Besættelse

Besættelse (English: Possession) is a 1944 Danish film noir directed by Bodil Ipsen and starring Johannes Meyer and Berthe Qvistgaard. Based upon a novel by Hans Severinsen, the film is a dark psychological drama about an aging businessman whose erotic obsession with a cynical young woman leads to his eventual downfall.[1]

Besættelse
Cover of the Danish DVD
Directed byBodil Ipsen
Written byFleming Lynge
Hans Severinsen (novel)
Starring
CinematographyValdemar Christensen
Edited byValdemar Christensen
Music byErik Fiehn
Distributed byNordisk Film
Release date
1944
Running time
83 min
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Cast

ActorRole
Johannes MeyerDraper Jens Steen
Berthe QvistgaardElse Petersen
Aage FønssMerchant Thygesen
Poul ReichhardtAage Thygesen
Thorkil LauritzenLandbetjent Hermannsen
Aage Redalparish bailiff
Peter Nielsenlawyer
Rasmus ChristiansenRøgter
Vera GebuhrHotel maid
Alma Olander Dam WillumsenMrs. Steen (as Alma Olander Dam)
Jesper Gottschalch
Karl JørgensenTraveling salesman

References

  1. Jørholt, Eva: 100 Års Dansk Film, p. 131. Rosinante (2001).


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