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Bent Christensen is a Actor, Director, Writer, Producer and Script Danois born on 28 may 1929

Bent Christensen

Bent Christensen
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Nationality Danemark
Birth 28 may 1929
Death 6 january 1992 (at 62 years)

Bent Christensen (28 May 1929 – 6 January 1992) was a Danish film director, actor, film producer and screenwriter. His film Harry and the Butler (1961) was named Best Film at the Bodil Awards and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1966 film Neighbours was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.

Best films

Harry and the Butler
Harry and the Butler
(1961)
(Director)

Usually with

Axel Strøbye
Axel Strøbye
(5 films)
Anker Sørensen
Anker Sørensen
(5 films)
Preben Mahrt
Preben Mahrt
(4 films)
Dirch Passer
Dirch Passer
(4 films)
Karl Stegger
Karl Stegger
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bent Christensen (15 films)

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Actor

The Five Obstructions
The Five Obstructions (2003)
, 1h30
Directed by Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Documentary, Anthology film
Themes Films about films, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films about prostitution, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about prostitution, Documentary films about films
Actors Patrick Bauchau, Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier, Alexandra Vandernoot, Anders Hove, Bent Christensen
Roles Gangster (from Det gode og det onde) (segment "Cartoon")
Rating73% 3.6949653.6949653.6949653.6949653.694965
Lars von Trier prétend que le court-métrage Det perfekte menneske de Jørgen Leth sorti en 1967 est son film préféré. Dans le but de lui rendre hommage, mais d'une manière perverse, à la fois manipulatrice et créatrice, il propose à l'auteur du film original, son compatriote Jørgen Leth, de détruire et de reconstruire autrement ce court-métrage. Il défie Leth d'en tourner cinq remakes. Pour chaque projet, il lui impose de nouvelles « obstructions », consignes, restrictions, interdictions plus ou moins arbitraires, l'obligeant à repenser l'histoire, l'esthétique et les personnages de son film. Il s'ensuit à chaque épreuve un feed back entre les deux hommes où Lars von Trier, dans une sorte de position de « directeur de conscience », à la limite de l'humiliation, semble prendre à cœur de déconstruire et détruire ce que Jørgen Leth a réalisé.
Z.P.G.
Z.P.G. (1972)
, 1h37
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Oliver Reed, Geraldine Chaplin, Don Gordon, Diane Cilento, Birgitte Federspiel, Bent Christensen
Roles Baby Shop Salesman
Rating56% 2.809962.809962.809962.809962.80996
Set in the future, the Earth has become severely polluted (people need to wear breathing masks when outside) with severe overpopulation affecting available resources. Because of the permanent thick smog that has settled over the dismal cities that now cover the Earth’s entire surface, all animals – even common household pets - are extinct; people eat tasteless bright-colored paste out of plastic containers. To reduce the world's population, the world's government decrees that no children may be conceived for the next 30 years. Breaking this law will result in a death penalty for both the parents as well as the newborn. Brainwashing and robot substitutes are used to end the yearning for children with the death penalty as the ultimate deterrent, by being placed under a plastic dome and suffocated to death. Couples of child-bearing age visit "Babyland" and are given life-size animatronic children instead.
Be Dear to Me
Be Dear to Me (1957)
, 1h31
Directed by Annelise Hovmand
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama
Actors Lily Weiding, Hans Kurt, Jørgen Reenberg, Johannes Marott, Gerda Madsen, Betty Helsengreen
Roles Veninden Fru Jørgensen
Rating65% 3.260753.260753.260753.260753.26075
Der kom en dag
Der kom en dag (1955)
, 1h44
Directed by Sven Methling
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors John Wittig, Astrid Villaume, Kjeld Jacobsen, Louis Miehe-Renard, Kate Mundt, Poul Müller
Roles Johan Ludvig Sørensen
Rating67% 3.350143.350143.350143.350143.35014

Director

The Only Way
The Only Way (1970)
, 1h26
Directed by Bent Christensen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Jane Seymour, Ebbe Rode, Helle Virkner, Martin Potter, Ove Sprogøe, Bendt Rothe
Rating59% 2.953762.953762.953762.953762.95376
In October, 1943 in occupied Denmark, the Nazis decide to deport the Danish Jews to extermination camps. However, the Danish people decide to prevent this. Lillian Stein is a Jewish ballet teacher, learns of the Nazi plan, but her father, a violin dealer, refuses to leave. The Nazi roundup nets very few Jews, because most have gone into hiding, protected by the Danish resistance. Soldiers break into the Steins apartment, but they are not there, as they are hiding downstairs in the apartment of their friend, Mr. Petersen. The Resistance plans on how to get the Jews out of the country by hiring fishing boats to take them to neutral Sweden. Petersen meets with various people in an effort to get the Steins out of the country. Stein leaves the apartment to try and sell a valuable violin he owns to get funds. When Dr. Kjær comes to pick up the family, Mrs. Stein refuses to leave without her husband and sends Lillian on ahead. The Nazis return to Stein’s shop, but he again eludes capture. The next day when the couple are leaving Petersen’s apartment, Lars, Stein's assistant gives his life to prevent their capture. After some narrow escapes both Lillian and her parents reach the evacuation point. They get in a small boat and reach Sweden.

Scriptwriter