Poul Reichhardt
Acting
Biography
Poul David Reichhardt was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies. Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also starred in Huset på Christianshavn, Matador and as various minor characters in the Olsen-banden films.
Born: February 2, 1913
Place of Birth: Ganløse, Denmark
Known For
Den dobbelte mand
Christian is a nice man climbing the career ladder. His brother Mikael, on the other hand, is a petty criminal who hustles his way through life as best he can. When Mikael dies, Christian feels responsible and, in order to get to know his deceased brother better, he seeks out the underworld Mikael belonged to. He should never have done that.
Jeg er sgu min egen
Being yourself – and above all your own master – that is what the film is about. After a short stay at a girls' home, Annie returns to society and has to adapt once again. It isn't long before Annie gets involved in a deadly fight and is even taken to the police station and brought before the court. Fortunately, one of the jurors takes an interest in her and offers to take care of her and give her a home. However, Annie cannot stand this home and runs away.
Torvet
In the square of an unnamed Danish town, we follow a number of people as they go about their daily business, big and small: The police officer tries to find out whether the Christmas tree seller has a "permit" to sell Christmas trees, the bicycle repairman invents a new kind of bicycle, the baker's assistant and the chimney sweep are in love, and the barber is working on a rug made of hair. Meanwhile, the Christmas tree seller sits carving small wooden figures and talking to everyone who passes by. The dramatic main story is that a modern entrepreneur wants to tear down all the old buildings in the square and replace them with a modern parking lot. Each section ends with the characters gathering around Ella's hot dog stand and singing along with the courtyard musicians.
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.
Frk. Vildkat
The small, diligent chorus girl Dolly Hansen is engaged at one of the city's big revue theaters, and one evening she has to step in and double for the prima donna who has called in sick. She is successful, and this gives her the courage to ask the director for a small salary increase. However, this is taken very unkindly, and such a heated discussion arises between them that the young girl suddenly finds herself in the street, fired on grey paper. But Dolly is not the type to give up. Untraditional self-centeredness soon creates a lot of attention around her.
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.
Tag til Rønneby kro
The owner of Rønneby Kro, Bartholdi, is writing his memoirs. When this comes to the ears of prominent citizens, they rush to Rønneby Kro to have the publication stopped. However, Bartholdi is neither a stickler nor a hack. They get help from a lawyer, who only has success when he goes through Bartholdi's grandson.
The Moelleby affair
Mølleby is a small, cozy market town. The year is 1924, and the sight of a Rolls Royce from Copenhagen is a sensation. But all is not as idyllic as it seems. The town's new mayor is trying to build a new brickworks to ensure the town's growth and future, but the previous mayor is doing everything he can to thwart these ambitious plans...
Elly Petersen
On the deck of the Aalborg boat, the young girl Elly stands and stares at Copenhagen's towers and roofs, shining in the red glow of the afternoon sun. Elly has been lucky, she thinks: a maid in a boarding house in Nansensgade, her own room and a good salary. However, Elly is quickly disappointed. The boarding house is dirty, and after advances from one of the boarders, she packs her suitcase. She meets Agnes, a girl from home. Agnes takes Elly under her wing and gets her a place in a hotel and offers her half of her attic room. Elly feels safe with Agnes, but then one day a young man crosses her path.
En mand af betydning
Baldur Justesen is the owner of an ice cream parlor in a Copenhagen suburb. He is a smooth and unassuming man who works hard to keep it running. It is not quite that easy. He has a beautiful, young wife, Sonja, who likes to dress nicely. A man who works all day in an ice cream parlor can also need some diversion, and it is Baldur Justesen's greatest joy to sing in the choir of the "Lyren" singing association.
Filmography
as Port Officer
as Karl Emil Andersen
as Vicar Adolf Mascani
as Murermester Jacob Jessen
as O.C.
as Borgmester Clemmensen
as Jens Olsen
as Mortensen
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
as Kriminalassistent Ancher
as Jesper Ridefoged
as Knægten - Emil Boldoni
as Flyttemand Olsen
as Efterretningschef
as Hr. Olsen
as Peter
as Politichefen
as Edmund
as Hans Offer
as Politichefen
as Peter
as Maskinmester Bråst
as Kaptajnen
as Gabriel von Eisenstein
as Paul Sorensen
as Henrik Steen
as Pastor Pripp
as Urias Frederiksen 'Fukse' - plattenslager
as Hr. Henriksen
as Johannes Prip, præst
as Peter Sander
as Henrik Stenfeldt
as Tonnemann
as Axelson
as Boss Hollund
as Sam Jackson
as Dr. Gert Stiger
as Hr. Berg
as Ib, dronningens vagtmester
as Martin
as Ole
as Ingrids forlovede
as Fishing Boat Skipper
as Ernst Henriksen
as Frank Jensen
as Rubanus
as Tandlæge Rudolf Thomsen
as Peter Halling
as Martin
as Ivan Reimer
as John
as Jens Nielsen - Niels's søn
as Jesper
as Jens Lauritzen
as Eigil Rasmussen
as The Actor
as Kåre
as Hans
as Fagforeningsformanden Marinus
as Underforvalter Anders Jansen
as Vladimir W. Olsen
as John Bagger
as Kurt / Martin Vest
as Himself
as Peter
as Gudmund Torpegaard
as Niels Stone
as Max Paduan
as Niels Sværke
as Søren
as Løjtnant Harry Smith
as Jørgen Munk
as Carlo Jensen
as Ole Anders Offor - Hans søn
as Jørgen Vedel
as Matros Richardt Hansen
as Robert Olsen
as Instruktør Dan 'Basse' Burling
as The Soldier (voice)
as Michael Lans
as Per - komponist - Jørgens søn
as Modstandsmand
as Charlie
as Aage, Thygesens Søn
as Max Stenberg
as Mogens Høegh
as Herbert Rung, Peters ven
as Journalist Daniel Jensen
as Harald Andersen
as Poul Elvang, Brødkusk
as Oskar Jensen
as Ridder Caspar Krabbe
as Jens Langkniv
as Kontorist - Nielsen
as Assistent Petersen
as Paul
as Kriminalbetjent
as Poul
as Mand på plakat
as 'Flodhesten', Smugler
as Matros
as Tjener
as Gast eines Musikverlags