Axel Strøbye
Acting
Biography
Strøbye was most famous for his comedy roles, as the confused uncle in Min søsters børn (My sisters Children) and the hustler Gyldenkål in Familien Gyldenkål (The Goldcabbage Family). But his biggest role and success was in Matador the TV series a lawyer Skjold Hansen, he started his acting career and education as an actor at Det Kongelige Teater (The Royal Danish theater), he also worked at Folketeatret (The peoples theater). Strøbye made his movie debut in Nåler 1951 and his last role was in 1998, as the aging inspector in the legendary Olsen Banden movies.
Born: February 22, 1928
Place of Birth: Frederiksberg, Danmark
Known For
Matador
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.
Karen, Maren og Mette
Among the many guests at the Rebild festival is Andreas Andersen, a man in his early 30s. But he has not come to Denmark to attend the big festival. Seventeen years ago, he was a poor farmhand at "Hovgården," but he fled the country because the farmer's wife, the authoritative Martha Larsen, accused him of a theft that was actually committed by her son, Henrik. Andreas came to America and led a turbulent life here before becoming a farmer and earning a lot of money.
South of Tana River
A plane lands one day at Nairobi Airport in Kenya, and among the passengers is a young Danish girl, Eva Axelson, who immediately takes a carriage to the famous Hotel Norfolk. Her arrival causes no stir, but an advertisement she placed in the East African Standard three or four days earlier does—an advertisement in which she asks for information about her father, Carl Gustav Axelson, who was last seen in Kenya, and asks him or anyone who knows him to contact her at the Norfolk Hotel.
Tre mand frem for en trold
An amateur photographer has accidentally captured something special in a landscape photo from Sweden, something that an alert journalist could turn into a good story. Something that looks like a troll. The magazine, seeing an opportunity for a snappy report, funds an expedition to the supposed troll's lair, and in addition to the photographer and journalist, a skeptical folklorist joins the trip.
Selvmordsskolen
Bizarre satiric tale about an ordinary Danish man disappointed in life and the welfare system. Close to a total collapse he decides to take the easy way out. He seeks help at Doctor X, head of a suicide school that guarantees 100% efficiency.
The House at Christianshavn
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.
The House at Christianshavn
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.
The House at Christianshavn
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.
Tine
Danish melodrama about a housemaid struggling to find normalcy and love in the midst of war.
Den hemmelige tunnel
Filmography
as Borgmester Frandsen (voice)
as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
as Mortensens chef
as Interview Subject
as Fridas morfar Carl
as Viggo Velva
as Overlæge
as Kraftværkschef Viborg
as Simonsen
as Jarl Borgen
as Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord
as Kusken
as Rektor
as Brander
as Fredlund
as Hilmer
as Hr. Otto Løwe
as De Mille
as Kriminalkommissær Jensen
as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
as Ridefogeden
as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
as Doktor Schmidt
as Viggo Skjold-Hansen
as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
as Charles Gyldenkål
as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
as Charles Gyldenkål
as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
as Heinz-Otto von Münsterland, chauffør
as Direktør Karmann
as Brand-Børge
as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
as Charles Gyldenkål / Iversen
as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
as Olfert
as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
as Frands
as Hr. Bosserup
as Hr. Bosted
as Baron Joachim von Hasteen
as Onkel Erik Lund
as Verner Vestad, distriktslæge
as Fægtemesteren
as Otto Bostedt
as Holger
as Advokat Lorentzen
as Theodor
as Poul Otto Madsen
as Hr. Steffensen
as Henning Hansen, jurist
as Cirkusdirektør Don Pedro
as Onkel Erik Lund
as Hotelvært Kostøl
as Allan Thorsen
as Max, journalist
as Erik Lund
as Just
as Ole Schmidt
as N.O., højesteretssagfører
as Søren Justesen
as Captain Barker
as Racer Robert
as Max - imprisario for Marlene
as Axel Nygen
as Richard - Direktør
as Doktor X
as Derek
as Lars
as Carl
as Aksel Gormsen
as Egon Larsen, massør
as Peter
as Hjalmer
as Henry
as Erik Sørensen
as Vred mand
as Landmåleren
as Svendsen
as Thorvald Rønne
as Regissør
as Klarinetspiller