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Criterion Channel
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7.8
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78
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Babette's Feast (1987)
A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.
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73
6.8
/3516/
65
/54/
62
/68/
3.5
/3980/
100
/6/
77
/47/

Lumière & Company (1995)
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
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Amazon Prime Video
56
42
5.4
/2665/
52
/55/
53
/40/
2.7
/1038/
100
/5/
24
/49/

Prince of Jutland (1994)
A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.
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4.7
/24/
10
/1/
40
/3/

Amour (1970)
This three-part movie begins with a young woman married to an older, cold-hearted man in the year 1200. Two rivals have a swordfight over the affections of the woman. Part two takes place in 1910 and finds an amorously unfaithful wife taking on her many lovers while her unsuspecting husband lurks nearby. The final part finds a count and countess engaging in extramarital affairs in France during the 1840s.
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5.4
/23/
10
/2/

Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves (1972)
A couple of young men and women have lovemaking on their mind. They decide to try to make it at 25 spots within a week. Several motorcycles and mopeds are involved.
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6.2
/49/
30
/2/
55
/2/

Helle for Helene (1959)
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6.1
/20/
10
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70
/2/

En kvinde er overflødig (1957)
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6.4
/51/
60
/4/
58
/4/

Oskar (1962)
Oskar? That's my driver. And Tina, my maid, must have taken my suitcase with her to the baron - the one my daughter should have been engaged to. But now she is having a child with Oskar. And one of my people has stolen more than 300,000 DKR from me, because he wants to marry my daughter, who is not my daughter. And now the has girl run off with all of my jewels ..
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34
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5.3
/147/
36
/3/
41
/7/

Crazy Paradise (1962)
Romantic comedy, based on the discovery that eggs from a particular island provide men with great virility and make them irresistible.
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5.5
/91/
68
/8/
52
/4/

Vi har det jo dejligt (1963)
This comedy is based on Finn Søeborg's text. It is a film full of warmth and joie de vivre, set in "Ravnekrogen", where our friends have built their own community. However, the owner of the place wants to raze the town to the ground.
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6.5
/67/
10
/1/
62
/4/

Flemming and Kvik (1960)
A Danish movie about the life of Flemming and his best friend Kvik.
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8.1
/28/
10
/1/

Le Curé de Tours (1980)
Father Birotteau and Father Troubert, both of whom are priests at Tours, have separate lodgings in the house belonging to the crabby spinster Sophie Gamard in that city. Birotteau is an other-worldly, gentle, introspective type; Troubert, who is ten years younger than his fellow boarder, is very much of the world: he is a careerist devoured by ambition.
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5.4
/318/
62
/7/
48
/4/

The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank (1976)
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59
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5.9
/585/
62
/8/
55
/6/

The Goldcabbage Family (1975)
The family Gyldenkål is actually called Iversen, but have changed their name, after numerous problems with the IRS, loan sharks and employers. Using clever scams, the family builds up a reputation as a wealthy and respectable part of society.
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67
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6.5
/447/
73
/11/
64
/8/

Going for Broke (1977)
Three out of work actors breaks into a bank through the toilet of a railroad station.
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55
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6.1
/213/
47
/4/
56
/12/

The Red Mantle (1967)
Seeking revenge against the rival clan responsible for the killing of his father, Hagbard calms down long enough to establish a truce. During a peaceful interlude, he falls in love with Signe, the daughter of the king of the rival clan. However, Hildegisl, who desires Signe's hand in marriage, disovers the young lover's plans to wed and sets out to bring about the end of Hagbard.
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7.0
/42/
10
/1/
70
/2/

Always Trouble (1955)
Factory worker Otto Nielsen and his wife Helga live in a 2-room apartment in a sad Copenhagen suburbs district, where the S-trains still bumble by, but of course, such things can be used to. They have five children and it is often difficult to meet daily expenses. Nielsen has bought a building site outside the city, it is his dream to once again be able to exchange the narrow apartment with his own house.
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6.2
/70/
10
/1/

Christian (1989)
Nikolaj Christensen is a popular Danish folk-rock artist. In this teen-oriented film, Christian (Christensen) is a young man in search of love, who restlessly leaves his home in Denmark to search for it all over Europe, finally finding some semblance of it in Morocco. This slight film is directed by Gabriel Axel, who also directed Babette's Feast. It is likeliest to be of interest to fans of the star and his music, which is used throughout.
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6.5
/7/
10
/1/

Skærmydsler (1961)
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10
/1/

Henrik and Pernille (1957)
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 they are. Unfortunately, the two meet each other in their new disguises - and fall in love.
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5.5
/81/
41
/5/
50
/6/

Sex and the Law (1968)
A look at what happened when Denmark abolished censorship in the late 1960s.
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55
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5.0
/21/
40
/2/
75
/13/

Paradise and Back (1964)
Tonnemann lives in one of the wooden sheds at the far end of Islands Brygge, close to Copenhagen's landfill site. But in 1928, he wants to leave this environment behind – to go where the air is fresh and life may offer both security and meaning. He is already on his way with his packed suitcase to sign on to a long-distance boat when a lovely girl gets in his way with her little red sports car.
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47
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5.5
/177/
36
/3/
50
/4/

Three Girls in Paris (1963)
Three girls in Paris is the story of three Danish girls (Ghita Nørby, Susse Wold and Hanne Borchsenius) traveling to Paris, but after having placed suitcase and money on the hotel and takes off in the city, they forget what it's called and where it is located. They are helped by a Parisian taxi driver, and meets a series of typical French.
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5.1
/91/
20
/3/
49
/8/

The Girls Are Willing (1958)
On the idyllic Birkø lives Christian a parish executive officer. He is a brave and honest man, happily married to Martha, and this couple has a son called Theo and he will once take over the farm.
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4.9
/48/
20
/1/
10
/1/

Leïla (2001)
A young Danish guy, Nils, is visiting Morocco, where he meets the 16-year-old Berber girl Leïla. It marks the beginning of a great, all-encompassing passion. Leïla must defy her family to be with Nils, and their love has big consequences.
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Le Coq de Bruyère (1980)
Based on the short story by Michel Tournier
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Dannevirkenatten (1964)
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A Crime of Our Times (1977)
Gabriel Axel's penetrating study of the aftermath of a crime. Bernard and Catherine lead a quiet life in retirement, enjoying their occasional sorties to the theatre or the cinema. One night, coming home on the Metro, they are jostled and jeered by a group of young hooligans who follow them out on to the street. Catherine dies. And Bernard, left alone, begins to question all the values he had previously taken for granted.


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