Morten Gundel Movies
- 1996
This nearly three-hour long Danish drama chronicles the life and times of Lise from the 1920s through the post-war years. Set in Copenhagen, Lise is first seen as a little girl, the daughter of a prominent industrialist and a hat shop owner. She grows up well aware that her father really wanted a boy. Her mother is also cold and distant. Perhaps her parents unwittingly encouraged her to grow up strong-willed and independent minded. After being forced to attend a secretarial school, Lise stands up to them and expresses her desire to become a reporter. Her father finally relents and helps her get a newspaper job. She proves to be an excellent journalist and it is therefore puzzling when she suddenly marries a dull foreign correspondent who promptly quits his job to work in her father's factory. She then begins having children and getting involved with the war. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1994
- R
This Danish biographical drama pays tribute to and chronicles the rags-to-riches life of Carl Nielsen, the famed Danish 19th century composer. The story is comprised of three parts following Nielsen from age 7, 15, and 19. The first part, set in 1871, examines the family life seven-year old country boy Carl. The impoverished family has just suffered two devastating losses after one member emigrates, and another dies of TB. Carl's love of music came from his father, a fiddler. It was his father who taught him to play. The second part is set in 1879. Carl is forced by his domineering mother to join an army post in Odense. There he becomes their bugler. He also teaches himself the piano and finds himself influenced by the enigmatic Mozart playing Outzen. He then falls for Magda, a Mormon who desires to save him. The relationship doesn't work out. The third segment begins in 1883 with Carl beginning his musical career and beginning to compose. He plays at parties for the local aristocracy. He falls in love with the lovely Anna, but she rejects him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Morten Gundel, Anders Forchhammer, (more)
