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The House at Christianshavn

The House at Christianshavn

S1 · E1

IMDB:

8.0
The House at Christianshavn

Released

5/16/1970

Duration

0h 25m

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Country

Denmark

Cast

Poul Reichhardt, Arthur Jensen, Helle Virkner

Overview

The series follows the residents of an apartment building on Copenhagen's Christianshavn, as they go about their daily lives and challenges. There is Olsen, a mover with an old fashion view of the world, Clausen who runs the local pet shop, Egon the career focused assistant, their wives who work hard to keep their spouses lives together, the young couple Tue and Rikke who recently moved in, the hard working caretaker Meyer, who never puts in to much effort, and of course Emma, the innkeeper of Rottehullet, where all the important decisions are made while running up the bar tab. The series was produced by Nordisk Film for Danmarks Radio TV station between the years 1970-77. The series' first director was Ebbe Langberg, then Erik Balling and Tom Hedegaard respectively. The series was conceived by an author team of well-known Danish authors such Leif Panduro, Benny Andersen, and Lise Nørgaard.

Episodes

Tue and Rikke get a small and quiet apartmentEP 1Available

Tue and Rikke get a small and quiet apartment

25m0.0

The whole house is on its head as a new young couple is moving in.

The pianos meetEP 2Available

The pianos meet

25m0.0

Tue inherits a piano and Olsen is selling the family piano because his son would rather play the electric guitar.

VisitorsEP 3Available

Visitors

25m0.0

Tue and Rikke overslept and Rikke panics as she has to get to work quickly, only to realise that it's Saturday. The couple instead decides to go for a picnic in the woods. Karla is getting a visit from her new boyfriend Egon, whom she hasn't told about her child yet. Later that day, the fire safety inspector shows up in the house following a report of someone living in the attic apartment, which is in violation of the fire regulations.

Stuck in the eyeEP 4Available

Stuck in the eye

25m0.0

Mrs. Clausen gets something stuck in her eye while making liver paste and Mr. Clausen has to take her to the emergency room. Clausen asks Tue to look after the pet store while he is gone, but things get challenging when Tue's girlfriend, Rikke, drops of children from her job at the kindergarten.

You are cordially invitedEP 5Available

You are cordially invited

25m0.0

Karla and Egon are getting married, but before they leave for the church, a premarital argument breaks out because Egon does not want Karla's child, Bimmer, at the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Clausen are also fighting, and Mrs. Clausen ends up not wanting to go to the wedding. Both Karla and Mrs. Clausen lock themselves in their bedrooms. Luckily, expect help is at hand to grant the prospective groom and Mr. Clausen access to their bedrooms.

Striking goldEP 6Available

Striking gold

25m0.0

There has been a rubbery at an insurance company and the police suspects Larsen. He is therefore taken to the police station. The same day, Clausen discovers a new parrot that he hasn't seen before in his store.

Cast

Poul Reichhardt

Hr. Olsen

Poul Reichhardt

Arthur Jensen

Meyer

Arthur Jensen

Helle Virkner

Fru. Olsen

Helle Virkner

Paul Hagen

Hr. Clausen

Paul Hagen

Willy Rathnov

Egon

Willy Rathnov

Lis Løwert

Fru. Clausen

Lis Løwert

Kirsten Walther

Karla

Kirsten Walther

Bodil Udsen

Emma

Bodil Udsen

Karen Berg

Fru Hammerstedt

Karen Berg

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