List of the best Søren Kragh-Jacobsen movies: The Island on Bird Street(1997), Mifune(1999), The Boys From St. Petri(1991), Rubber Tarzan(1981), Skagerrak(2003), The Hour of the Lynx(2013) ... ...
Drama
Denmark|UK|Germany|France
1997
107 Minutes
Director
Patrick Bergin Jordan Kiziuk Jack Warden James Bolam Simon Gregor Lee Ross Michael Byrne Sian Nicola Liquorish Heather Tobias Suzanna Hamilton Stefan Sauk
During World War II a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constantly life-threatening conditions.
Comedy, Drama
Denmark|Sweden
1999
101 Minutes
Director
Anders W. Berthelsen Iben Hjejle Jesper Asholt Emil Tarding Anders Hove Sofie Gråbøl Paprika Steen Mette Bratlann Ellen Hillingsø Sidse Babett Knudsen Søren Malling
Kresten's dad dies and he returns to the farm on Lolland to take care of things incl. his retarded brother. He employs a hooker as maid. He loses wife and job due to lies. The maid's kid brother moves in and they're a family of 4.
Drama, War
Denmark|Sweden|Norway|Finland
1991
111 Minutes
Director
Morten Buch Jørgensen Tomas Villum Jensen Xenia Lach-Nielsen Philip Zandén Nikolaj Lie Kaas Bent Mejding Solbjørg Højfeldt Helle Merete Sørensen Joachim Knop Erik Wedersøe Steen Springborg
A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.
Kids & Family, Drama
Denmark
1981
89 Minutes
Director
Alex Svanbjerg Otto Brandenburg Peter Schrøder Susanne Heinrich Jens Okking Terese Damsholt Hardy Rafn Kirsten Rolffes Lone Kellermann Ole Thestrup Helle Ryslinge
A weak, dyslexic boy is bullied in school. His Tarzan obsessed dad calls him Rubber Tarzan. He makes a friend in crane driver Ole, who tells him: There's always something, you're good at. You just have to know, what it is.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|UK|Spain|Germany|France|Switzerland
2003
104 Minutes
Director
Iben Hjejle Bronagh Gallagher Martin Henderson Ewen Bremner Gary Lewis Simon McBurney Helen Baxendale James Cosmo Scott Handy Kay Gallie Tam Dean Burn
Skagerrak is the story of being hit by happiness when you least expect it. In their late twenties and tired of partying their way around the world, Danish Marie and Irish Sophie come ashore... See full summary »
Drama
2013
88 Minutes
Director
Sofie Gråbøl Søren Malling Börje Ahlstedt Signe Egholm Olsen Lia Boysen Jens Jørn Spottag Frederik Christian Johansen Julie Carlsen Susan A. Olsen Nis Bank-Mikkelsen Pelle Falk Krusbæk
psychiatrist suicidal person religious person doctor patient young boy bleak disturbing emotional gripping intense raw psychiatric ward church countryside denmark psychiatry deception religion violence
A clergywoman learns that a psychiatrist who asked for her help may not have been entirely honest about her work with a suicidal murderer.