Films Directed by Women

1950 film by Jon Iversen, Alice O'Fredericks

Eight old school friends meet at Tove's to discuss what has happened in the last 10 years. Some have made careers, others have become homemakers, some are married and others alone. The community is intact, but what no one knows is that Tove is hiding a big, unhappy secret.

1940 film by Alice O'Fredericks, Lau Lauritzen

1949 film by Alice O'Fredericks

1947 film by Jon Iversen, Alice O'Fredericks

1943 film by Grete Frische, Poul Bang

1945 film by Grete Frische and Poul Bang

1943 film by Poul Bang

1952 Danish film by Alice O'Fredericks

1967 film by Ib Mossin, Alice O'Fredericks

1940 film by Alice O'Fredericks, Lau Lauritzen

1947 film by Alice O'Fredericks, Lau Lauritzen

In Fjordby, preparations are underway for a big celebration—the town's 500th anniversary, with music and dancing. The festive Mrs. Ingeborg, who earns her living playing the organ in church and at dances when the young people want to party, is constantly short of money. That is why she has a little side business: she teaches piano. Mrs. Ingeborg has a close family relationship with her lodger, the young veterinarian Kåre. He has repeatedly helped her financially. Mrs. Ingeborg needs money for a new dress for her foster daughter Nelly to wear to the party. Aunt Jessie lives on the first floor. She was once in a relationship with Mrs. Ingeborg's brother, but he broke up with her and married someone else. However, Mrs. Ingeborg still considers her a sister-in-law. She is well off financially, so she has to help out when Mrs. Ingeborg needs money for the dress.

1944 film by Jon Iversen, Alice O'Fredericks

1963 film by Jon Iversen, Alice O'Fredericks

After three long years, the young legal secretary Bodil is reunited with his former girlfriend Carsten. Their love affair flares up again, but unfortunately Bodil has meanwhile come a little too close to his boss' son, the skirt hunter Hugo. And he has no intention of making Bodil happy.

1940 film by Alice O'Fredericks, Lau Lauritzen

1941 film by Jon Iversen and Alice O'Fredericks

1950 film by Alice O'Fredericks, Lau Lauritzen

On a dark and rainy evening after the cinema, a small two-seater car drives through the old streets of Copenhagen. It is the young doctor Preben Hansen driving his sweetheart home. She is a nanny and works at a daycare centre in the inner city. She is a sweet and lively girl whom her friends call "Peter." In the doorway, "Peter" encounters a drunk man who will later become important in her life. When the daycare center is about to close, the drunk man may step in with a financial helping hand.