
Karl Roos
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Jeppe Aakjær's heroic poem about Jens Langkniv becomes something more than the story of a robber in a small parish in Jutland.
Jens Langkniv

A Danish documentary on World War II told from the perspective of the resistance movement. Incorporating footage shot by filmmakers working alongside freedom fighters, it offers a vivid first-hand account of the perils of clandestine resistance activities. At the same time, the film delivers a sharp critique of the Danish government’s wartime policy of cooperation with the occupying German forces.
Your Freedom is at Stake

Documentary film about the final construction and inauguration of the Trans-Iranian Railway Company by the Battle of Saxony - a 1400 km stretch between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. The stretch through rugged and difficult-to-access terrain involved the construction of 250 bridges and 250 tunnels. Work began in 1933 and was completed 6 years later. This movie takes a view at the Iran in the path of modernization and focuses at the Railway construction project as part of the path and tells the story of how it had been done.
Iran, the New Persia

Propaganda film for a healthier child care of play and school children, both in terms of diet and clothing and cleanliness.
Sunde børn

The film shows Kronborg as it must have looked to Shakespeare when he visited the castle, if indeed he did, three centuries ago. The filmmakers run with the idea of Shakespeare visiting Hamlet’s Castle and give it filmic expression. The past returns as King Frederik II and his court gather…
Shakespeare og Kronborg
Coverage of the Danish election on October 30, 1945 - after the German occupation of Denmark in WWII. A crowd of 50.000 people have gathered at RĂĄdhuspladsen (Central City Square) in Copenhagen to hear the voting result.
Det første valg efter befrielsen 1945
A film that shows that international aid work can give Europe's tuberculosis children a chance if this aid work is simply supported in their home country. Sent out on the occasion of the great UN collection.
Giv dem en chance
An appeal to support the UN collection to fight tuberculosis in war-torn Europe. Every seven seconds, a person dies of tuberculosis worldwide. The film is available in a longer version with an animated sequence.