John Wittig Movies

In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Pelle Hvenegaard

Three girls (around 20 years old) who have grown up in different parts of Denmark get a strange letter. It turns out they are sisters, and will...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Birgit Sadolin

At Helene Dragstrup's 20th birthday, her grandmother Margrethe decides that it is time that Helene learns something about life outside the protective...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Clara Pontoppidan

The old doctor, Dr. Bonnesen, is a tired old man. He wants to sell his practice and has been corresponding with the young doctor Jens Winther. Jens...

Genre: Family

Cast: Ebbe Langberg

The young siblings at the Hejrenæs estate, Vibeke and Hans-Henrik, have always gotten along well, so Hans-Henrik decides to celebrate his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: John Wittig

The Danish resistance movement stepped up its activities towards the end of the war. One night, an English agent arrives by plane, is injured and is...

Genre: War

Cast: Tony Britton

Thomas is newly divorced and is borrowing Bibi & Asger's apartment. He goes to the doctor because he is feeling unwell and is given some pills. At...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Buster Larsen

Architect William Sommer wants to organize his life in a practical and sensible way. Yet it is falling apart. His ex-wife will not settle for a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ove Sprogøe

TV adaptation of Holberg's popular 1724 confusion comedy: Henrik (Paul Hagen) and Pernille (Birgitte Reimer) are two servants working for their...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Preben Kaas

It's all about an anonymous little gray book originating from sexually advanced Paris. The book doesn't look like much, but shouldn't be judged by...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Louis Miehe-Renard

This film is based on a true story, depicted in the novel of the same name, "Der kom en dag" (The Day Came), written by Flemming B. Muus. Quote: On...

Genre: War

Cast: John Wittig

A woman from the upper middle class impulsively leaves her boring husband and travels down through Germany with a truck driver. Back home in the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Helle Virkner

A Chinese diplomat is kidnapped from a conference in Genève and the world peace is at risk. The trail leads to a hiding place in Denmark and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Morten Grunwald

Frede Hansen, a game salesman, is mistaken for a secret service agent on a ferry and kidnapped by enemy agents. He escapes and now the secret service...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Morten Grunwald

The young and beautiful Laura Heiberg is to marry Torsten Vinge. When the priest asks if she will marry him, she says no. She flees from the church...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mogens Wieth

Danish melodrama about a housemaid struggling to find normalcy and love in the midst of war.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Lone Hertz

Mr. Biedermann naively allows two men to stay in his house, which they end up setting on fire.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Karl Stegger

Since her husband's death, Mrs. Tang has lived and worked exclusively for her two children, Erik and Ester. They are her whole world; her entire...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Clara Pontoppidan

Some young squatters have occupied a building that the insurance company wants to demolish, but Adam Berg hesitates to call the police on them. A...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Preben Neergaard

The German agent, 503 June Harvey, has caused serious losses to the Danish resistance movement during the occupation, and it is decided to liquidate...

Genre: War

Cast: Jørn Jeppesen

Carl-Henning (Jasper Klein) is a young man working as an apprentice on a dairy farm in the Danish marshland. When he isn't working, he tinkers on a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jesper Klein

A tale of wealthy youth in post-WWII Copenhagen.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ghita Nørby

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

Genre: War

Cast: William Holden

Summer in the small market town of Stenvig equals life and good earnings for the city's shoppers. Love flourishes side by side with the urge to act,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Astrid Villaume

Genre: Drama

Cast: Joan Gamst

In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised peaceful cooperation on the condition that Denmark's Jews...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jane Seymour

The classic chase. The mechanics of escape and repression. About identity loss, role-playing, and alienation, as they say.

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Cast: John Wittig