Possession
Released: October 27, 1944Runtime: 71 minLanguage: DA
The middle-aged manufacturer Jens Steen is on his way to his summer house on the West Coast to relax. All alone. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Else Petersen is on the hook - and she is looking forward to a holiday with everything paid for. With classic womanizing, she gets in with Jens Steen, who becomes obsessed with her beauty and youth. But when the local Jutland bicycle mechanic turns up the charm, things start to get heated. And before long, Jens Steen has a scandal on his hands, which he can only do one thing to avoid. In 1944, Bodil Ipsen herself directed one of the few film noir dramas in Danish film history. Obsession is an excellent film about the extremes of emotion and the unbearable lightness of life.
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Johannes Meyer
as Manufakturhandler Jens Steen
Berthe Qvistgaard
as Else Petersen
Aage F Nss
as Købmand Thygesen
Poul Reichhardt
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Thorkild Lauritzen
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Aage Redal
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Peter Nielsen
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Rasmus Christiansen
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Vera Gebuhr
as Hotelstuepige
Alma Olander Dam Willumsen
as Fru Steen
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