the wedding couple and the children. Erik and Lisbeth doing now what they can just get a few moments alone. However, there is always something, so it will be an unforgettable honeymoon with my sister's children.
Pretty-Arne and Rosa · 1967Pretty-Arne and Rosa
★ 5.91967
MovieComedyCrime
Denmark, 1967. In the midst of a cultural renaissance, all cultured people want to support Danish cinema, especially when it receives funding from the film fund to shoot scenes on location in a bank. The respectable bankers naturally agree to play extras in their own bank and be a little cultured for just one evening. No one suspects that the film's script is the work of "Grosserer Nielsen" from Vesterport, alias "Smukke Arne." No one suspects why "Karate Smutti" is having a field day teaching physical exercises. No one suspects why little Mrs. Jensen in the attic across from Aktiebanken has two nice lodgers. No one knows why Rosa—Dad's own pet—is fussing over her window boxes in the porch. WHO relieved Aktiebanken of 2 million stray dollars is a mystery—except to Judge Vinter. But Handsome Arne and Rose are enjoying an expensive and wonderful vacation—far, far, far away from Denmark.
Sin Alley · 1957Sin Alley
★ 4.91957
MovieDramaCrime
A fresh faced country boy comes to Copenhagen looking for a job and falls in with a group of hoodlums who use him as bait to lure older gay men they can rob and blackmail.
Ved Kongelunden... · 1953Ved Kongelunden...
★ 6.71953
MovieFamilyComedy
The good people of a small community in the countryside near Copenhagen enjoy life and find their way to love.
Think of a Number · 1969Think of a Number
★ 6.31969
MovieDramaCrime
The story opens just before Christmas, when solitary, apathetic bank clerk Flemming Borck uncovers a plot to rob his bank. After doing a little rookie recon, Borck identifies the would-be bank robber as a faux shopping-mall Santa Claus, and counter-plots to steal the money himself and let Santa take the blame. This works out about as badly as you might imagine, and our bumbling protagonist spirals further and further away from the carefree, laconic lifestyle he had hoped to ensure for himself.
Jetpiloter · 1961Jetpiloter
★ 5.41961
MovieActionFamily
Two brothers, Ras and Jan, have always been together during the long training to become jet pilots in the Danish Airforce. They both join squadron 793, where they will serve on active duty under the the young and very energetic squadron leader, Captain Tom Jessen.
6-Day Race · 19586-Day Race
★ 8.01958
MovieDrama
Semi documentary on a famous cycle race in Copenhagen. The story is about the competition between the riders as well as about their private and marital struggles.
Watch Your Back, Professor! · 1977Watch Your Back, Professor!
★ 5.01977
MovieComedyCrime
When a boring collage professor is mistaken for his cousin, he gets into all kinds of trouble, with hilarious results.
Landsbylægen · 1961Landsbylægen
★ 5.21961
MovieFamilyComedy
The old doctor, Dr. Bonnesen, is a tired old man. He wants to sell his practice and has been corresponding with the young doctor Jens Winther. Jens arrives in Fjorslev to discuss a possible takeover of Bonnesen's practice and his patients. Bonnesen's beautiful young housekeeper, Anne Mette Krogh, welcomes him. Bonnesen takes a liking to Jens Winther and makes him an offer he cannot refuse.
Gengæld · 1955Gengæld
★ 6.31955
MovieDramaCrime
In one of Copenhagen's suburbs stands a large house, a villa-like property. The house is owned by the widow Elise Thomsen, who lives on the ground floor with her adult son, Eigil. Mrs. Thomsen rents out most of the villa. On the first floor lives the author Stefan Donner with his wife Lili and their 9-year-old son, Peter. Donner is talented but poor. The financial pressure on him and his family is getting on his nerves.
Bella · 1970Bella
★ 9.01970
MovieDramaComedy
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.
Father of Four: In the Snow · 1954Father of Four: In the Snow
★ 6.31954
MovieFamilyComedy
Ib Schønberg is again the kindly father - and now he is crowned "the ideal driver". This means that he can take all his four children to winter holiday in Norway.
Dust for all the Money · 1963Dust for all the Money
★ 6.51963
MovieFamilyComedy
A group of residents in the Copenhagen suburb of Solvænget decide to buy a farm in order to become self-sufficient in vegetables and other goodies. Unfortunately, farm life turns out to be much more strenuous and difficult than the small group of city dwellers had imagined.
Anne og Paul · 1975Anne og Paul
★ 7.31975
MovieDrama
Paul is a calm and sympathetic lawyer who senses from the outset that his wife Anne has found herself a boyfriend. But he doesn't say anything—not until she says something.
Father of Four: The Whole Shebang · 1961Father of Four: The Whole Shebang
★ 5.21961
MovieMusicComedy
Tiny Per has come of school age, and he has certainly not become any duller. He has joined a soccer team and they must play against the Swedes.
TV Shows
Matador · 1978Matador
★ 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.
The House at Christianshavn · 1970The House at Christianshavn
★ 8.01970
SeriesComedyDrama
The series follows the residents of an apartment building on Copenhagen's Christianshavn, as they go about their daily lives and challenges. There is Olsen, a mover with an old fashion view of the world, Clausen who runs the local pet shop, Egon the career focused assistant, their wives who work hard to keep their spouses lives together, the young couple Tue and Rikke who recently moved in, the hard working caretaker Meyer, who never puts in to much effort, and of course Emma, the innkeeper of Rottehullet, where all the important decisions are made while running up the bar tab.
The series was produced by Nordisk Film for Danmarks Radio TV station between the years 1970-77. The series' first director was Ebbe Langberg, then Erik Balling and Tom Hedegaard respectively. The series was conceived by an author team of well-known Danish authors such Leif Panduro, Benny Andersen, and Lise Nørgaard.
Strandvaskeren · 1978Strandvaskeren
★ 7.71978
SeriesCrime
The Gønge Chieftain · 1992The Gønge Chieftain
★ 9.01992
SeriesDrama
About when Sweden attacked Denmark in 1658.
Obs 86 - Show · 1986Obs 86 - Show
1986
SeriesFamily
Ka' De li' østers · 1967Ka' De li' østers
★ 7.31967
SeriesDramaCrime
A crime-series in six parts. A woman has been killed in a apartment. The murder squad are on the case.
Smuglerne · 1970Smuglerne
★ 7.01970
SeriesCrimeDrama