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Johan Jacobsen (March 14, 1912 – July 7, 1972) was a Danish film director.
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Life and Work
Jacobsen was born in Aarhus in 1912. His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865-1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886-1968).
Made his first films at the film studio Palladium that also produced the films of Carl Theodor Dreyer.
From 1951 onwards Jacobsen produced his own films and those of his wife Annelise Hovmand (1926-) outside the Danish 'studio system' at his independent film studio Flamingo.
In 1959 he was a member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival
In his last years Jacobsen worked for tycoon Simon Spies (1921-84) at his cinema Merkur Bio in Copenhagen.
Filmography
Director:
- Under byens tage (1938)
- En Lille tilfældighed (1939)
- I de gode, gamle dage (1940)
- Tag det som en mand (1941)
- Tobiasnætter (1941)
- Ballade i Nyhavn (1942)
- Baby på eventyr (1942)
- Mine kære koner (1943)
- Som du vil ha' mig (1943)
- Otte akkorder (aka Eight Chords) (1944)
- Mens sagføreren sover (1945)
- Den usynlige hær (aka The Invisible Army) (1945)
- Far betaler (1946)
- Brevet fra afdøde (aka Letter from the Dead) (1946)
- Soldaten og Jenny (aka Jenny and the Soldier) (1947)
- Tre år efter (1948)
- Min kone er uskyldig (1950)
- Nålen (1951)
- Alt dette og Island med (1951)
- Som sendt fra himlen (1951)
- Blændværk (1955)
- Den store gavtyv (1956)
- Vi som går stjernevejen (1956)
- En fremmed banker på (aka A Stranger Knocks) (1959)
- Dronningens vagtmester (1963)
- Søskende (1966)
Documentaries / shorts:
- Da freden kom til Danmark (1945)
- Kongefilmen Frederik IX (1949)
- Næste gang er det dig (1948)
- En dag i radioen (1950)
- Skatteøens hemmelighed (1953)
- Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (aka Le Petite marchande d'allumettes, The Little Match Girl
- Splintret emalje (1956)
- Fremrykket møde (1964)
- Norden i flammer (1965)
Producer:
- Hvorfor stjæler barnet? (1955)
- Ingen tid til kærtegn (aka Be Dear to Me) (1957)
- Krudt og klunker (1958)
- Frihedens pris (1960)
- Gøngehøvdingen (aka The Musketeers) (1961)
- Sekstet (1963)
References
- Piil, Morten (ed): Danske filminstruktører, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2005
- Schepelern, Peter (ed): Filmleksikon, Copenhagen: Munksgaard Rosinante, 1995
Further reading
- Engberg, Margueritte, Dansk Filmhistorie 1896-1985, 1987
- Hesselberg, Claus et al, Dansk Film. Sophienholm, 1981
- Neergaard, Ebbe, Historien om dansk film, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1960
- Piil, Morten (ed), Gyldendals filmguide. Danske film fra A-Z, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1998
- Rasmussen, Bjørn, Om dansk film. Copenhagen: Institut for Filmvidenskab, 1978
- Rasmussen, Bjørn (ed), Filmens hvem-hvad-hvor, bd. 1: Danske titler og biografier 1929-1967, Copenhagen: Politikens forlag, 1968
- Schepelern, Peter (ed), 100 års dansk film, Copenhagen: Rosinante, 2001
External links
- Johan Jacobsen at the Internet Movie Database
- Ib Bondebjerg on Danish Cinema before 1972
- Trailer for The Maverick
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| NAME | Jacobsen, Johan |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Danish film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aarhus, Denmark |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1972 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Copenhagen, Denmark |
