Jesper Christensen

A gripping drama from celebrated Danish director Per Fly, The Inheritance is the story of a man transformed by power. (Cinema Guild)

Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943. (imdb)

Arvid is a regular bank clerk, whose life changes radically when he knocks out the bank robber Franz with his squash racket... (imdb)

When a man's wife dies in an accident, his children return home to deal with the tragedy together. (imdb)

Kaj is a stubborn man with a great deal of pride. The former chef lives in a council flat. He has wasted his life and is now on a council job training scheme for the long-term unemployed, where he refuses to let the foreman of the activation project boss him about. When Kaj's daughter, with whom he has not been in touch for nineteen years, moves into the same council estate on the run from her violent husband, a change comes over Kaj... (dfi.dk)

19 filmmakers from ten european countries selected by Mike Figgis for a Masterclass by the European Film Academy come to Slovenia in a challenging mission: to conceive, shoot, complete a 90m feature film in seven days and screen it on the day after in a cinema for the public. (imdb)

While the danish population hopes for the end of the war, the Flame and the Lemon fights the germans, wtih their lives at stake.

A college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of killing a policeman. (imdb)

The movie takes place in Sweden, at the beginning of the twentieth century. Maria and Sigfrid are in an unstable marriage which is often threatened by Sigfrid's abusive and frivolous nature. Maria, meanwhile, is sharing a passion for photography with the friendly local Pedersen. The plot covers most of their adult life, with Maria and Sigfrid's many children growing up, some of which not quite understanding why Maria doesn't leave their father.

A war criminal can't be convicted because of the bureaucratic structure of the court in Den Hag.

When police detective Maggie comes home from work one night, her husband Dominik has vanished The only thing he left behind is a half empty plate of spaghetti on the kitchen table. Although Maggie moves heaven and earth, Dominik never resurfaces. At least so it seems... (www.filmaffinity.com)

Ditte, an aspiring gallery curator, is offered a dream job in New York. When her father Rikard becomes seriously ill, however, she has to put aside her plans.

In 1965, three young Israeli Mossad agents on a secret mission capture and kill a notorious Nazi war criminal. Now, thirty years later, a man claiming to be the Nazi has surfaced in Ukraine and one of the former agents must go back undercover to seek out the truth.

The businessman Erik Svensson sells his company and plans a life in luxury with his beautiful girlfriend in Spain... (imdb)

In this Danish film from 2008 filmed in only one take, one shot, Sally visits her mom, Janne, to find out who her father is and settle the past.

Two sisters find their relationship challenged as a nearby planet threatens to collide into the Earth. (imdb)

"Count Axel" is a comedy that takes place somewhere in the nordic countries in 1783. It's a classic comedy about mixed identities, with strong elements of contemporary humour and satire. One should conceive "Count Axel" as a scandinavian version of the humour that you will find in works like "Black Adder" and "Life of Brian". A humorous universe that takes off in the big classical epos of our past. (imdb)

Strindbergs classical play, set in todays enviroment. With Julie as a tennis star who rebels against her father, but with fatal consequences...

The little girl Maj lives with her uncle Sonny who is a tattooist. Although they have a great relationship, they always talk albout finding a real family to Maj. Accidently, Maj ends up tattooing a tough guy from the local motorcycle club with children's drawings, and consequently Maj and Sonny have to flee town. This sets off an adventurous road trip through a magical forest with flying fairies, a funny circus family and their big cuddly tiger.

In the eighth grade, a class of children go on a trip to Sweden. Cue crushes and intrígue.

Swedish national Raoul Wallenberg, newcomer to politics and international machinations, travels to German-occupied Budapest during WWII in order to effectively intervene in the fate of trapped Hungarian Jews, by providing them with safe passage to Sweden. Based on a true story. (imdb)

While traveling by train, a young socialite is befriended by a charming yet enigmatic older woman; however, when the woman disappears, the other passengers deny she ever existed. (imdb)

In 1960s Denmark, an alcoholic playboy and a meek tax lawyer join forces to revolutionize the travel industry and alter the country's political landscape, in this shocking, often hysterical, always compelling quasi-biopic. (tiff.net)

A story based on the life of journalist Torgny Segerstedt, who alerted the Swedish public to the threat of Fascism in the 1930s. (imdb)

A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating. (imdb)

Literature critic Ole Jastrau (Ole Ernst) changes his way of life and starts drinking heavily.

Entering a haunted database, Internet users collaborate to uncover the story of a young scientist who risked her sanity and betrayed her father in order to investigate a signal from another world. (imdb)

A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. (imdb)

Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article. (imdb)

From 1886 to 1907 in the life of Sofie, a Jew in Copenhagen who is nearly 29, with no marital prospects, living with her loving parents. An artist, Hans Hojby, meets Sofie and is entranced, asking to paint her parents and also sketching her. She's responds, but he's not Jewish, and the family reacts by encouraging a marriage to Jonas, a homely draper. Sofie accepts this plan, accompanying her new husband to his town and bearing a son. (imdb)

On the 9th of April 1940, the German war machine arrive in the city of Oslo. The Norwegian King faces a choice that will change his country forever. (imdb)

The movie follows a few days in the lives of the unemployed living on the dole in 1930s Copenhagen. It is based on the 1940 autobiographical novel by Eigil Jensen. The main character (Jesper Christensen) hopes for snow, so that he can earn some coins to pay for his sparse, tiny room by shoveling the streets. One of his acquaintances is a man, known as "The Weightlifter," who steals books and passes them on to the poor young man. (cinematik.net)

The death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the family inheritance.

A struggling farmer in 19th-century Denmark must go against his morals and make a deal with a wealthy neighbor in order to secure his family's survival over a harsh winter.

In a world where international terrorism knows no national borders, Wallander and his South African colleagues must prevent a crime that would change the face of history. (imdb)

Denmark, April 9th, 1940. Danish industrialist (portrayed by Jesper Christensen of James Bond fame), cooperates and profits from the German occupation of Denmark. While his family finds themselves on both opposite and same side of the conflict.

Torun and Mikael have been married for a few years. When vacationing on the Danish coast, their young son Melker accidentally drowns. Torun initially blames her sister, who was supposed to supervise her children. Later she turns her anger and grief against her husband. Since none of them know what to do with their feelings, they start to drift apart. (imdb)

The stubborn pig farmer Ernst and his wife Louise celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in the local assembly hall. During the long and festive party, truths emerge and the family is put to the ultimate test.

Rejected by the art establishment, wracked with grief over the loss of his older sister and tortured by addiction, the film captures Edvard Munch's life, one of the world's greatest artists of all time.

It tells the story of Allan, who moves with his father to an apartment block on Amager after his parents get divorced.

A Danish show based on the humorous events in Nana and her dad's life. (imdb)

An acclaimed director reunites with his former lover, confronting the aftermath of their secret affair. Decades earlier, they fell in love while she was married to his best friend. (imdb)

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics. (Letterboxd)