Henrik and Pernille

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Henrik and Pernille (1957)

Directed by Gabriel Axel

Comedy, TV Movie, Drama · 1h 35m

TV adaptation of Holberg's popular 1724 confusion comedy: Henrik (Paul Hagen) and Pernille (Birgitte Reimer) are two servants working for their respective lordships and they each independently fall for the temptation to put on the clothes of their lordships and pretend to be someone other than who they are. Unfortunately, the two meet each other in their new disguises - and fall in love.

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Cast

Preben Kaas John Wittig Paul Hagen Ulla Lock Karl Stegger Birgitte Reimer Keld Markuslund Jørn Jeppesen

Crew

Director
Gabriel Axel

Details

Original title
Henrik og Pernille
Release date
1957-12-02
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Comedy, TV Movie, Drama
Original language
DA
Spoken languages
Danish
Countries
Denmark
Production
DR TV-Teatret