Mikael Salomon Movies
Distinguished Danish lighting director Mikael Salomon has been in high demand since the early '70s for his creativity with special effects and his ability to rise to the most challenging filming situation. He got his start in Scandinavia and filmed around 50 movies by the time he was 40. Eventually, he came to Hollywood where he worked on a number of epic films. He also directed for television. Some of Salomon's most interesting work can be found in such films as the underwater extravaganza The Abyss (1989) and Backdraft (1991). Both films had spectacular special effects and were nominated for Academy Awards. In the late '80s, he began working for Amblin Entertainment. Salomon made his directorial debut in the 1993 feature A Far Off Place. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide- 1971
This Danish family comedy continues the film series about "My Sister's Kids." In this story, the eight children are given into the care of their uncle because their parents are on the verge of splitting up. The children do not submit meekly to this treatment but run away to Sweden instead. There, a gang of smugglers tries to use them as hostages, but the boisterous children soon turn the tables on them. One highlight of the film is a brief appearance by actor/producer Dirch Passer. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1971
This is a quasi-documentary about the life of a professional stripper. The stripper (Ilse Damsgaard), her home, life and husband are real. The party she holds in her home in Copenhagen is apparently staged. Sexual situations evolve out of the party scene, as the various couples (Japanese, American, Danish) pretend to be at ease. Of particular interest is the drama of Ilse's husband. A student who feels guilty being supported by her stripping, he leaves her but thinks better of it and returns. Having come back, he then tries to seduce Ilse's unhappy girlfriend. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1971
- R
This dubious comedy is set in Hiroshima, 1945 and chronicles the attempts of a Quaker morale officer to see that African-American soldiers get more equal treatment. He tries to have a black singing group booked into the officer's club, but he can't. As the bigotry increases, there is little the officer can do. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1969
A fashion designer (Jorgen Kiil) returns to Denmark with his American wife Ursula (Judy Brown). She is leery of the excesses of female nudity and the relaxed moral standards of the country. A visit to a psychiatrist reveals feelings of latent lesbianism, but the doctor is not sure and recommends she be hospitalized. She befriends a recovering drug addict before he breaks into the medicine cabinet and kills himself with a drug overdose. She flees the facility into the willing arms of a beautiful fashion model (Marianne Tholstadt) resulting in an erotic tryst between the two women. Ursula later is forced to watch heterosexual pornography in an attempt to change her lesbian leanings. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Judy Brown, Jørgen Kiil, (more)
- 1969
A middle-aged businessman falls for a 16-year-old girl who looks and acts much older than she appears. Sonja (Gertie Jung) bleeds the man dry of all his money, giving it to her sleazy pimp. The man knows he is being taken for a ride but he refuses to get off after falling under her spell. The married man loses everything but his love for the gold-digging teenager whom he will never forget. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bjorn Puggaard-Muller
- 1967
A trio of fun-loving Danes go against the conventional social mores and taboos in this song-and-dance-filled comedy. When a young couple invite a friend to share in their adventures, the friend seduces the woman. The songs sometimes are relevant to the plot but are often just thrown in for filler. Contains nudity and adult situations. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sisse Reingaard
