Erik Paaske
Acting
Biography
Erik Johannes Paaske, der var søn af cementstøber Frithjof Paaske (død 1982) og hustru Johanne Thomasen (død 1967), gik helt traditionelt i lære som murer i årene 1948-1952. Derefter arbejdede han i seks år som murersvend på Kolding kanten og ernærede sig desuden som gårdsanger og balmusiker. Hans hobby var at spille amatørkomedie. Den kongelige skuespiller Søren Weiss opfordrede ham under et besøg i Kolding til at rejse til København for at blive professionel skuespiller. I 1958 blev han elev på Det kongelige Teaters elevskole og indgik efter udstået elevtid i teatrets faste ensemble fra 1961 og frem til 1974. Efter en afstikker til Holstebro Revyen som kunstnerisk leder forlod han Det Kongelige Teater i 1974. Siden blev han free-lance med særlig tilknytning til Folketeatret. Han havde også engagementer bl.a. i Lorry, på Amager-Scenen og på Det Danske Teater. I 1975 optrådte han i Cirkusrevyen, hvor han spillede harmonika og bl.a. havde visen "Vort Fædreland". Han havde også engagement i revyen i Holstebro og var atter med i Cirkusrevyen i årene 1985, 1986 og 1990. Bl.a. havde han i 1986 en duet i Cirkusrevyen med Claus Ryskjær - "Hva vi men'sker dog ska' og må gennemgå". Erik Paaske havde også stor succes som Tewje i "Spillemand på en tagryg", som han spillede ad tre gange i Aalborg, i Odense og på Nørrebros Teater. Desuden spillede han bl.a. titelrollen i "Hr. Puntila", Dr. Stockman i "En Folkefjende", titelrollen i "Jeppe på Bjerget" og Willy Loman i "En sælgers død". Han blev folkeeje efter store TV-successer i 1967 som overbetjent Gormsen i "Kan De li' Østers" og i 1971 som den trivelige redaktør Heilbunth, formand for Ædedolkenes Klub i "Livsens Ondskab". I 1965 havde han hovedrollen i "Hr. menigmand" et nordisk TV-spil produceret af svensk TV. Erik Paaske blev kendt og populær som visesanger, indsang danske sange og viser på grammofonplader og var ofte på turne rundt i provinsen som underholder ved kongresser og fester. Bl.a. sang han i 1971 "En fattig troubadour" og i 1984 "Bag fængslets mure". I 1979 fik han teateranmeldernes ærespris - Teaterpokalen - for hovedrollen som Hr. Puntila, i 1984 fik han LO's Kulturpris og to uger før sin død modtog han Olaf Ussings legat. Den 20. januar 1962 blev Erik Paaske gift i Nørre Bjert Kirke ved Kolding med skuespillerinden Elsebet Knudsen. Erik Paaske blev senere gift den 23. december 1970 med sekretær Margit Jensen (20-09-1937).
Known For
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.
The House at Christianshavn
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Nissebanden
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Station 13
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.
Pelle the Conqueror
A satire of a typical Danish provincial town ca. 1900 with it's malicious, but merry portraits of the citizens. We meet the misshapen Emanuel Thomsen "Tummelumsen" and the two friends senior examining officer Knagsted and senior teacher Clausen.
Livsens ondskab
About when Sweden attacked Denmark in 1658.
The Gønge Chieftain
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Solens børn
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Med Kjærlig Hilsen
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Vinterbyøster
Farcial action fun with Bertil and Hugo, who do menial jobs at a big city hotel. Bertil is about to marry and has put money aside for his bride's morning gift. Only Hugo has kind of borrowed the money and blown it all on a wrong bet in a pigeon race. Together, they obviously have to get rich quick. When a diamond seems to be lying around for the taking, the hotel is virtually on its head.
Casanova
The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast during the 1890s. Not so much a biographical account, rather a portrait of a way of life. The painters became famous for the way they used the light in their work, and this has also been mirrored in the cinematography.
Hip Hip Hurrah!
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Ludvigsbakke
A crime-series in six parts. A woman has been killed in a apartment. The murder squad are on the case.
Ka' De li' østers
A new foreman, Huus, arrives in a sleepy Danish village, much to the delight of the unmarried women there. However, Huus becomes very friendly with Katinka and her husband, Bai, the stationmaster. Katinka, childless and in frail health, gradually falls in love with Huus, though her husband does not seem to notice. Based on the work by Herman Bang.
Katinka
A group of better-off thirty-somethings meet for a weekend in Knud and Beth's home. The host couple is prone to bickering regularly. The married couples (Jan and Ilse, and Kjeld and Tove) that are visiting understand and try to stay out of the way. Bachelor Lars, however, comes into his own and is a constant source of provocative comments.
Weekend
A young, idealistic business student has ambitions to be a concert pianist, but his obsession with beautiful women keeps him from achieving his goal. To earn money for his tuition, he takes a job as headmaster of a small girls' school. There his weakness for beautiful women is put to the test when he is pursued by a bevy of sexy coeds.
The Song of the Red Ruby
The third film about the two good-natured brothers Søren and Peter and their family on the small island of Bomø. This time, the brothers have acquired a soccer-loving dog named Bølle, who turns out to be able to predict the results of betting pools. This causes chaos in the betting service, on Bomø, and at Christiansborg.
Me and My Kid Brother and Doggie
The young fisherman Kurt Vinderup returns home to the small fishing village of his childhood after completing his military service in the Royal Danish Navy. On the quay, he meets a young girl named Bitten. He and Bitten had been in the early stages of a relationship before he left for the capital. But in his absence, she has become engaged to his brother Jacob Vinderup.
Stormvarsel
About the young Aarhus businessman Jacob Hansen who is going to a congress in Copenhagen. His competitor in the firm sends his secretary over to spy and bring Jacob into disrepute. The secretary has sympathy for Jacob, creating complications when his wife show up.
What a Pity About Daddy
Ditte is born out of wedlock and lives as a young girl with her old beloved grandmother. As an illegitimate child she is teased in school and more than anything in the world she wants a father. When steady - utterly reliable - herring dealer Lars Petter shows up and tells her that he is marrying Ditte's mother, the little girl is very happy. Now Ditte must take care of three new sisters and brothers but gets nothing but complaints from her ungrateful, selfish mother. But the little girl finds consolation and support in both her sisters and brothers and Lars Petter.