Babette's Feast 1987  G, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Gabriel Axel
Cast: Stephane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, Vibeke Hastrup, Hanne Stensgaard, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Bibi Andersson, Jarl Kulle, Ghita Norby, Asta Esper Hagen Andersen, Thomas Antoni, Gert Bastian, Viggo Bentzon, Therese Hojgaard Christensen, Pouel Kern
This winner of an Oscar for Best Foreign Film is set in the 19th century and concerns two elderly Danish sisters–Philippa and Martine (Birgitte Federspiel and Bodil Kjer)–who take in a Parisian political refugee, Babette (Stephane Audran). Through flashbacks, the story shows young Philippa and Martine (played by Hanne Stensgaard and Vibeke Hastrup) giving up their chances at romance and following their father's desire for them to remain with him and to serve their church. Years after their father dies, Philippa and Martine celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday and agree to let Babette prepare a grand feast for the elders of their church. At the celebration, Babette offers the sisters a wonderful surprise that will give them a second chance at life.
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Hamsun 1996  N/R, 160 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow, Ghita Norby, Jesper Christensen, Anette Hoff, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Eva von Hanno, Gard B. Eidsvold, Asa Soderling, Eindride Eidsvold, Edgar Selge
This is the story of Norway's 1920 Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun (Max von Sydow) who sympathized with–even welcomed–the Nazi occupation of his country during World War II.
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Riget 1994 TV, 280 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: The Kingdom
Director: Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier
Cast: Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes, Holger Juul Hansen, Soren Pilmark, Ghita Norby, Jens Okking, Otto Brandenburg, Peter Mygind, Baard Owe, Birgitte Raaberg
The "Kingdom" is a Denmark hospital that experiences very strange events: a ghostly girl haunts the premises, strange voices are heard in the elevator shaft, a phantom ambulance appears and then disappears, and an exorcism is performed. Never a dull moment in this four-hour film.
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Riget II 1997 TV, 286 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: The Kingdom II
Director: Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier
Cast: Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes, Peter Mygind, Holger Juul Hansen, Soren Pilmark, Ghita Norby, Jens Okking, Baard Owe, Birthe Neumann, Otto Brandenburg
Life in that Danish hospital–the Kingdom–continues to be filled with very strange events as the ghost story continues. Evil seems to lurk in every corner of this hospital, which was built on the site where ancient rituals were once practiced, and the forces of good struggle to come to the fore.
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Sofie 1992 N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Sophie
Director: Liv Ullmann
Cast: Karen-Lise Mynster, Erland Josephson, Ghita Norby, Jesper Christensen, Torben Zeller, Henning Moritzen, Stig Hoffmeyer, Kirsten Rolffes, Lotte Hermann, Anne Werner Thomsen
This family saga took place during the early 1900s. Sofie (Karen-Lise Mynster) is a young Jewess who lived in Sweden and fell in love with a Gentile artist (Jesper Christensen). Their romance was not approved of by her family, and Sofie bowed to their wishes and married her cousin. Religious intolerance is the theme for this film as Sofie raises her son in a world filled with prejudice.
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| 1. Babette's Feast (1987)
2. The Best Intentions (1992)
3. Hamsun (1996)
4. Riget (1994)
aka: The Kingdom
5. Riget II (1997)
aka: The Kingdom II
6. Sofie (1992)
aka: Sophie
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