The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman is a 1948

1948 in film

The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :...

 Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 war drama directed by Bodil Ipsen

Bodil Ipsen

Bodil Ipsen was a Danish actress and film director, and is considered one of the great stars of Danish cinematic history. Her acting career, which began in theater and silent films, was marked by leading roles in large folk comedies and melodramas...

 and Lau Lauritzen Jr.

Lau Lauritzen Jr.

Lau Lauritzen, Jr., , was a Danish actor, screenwriter, and film director. As a director, he was a 4-time recipient of the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. Lauritzen co-founded the Danish film studio ASA Film and served as the studio's artistic director and administrative director .-Career:Lau...

 The film, written by Grete Frische

Grete Frische

Grete Frische was a Danish actress, screenwriter and director. The daughter of a playwright, Frische is best known for her screenplays, especially the war drama Støt står den danske sømand which received the 1949 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film...

 based upon the wartime diary of Kaj Frische, tells the true story of Danish sailors who sailed with the Allied forces during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II. It stars Poul Reichhardt

Poul Reichhardt

Poul David Reichhardt was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/50s 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 Gang films.For almost thirty years...

 and Lisbeth Movin

Lisbeth Movin

Lisbeth Movin was a Danish actress of stage and film best known for her role as Anne, the pastor's wife accused of witchcraft in the 1943 film Day of Wrath directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. She also appeared as the widow in the 1987 screen adaptation of Babette's Feast, directed by Gabriel Axel...

. The film received the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film

Bodil Award for Best Danish Film

The Bodil Award for Best Danish Film is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Union of Film Critics . It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest film prizes in Europe. The judging committee can decide not to give out the award if no deserving films are...

 in 1949.

Cast

Actor	Role
Poul Reichhardt Poul Reichhardt Poul David Reichhardt was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/50s 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 Gang films.For almost thirty years...	Seaman Richardt Hansen
Lisbeth Movin Lisbeth Movin Lisbeth Movin was a Danish actress of stage and film best known for her role as Anne, the pastor's wife accused of witchcraft in the 1943 film Day of Wrath directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. She also appeared as the widow in the 1987 screen adaptation of Babette's Feast, directed by Gabriel Axel...	Mille Andersen
Lau Lauritzen	Seaman Kaj (Frische)
Johannes Meyer Johannes Meyer Johannes Meyer , was a Danish film actor.He debuted in the theater in 1905.-Filmography:*De blaa drenge - 1933*Så til søs - 1933*Flugten fra millionerne - 1934*Lynet - 1934*Nøddebo Præstegård - 1934...	Jonas Olsen
Pauline Murray Pauline Murray Pauline Murray was the lead singer of the punk rock band, Penetration, which was originally formed in 1976.In May 1976 the then 18-year-old Murray saw the Sex Pistols...	Marion
Jørn Ording Jørn Ording Jørn Ording was a Norwegian actor, theatre instructor and screenwriter.He was born in Kristiania as a son of Jørgen Fredrik Ording...	Seaman Kaare
Per Buckhøj Per Buckhøj Per Buckhøj was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 36 films between 1942 and 1958.-Filmography:* The Vikings * Stof til eftertanke * Ellehammer-filmen * Gengæld...	Captain of the Marie Grubbe
Preben Lerdorff Rye Preben Lerdorff Rye Preben Lerdorff Rye was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1941 and 1989.He was born and died in Denmark.-Filmography:* En ganske almindelig pige * Tante Cramers testamente...	First Mate of the Marie Grubbe
Axel Frische Axel Frische Axel Frische was a Danish screenwriter, actor and film director. He wrote for 23 films between 1914 and 1956...	Captain of the Jette
Kjeld Jacobsen Kjeld Jacobsen Kjeld Jacobsen was a Danish actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1945 and 1970.-Selected filmography:* The Red Meadows * The Invisible Army * Lise kommer til Byen...	First Mate of the Jette
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen Bjørn Watt-Boolsen Bjørn Watt-Boolsen was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1943 and 1998.He was born in Rudkøbing, Denmark and died in Denmark.-Selected filmography:* The Red Meadows...	Telegraph Operator
Carl Heger	Seaman Frederik
Preben Neergaard Preben Neergaard Preben Neergaard was a Danish stage and film actor.-Filmography:*Ungdommens rus - 1943*Vredens dag - 1943*Teatertosset - 1944*Elly Petersen - 1944*De røde enge - 1945*Diskret ophold - 1946...	Seaman Lauritz
Karl Jørgensen Karl Jørgensen Karl Jørgensen was a Danish stage and film actor.-Filmography:*Thummelumsen - 1941*Regnen holdt op - 1942*Alle mand på dæk - 1942*Damen med de lyse handsker - 1942*Når man kun er ung - 1943...	Captain of the Anne Margrete
Ove Sprogøe Ove Sprogøe Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen was a Danish actor. Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. One of these is actor Henning Sprogøe....	Seaman Henry
Preben Uglebjerg Preben Uglebjerg Preben Uglebjerg was a Danish film actor. He appeared in nine films between 1948 and 1963.He was born in Glostrup, Denmark and died in Denmark.-Filmography:* Støt står den danske sømand...	Cabin Boy
Jon Iversen Jon Iversen Jon Iversen was a Danish stage and film actor and film director.- Filmography :*Hotel Paradis - 1931*Paustians Uhr - 1932*København, Kalundborg og - ? - 1934*Barken Margrethe af Danmark - 1934...	Danish Ambassador
Aksel Stevnsborg	German Abassador
Henning Windfeldt	Seaman Per
Poul Secher
Poul Bundgaard Poul Bundgaard Poul Arne Bundgaard was a Danish actor and singer. He is probably best known for his role as the henpecked Kjeld in the Olsen Banden films.-Biography:...	Mate

External links

• IMDb
• The Danish Film Database (in Danish)
• The Danish Film Institute (In Danish)