Henning Carlsen Movies

After having been rescued from suicide, a young man is the object of a bet by his doctor that the doctor can help him recover his joy in life....

What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status...

To celebrate his 90th birthday, an old single journalist, Sabio, wants something special from Rosa Cabarcas’s brothel: an intense night of love...

Chronicling a period of time in Paul Gauguin's life, this film follows him through his struggles in love and the financial problems caused by the...

How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to...

In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is...

Krzysztof Komeda was a jazz pianist and film composer. With compositions like the lullaby for Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski, Komeda...

Tobias Jacobsen is 42. When the doctors tell him he is fatally ill, the earth opens up beneath him and he finds himself plunging into the abyss. It...

Gathered at a funeral for a successful business man, the testament is to be read. They will all inherit, with a big IF; if the family company is to...

Svante has disappeared and a journalist seeks Benny to hear about his relationship with Svante. In retrospect be seen Benny and Svante with Svante...

When Edvarda arrives at the little Norwegian village, to stay with some family, she find the Lt., Thomas Glahn, very interesting. Soon they fall in...

In this rom-com Sam is having problems with both his professional life and his marriage. His career as a film director has dried up, while at home...

Martin has just returned home from Africa and meets Lis at an anti-nuclear demonstration. They begin a relationship, but it is disrupted by his...

An architect experiences health problems following a professional and personal setback. The conflicts culminate when he discovers that the...

Henning Carlsen's cinéma vérité trilogy on life and relationships begins with a portrait of elderly people in Denmark.

A dancer and a Danish student meet on a train; she is going on tour to Rio, and he decides to follow her. Based on the novel by Jens August Schade.

The second part of Carlsen's documentary trilogy explores the structure and importance of the family unit as an institution, and the opinions of...

A group of women are workmates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is a lesbian and that she once...

The third and final part of Carlsen's documentary trilogy explores what it means to be young or old.