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1. Skyggen i mit øje (2021)
TV-MA | 107 min | Drama, History, War
The fates of several Copenhagen residents collide when a WWII bombing mission accidentally targets a school full of children.
Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Bertram Bisgaard Enevoldsen, Ester Birch, Ella Josephine Lund Nilsson, Malena Lucia Lodahl
Votes: 16,673
2. Before It Ends (2023)
100 min | Drama, War
Inspired by true events, depicts a dark chapter in the history of Denmark and the unimaginable dilemmas that people must face in the wake of a war.
Director: Anders Walter | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Lasse Peter Larsen, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, Morten Hee Andersen
Votes: 662
3. Matador (1978–1982)
67 min | Drama
A man comes to Korsbæk, Denmark, in 1929, opens a women's clothing store in competition with an established one - bringing him up against the conservative establishment including the bank manager. We follow the families until after WWII.
Stars: Jørgen Buckhøj, Buster Larsen, Ghita Nørby, Malene Schwartz
Votes: 5,639
4. Flame & Citron (2008)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Drama, History
A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.
Director: Ole Christian Madsen | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Peter Mygind
Votes: 19,948 | Gross: $0.15M
5. Out of the Darkness (2022)
152 min | Drama, War
Strong and dramatic sequel to "Into the Darkness" which follows the Skov family from 1943 to the end of WWII. The growing opposition to the occupation and the increased brutality of the Germans have fatal consequences for the family.
Director: Anders Refn | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Bodil Jørgensen, Mads Reuther, Gustav Dyekjær Giese
Votes: 623
6. The Good Traitor (2020)
115 min | Biography, Drama, War
At the beginning of World War II, when the Germans invade Denmark in 1940, the Danish ambassador to America declares himself to be the only true representative of the free Danish people.
Director: Christina Rosendahl | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Denise Gough, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Zoë Tapper
Votes: 1,498
7. Into the Darkness (2020)
152 min | Drama, History, War
Denmark, April 9th, 1940. Danish industrialist (portrayed by Jesper Christensen of James Bond fame) , cooperates and profits from the German occupation of Denmark. While his family finds themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.
Director: Anders Refn | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Bodil Jørgensen, Mads Reuther, Gustav Dyekjær Giese
Votes: 1,739
8. The Only Way (1970)
G | 86 min | Drama, War
A Jewish family tries to escape from Denmark in October 1943 during the German occupation.
Director: Bent Christensen | Stars: Ebbe Rode, Helle Virkner, Jane Seymour, Ove Sprogøe
Votes: 324
9. The Boys from St. Petri (1991)
111 min | Drama, War
A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Tomas Villum Jensen, Morten Buch Jørgensen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Christian Grønvall
Votes: 2,283
10. Hitler: A Career (1977)
Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History
This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.
Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret
Votes: 3,036
11. Red Meadows (1945)
85 min | War, Drama
The memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a German wartime prison.
Directors: Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen | Stars: Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin, Per Buckhøj, Gyrd Løfquist
Votes: 400
12. Hvidsten gruppen (2012)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, War
The true story of the Fiil family - a family of innkeepers who during Nazi-Germany's occupation of Denmark took up arms against the German occupiers, but in the fight for freedom, some must die so that others may live.
Director: Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis | Stars: Jens Jørn Spottag, Bodil Jørgensen, Thomas Ernst, Laura Winther Møller
Votes: 3,070
13. Edderkoppen (2000)
348 min | Crime, Drama, History
A reporter is drawn into the dark side of post-war Copenhagen as he attempts to uncover a crime syndicate on an unprecedented level.
Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Stine Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Bent Mejding
Votes: 791
14. Across the Waters (2016)
94 min | Drama, History, War
Fuglene Over Sundet is the gripping tale of the Danish Jews' escape to Sweden in October 1943.
Director: Nicolo Donato | Stars: David Dencik, Danica Curcic, Jakob Cedergren, Nicolas Bro
Votes: 1,056
15. The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman (1948)
105 min | Drama, War
On the 9th of April 1940, the crew of a Danish merchant ship receives the news of Germany's invasion of Denmark. Instead of returning home, they vote in favor of setting course for England.... See full summary »
Directors: Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen | Stars: Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin, Lau Lauritzen, Johannes Meyer
Votes: 72
16. Forræderne (1983)
113 min | Drama, War
Two young Danes have joined Free Corps Denmark and have struggled on the Eastern Front, In the beginning of 1945 they desert from barracks of the corps on Zealand and shoot two superiors. ... See full summary »
Director: Ole Roos | Stars: Allan Olsen, Ole Meyer, Sanne Salomonsen, Frank Visti
Votes: 77
17. The Last Winter (1960)
91 min | Drama, War
During the latter part of WW2, The Danish resistance is taking care of an English agent after getting hurt on his arrival by plane. The agent's goal is a sabotage action, but a traitor is among them.
Directors: Frank Dunlop, Anker Sørensen, Edvin Tiemroth | Stars: Tony Britton, Dieter Eppler, John Wittig, Birgitte Federspiel
Votes: 85
18. A Day in October (1991)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, War
This story, based on fact, is about movement of Danish Jews out of Denmark to neutral Sweden in 1940's.
Directors: Kenneth Madsen, Kenneth Kort Madsen, Kenneth Kort Madsen | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Kelly Wolf, Tovah Feldshuh, Daniel Benzali
Votes: 326
19. Befrielsesbilleder (1982)
57 min | Drama, War
A German officer visits his Danish mistress the days after the occupation of Denmark has ended.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Edward Fleming, Kirsten Olesen
Votes: 711
20. Store danskere (2003– )
38 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series portraying significant Danes throughout history.
Stars: Ulf Pilgaard, Kirsten Passer, Lone Hertz, Ruth Brejnholm
Votes: 17
21. Jane Horney (1985)
361 min | Drama
About the only Swedish citizen who was executed during World War II. She was suspected of espionage.
Stars: Ewa Carlsson, Claus Strandberg, Lars Simonsen, Grethe Holmer
Votes: 18
22. Once Upon a War (1966)
95 min | Drama, War
A young boy grows up during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II.
Director: Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Stars: Ole Busck, Kjeld Jacobsen, Astrid Villaume, Katja Miehe-Renard
Votes: 125
23. The Danish Solution: The Rescue of the Jews in Denmark (2003)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary
Filmmakers Karen Cantor and Camilla Kjaerilff team to reveal how the Jews of Denmark managed to escape falling victim to Hitler's Third Reich.
Directors: Karen Cantor, Camilla Kjærulff | Star: Garrison Keillor
Votes: 34
24. De nøgne træer (1991)
104 min | War
When doctor Christian Borck form a sabotagegroup the young law student Holger Mikkelsen becomes involved in the resistance against the nazis. The group is functioning but things get ... See full summary »
Director: Morten Henriksen | Stars: Ole Lemmeke, Lena Nilsson, Michael Moritzen, Per Morberg
Votes: 109
25. Mørklægning (1992)
Drama, Thriller, War
Under the German occupation of Denmark life goes on as normally as possible under the general policy of collaboration. A movie company director is gunned down after a party which might be a... See full summary »
Stars: Henning Jensen, Susse Wold, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Christian Potalivo
Votes: 79
26. Århundredets vidner (1998–1999)
38 min | Documentary, History
Portraits of people who have witnessed significant events of the 20th century, such as surviving Holocaust, or been given the very first heart transplantation, or simply being 100+ years old and having survived the entire 20th century.
Stars: Marianne Germer, Dusja, Carl Erik Faurholdt, Anette Faye Jacobsen
27. The Invisible Army (1945)
84 min | War, Drama
Denmark is under German occupation, and the young couple Alice and Poul must live separately. Poul is part of the resistance movement's invisible army and stays in England, while Alice ... See full summary »
Director: Johan Jacobsen | Stars: Bodil Kjer, Ebbe Rode, Mogens Wieth, Poul Reichhardt
Votes: 98
28. Min morfars morder (2004)
60 min | Documentary, War
Søren Faulli visits the former SS-officer Søren Kam who killed his grandfather during world war II. Faulli wants to understand and thereby forgive, which doesn't go well with his mother, Mona Clemmesen.
Directors: Søren Fauli, Mikala Krogh, Theis Schmidt | Stars: Mona Clemmensen, Søren Fauli, Søren Kam, Mikala Krogh
Votes: 81
29. Flødeskumsfronten (2005– )
40 min | Documentary, War
Documentary about how German soldiers experienced the occupation of Denmark during WWII.
Stars: Adolf Hitler, Jørgen Lorenzen
Votes: 10
30. Gamle Danmark (1983–1984)
80 min | Documentary, History
Paul Hammerich's personal portrait of how Denmark became a welfare society. The documentary series begins after the German occupation of Denmark in May 1945 and covers the period up to October 1972 when Denmarks enters the European Union.
Star: Paul Hammerich
Votes: 29
31. A Day Dawned (1955)
102 min | Drama, War
A cigar dealer runs his small business in peace and quiet in Copenhagen during the Nazi occupation.
Director: Sven Methling | Stars: John Wittig, Astrid Villaume, Svend Methling, Kjeld Jacobsen
Votes: 52
32. Tre år efter (1948)
94 min | Drama, War
Soya's satirist take on variations of Danes, who willingly or unwillingly came to deal with German troops during the five year Second World War occupation.
Director: Johan Jacobsen | Stars: Angelo Bruun, Ib Schønberg, Karin Nellemose, Lily Weiding
Votes: 19
34. Carl Peter Værnet (2002)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Depicts the life of the Dane Carl Peter Værnet - a well-known doctor in Copenhagen. He is invited by the Nazis to the Buchenwald concentration camp, where he is provided with finances, ... See full summary »
Director: Ib Makwarth | Stars: Frits Helmuth, Ole Emil Riisager, Carl Peter Værnet
35. Den 9. april (1965 TV Movie)
Documentary
About the events leading to the German occupation of Denmark during WWII, and about the day of the occupation itself April 9, 1940.
Director: Bent Børge Larsen
36. Sprængt nakke (1995 TV Short)
25 min | Short, Drama
A macabre story about the lone hero of the provincial town, just returned home from a German concentration camp, badly taken. He is invited to an intimate celebratory dinner by the town's ... See full summary »
Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: John Hahn-Petersen, Tommy Kenter, Preben Harris, Lars Brygmann
Votes: 6
37. Edderkop-affæren (2000 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary, History
Revealing the true story behind the Danish mini-series "Edderkoppen" (2000). These were the times in Denmark when the mafia was born and the police force was a blind partner in the greatest post-war case of corruption.
Director: Torben Robin Schmidt | Stars: Mogens Gebbel, H.V. Rolff, Viggo Hansen, Rikardt Rask
38. Lyse tider (1995 TV Short)
18 min | Short, Drama
In the home of an elderly couple with Nazi affiliations. When, the message of freedom from German occupation is heard on the radio in the evening of May 4, 1945, they immediately realize they are now on the wrong side of the war history with possible fatal consequences. Together they wait and look for signs of anxiety in each other. Until the doorbell rings. Original TV drama.
Director: Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Stars: Henning Moritzen, Helle Merete Sørensen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie Carlsen
Votes: 6
39. Who's Hitler? (1995 TV Movie)
23 min | Drama
Four men are accidentally trapped in a sauna. After a couple of hours the temperature begins to drop, and a cold night awaits them. They all dislike each other, and when the situations ... See full summary »
Director: Nikolaj Cederholm | Stars: Troels Lyby, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Bom, Ingolf David
Votes: 14
40. Det gælder din frihed (1946)
107 min | Documentary, War
Documentary about World War II seen from the resistance movement. Composed of, among other things, footage from filmmakers who worked closely with the freedom fighters, the film gives a ... See full summary »
Director: Theodor Christensen | Stars: Asbjørn Andersen, Per Holst, Ebbe Rode, Karl Roos
Votes: 35
41. Frihedens pris (1960)
85 min | War
Morten, a young sailor, returns home from a journey in the middle of the people's strike in 1944 and joins a resistance group.
Director: Annelise Hovmand | Stars: Willy Rathnov, Ghita Nørby, Holger Juul Hansen, Preben Lerdorff Rye
Votes: 29
42. Frihed forpligter (1951)
60 min
Directors: Alice O'Fredericks, Robert Saaskin | Stars: Inger Stender, Helga Frier, Lily Broberg, Sigurd Langberg
43. Befrielsens mindretal - Det tyske mindretal (2005 TV Movie)
28 min | Documentary
Documentary about the German minority in Denmark after WWII.
Director: Rasmus Hundsbæk | Stars: Christian Kier, Tea Mahler, Henrik Skov Kristensen, Kurt Mahler
44. Gammelt metal - nye varer (1942)
6 min | Short
Director: Theodor Christensen | Stars: Martin Hansen, Kai Holm
45. Blitz on Berlin (2014 Video)
56 min | Documentary, History, War
A detailed account of the allied bombing raids on the city of Berlin in World War Two.
Director: Stanley Joseph | Stars: Barbara Von Rimscha, Anne-Marie Von Mutius, Adolf Hitler, Kaiser Wilhelm II
Votes: 6
46. De fem år (1955)
98 min | Documentary, History, War
Seminal Danish documentary detailing Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in the Second World War between 1940 and 1945.
Directors: Theodor Christensen, Per Holst, Børge Høst, Sten Jørgensen, Søren Melson, Helge Robbert | Stars: H.C. Hansen, Mogens Wieth, Gunnar Hansen, J. Bendix Madsen
Votes: 9
47. Danmark i Lænker (1945)
103 min | Documentary
Seminal Danish documentary about Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in the Second World War between 1940 and 1945.
Director: Svend Methling | Star: Gunnar Hansen
Votes: 11
48. Støt står den danske sømand (1985 TV Movie)
25 min | Documentary
During WWII and the German occupation of Denmark captain A.H. Jakobsen and sailor Erik Christiansen served on board the Danish war ship Tureby. Now, 41 years later, they meet and reflect upon their experiences.
Director: Lars Grarup | Stars: A.H. Jakobsen, Erik Christiansen
49. Dengang i Danmark 1945-1970 (2002 Video)
Documentary, History
Director: Ebbe Larsen | Star: Ebbe Larsen
Votes: 11
50. Erik Scavenius (1959)
32 min | Documentary
Portrait interview of politician Erik Scavenius, Denmark's Prime Minister (1942-1945) during the German occupation of Denmark in WWII.
Director: Poul Bang | Stars: Erik Scavenius, Ib Koch-Olsen, Alice Scavenius