Two Penny Dance

Two Penny Dance

1999 · 95 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama

The story of Juliane, a young woman who learns how to take her fate in her own hands and to trust nobody but herself. The plot is set in the Copenhagen tenements of the 1880s. Juliane is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man who suffers extended periods of insanity. They have two children. She struggles to improve her social status, however, striving to attain the level of her two elder sisters is not easy. The great upheaval comes when she meets Otto, a smith, younger than Juliane, and in many ways her opposite. He is an ardent socialist, whereas she believes in herself. It is love at first sight when they meet and waltz on the pavement, but their passion really bursts into flame as time goes by. At last Juliane has found a man as strong-willed as she is.

Directed by Hans Kristensen · Written by John Stefan Olsen

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Streaming

Rent or Buy

Cast

Mette Lisby Juliane Jensen
Pelle Koppel Otto Jensen
Lars Simonsen Simon Berggren
Bodil Jørgensen Josephine
Kristian Halken Linder
Sanne Grangaard Rikke
Thomas Eje Helbig
Allan Svensson Slagter Bengtsson
Birthe Neumann Madam Olsen
Claus Strandberg Vicevært Nielsen
Tinja Sterndorff Madam Nielsen
Anne Louise Hassing Madam Birk

Make it a double feature

Two Penny Dance

Juliane

Both from Hans Kristensen.

Klinkevals - JulianeSee all →

Juliane

Juliane · 2000

MovieDramaComedy

Christianshavn 1894 - Headstrong Juliane fights alongside her husband Otto for love and family in strike-ridden Christianshavn. The couple has been married for five years and has two children together. Trade union politics are taking up more and more of Otto's life, and Juliane cannot even get him to tone it down at family gatherings, so Juliane has her hands full keeping track of the home and the children. The family argues about big and small things, from the sisters' disagreement about women's liberation to Otto's political involvement.

More from Hans KristensenSee all →

Juliane

Juliane · 2000

MovieDramaComedy

Christianshavn 1894 - Headstrong Juliane fights alongside her husband Otto for love and family in strike-ridden Christianshavn. The couple has been married for five years and has two children together. Trade union politics are taking up more and more of Otto's life, and Juliane cannot even get him to tone it down at family gatherings, so Juliane has her hands full keeping track of the home and the children. The family argues about big and small things, from the sisters' disagreement about women's liberation to Otto's political involvement.

John, Alice, Peter, Susanne og lille Verner

John, Alice, Peter, Susanne og lille Verner · 1976

John, Alice, Peter, Susanne og lille Verner

Brødrene Mortensens Jul

Brødrene Mortensens Jul · 1998

Brødrene Mortensens Jul

SeriesFamilyComedy

Krummernes jul

Krummernes jul · 1996

SeriesFamilyComedy

Krummernes Christmas is a Danish TV Christmas calendar that was first broadcast on TV 2 in 1996 and re-broadcast on the same channel in 2001. The Christmas calendar is based on the books on Krummerne

Bertram & Co

Bertram & Co · 2002

MovieComedyFamily

Bertram and his family seek compensation after being swindled by a shop manager. George, a relative of Bertram's, has an idea when he discovers that the shop will display the most valuable diamond in the world.

Undskyld vi er her

Undskyld vi er her · 1980

Undskyld vi er her

A farce about cousins Aage and Viggo, whom Aage's girlfriend Else no longer wants living with them. The cousins then become embroiled in a rebellion against their workplace, Multi-Max, and against society in general, with chaotic consequences.

Mors dag

Mors dag · 1996

Dummy Partner

Dummy Partner · 1976

The last part of the trilogy about the Vesterbro Root Per, which differs from "The Flight" (1973) and "Per" (1975) by being more comedy. Per has become socially adapted, he gets married and gets permanent work. In his rise live two originals, Kasper and his blind friend Holger, who are busy revealing housing fraud in the neighborhood.

The Olsen Gang in Jutland

The Olsen Gang in Jutland · 1971

The Olsen Gang in Jutland

MovieFamilyComedy

The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Prison. He has found out that the Germans left a large sum of money (in American dollars and gold bars) in one of their commando bunkers, when they were defeated in 1945; the only problem it's in Jutland. Egon, Benny and Kjeld "appropriate" a car and drives to Jutland along with Kjelds wife and child Yvonne and Borge. They look forward to fooling the the people in Jutland, but of course, things don't go quite as planed. It ends with Benny, Kjeld, Borge and Yvonne sitting in the train back to Copenhagen, were they are overtaken by Egon in his car on the road next to the track. This is the last time the Olsen gang goes to Jutland.

Sunes Family

Sunes Family · 1997

MovieFamilyComedy

It's vacation time, but the Andersen family can't figure out where to go. Reaching agreement is not exactly the easiest for the family. Everyone has his own plans how he would like to spend the holidays. Now it's just that Sune is also hot-burned at newly-relocated neighbor Sophie (Stephanie León), so he doesn't have it easy. While trying to impress her, he is chased by a vicious motorcycle thug and is constantly on the run.

Revolution My A..

Revolution My A.. · 1970

Revolution My A..

A comedy about a Danish private detective, normally just occupied with cases about unfaithful spouses, is suddenly involved in murder, arms deal, revolution in Guateragua, briefcase full of money and the Danish intelligence agency.

Per

MovieDramaCrime

Ole Ernst stars as an energetic conman lured into trying to set a factory on fire to catch in on the insurance. The plan backfires and both the factory owner, his wife and the conman hunted by the police must flee to Sweden.

The Escape

The Escape · 1973

MovieDramaCrime

Per, is a petty thief who narrowly avoids arrest and is quickly abandoned by his criminal mentors. He vows revenge by using their girlfriends, but nothing goes to plan.

Kærlighed uden stop

Kærlighed uden stop · 1989

Kærlighed uden stop

Peter is a somewhat disheveled individual who has sublet his apartment for use as a massage clinic. He has a season ticket for the Danish State Railways and spends his time traveling by train. This gives him the opportunity to meet train stewardess Eva, whom he has known and been in love with since they were children. Unfortunately, Eva is married to his callous brother, who treats her increasingly brutally and has always been the evil spirit in Peter's life.

Kurt & Valde

Kurt & Valde · 1983

It cannot be said that the two actors Kurt Karlsen and Valdemar Hansen are particularly successful. The audience often has to ask them to stop, and financially things are not going well either, so they have to flee from their hotel bills. In a provincial town, Professor Andersen has just died, and when the two actors arrive in town at the same time, they are mistaken for the professor and his assistant and are given accommodation at one of the town's hotels as guests of honor. Then events take a turn for the worse. A bank director, a lawyer, and a contractor are very eager to see the late professor's invention continued, as the formula was lost when the professor died. Who will win in the end? The suspicious businessmen, the two actors, or two young people who love each other? And how many times will bank assistant Johansen lose his job?

Landsbyen

Landsbyen · 1991

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter