Preben Lerdorff Rye
Birthday: 1917-05-23
Place of Birth: Rudkøbing, Denmark
Biography: Preben Lerdorff Rye was a prolific actor in Danish cinema during the mid-to-late 20th century. After varied educations in physical labor jobs, Rye debuted at Odenste Teater in 1938 and later got admitted to Det Kgl. Teater as a student in 1940, where he later became an actor, and was performing on stage up until 1961. Rye then took a brief break from the stage and acting and went on to live as a "civilian", until 1973, where he took up acting full time again, both in film and in theaters.
Movies
Day of Wrath
In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a w...
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A Stranger Knocks
One day a strange man comes by and, seeing the lonely situation, invites himself in out of the rain....
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Avismanden
At Vesterbros Torv in Copenhagen, Olsen has his newspaper kiosk. Here comes high and low in society:...
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Discretion Wanted
In order to supplement the family income, Marius Bastrup rents his unused rooms to young women looki...
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Sønnen fra Amerika
Niels Pind is a drunkard who is exploited by some of the town's residents. This comes to an end when...
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Vagabonderne paa Bakkegaarden
Martin the vagabond is cheerful and musical like few others. Together with his new friend Anders, he...
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Hip Hip Hurrah!
The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast durin...
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It's a World Full of Children
Susanne, a journalist, and Morten, a cellist, desperately want a child, but are unsuccessful. The si...
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Der var engang en gade
In the charming old Copenhagen neighborhood of Nyboder lives a group of quirky and distinctive chara...
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Din fortid er glemt
Paul a young, newlywed writer returns home from abroad with his sweet, young wife, Anna, whom he has...
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Lyntoget
A dangerous prison escaper, a young Jutland woman, and a bank clerk, who has just deprived his emplo...
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Derailed
A young woman of good family is driven into one of thieves and prostitutes and ends in suicide....
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Erasmus Montanus
Danish farmer's son Rasmus Berg has been given a costly education in Copenhagen, and when he returns...
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Sofies skolegang
TV drama about Christen Kold and his ideas for independent schools, by Bent Grasten and Kirsten Sten...
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Mig og min familie
What would you do if you found 20,000 Danish kroner? Just like that? In a woman's purse? And what if...
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Behind the red gates
Behind the red gates lies Dyrehaven with the green beeches and the famous zoo hill - the motley worl...
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The Woolen Stocking Peddler
Sometime in the 1700s, Mikkel, a farmer from Jutland, wants to marry off his daughter Cecil to the w...
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Frihedens pris
The young sailor Morten returns home from his travels in the midst of the general strike of 1944, wh...
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Unge piger forsvinder i København
We follow two randomly selected destinies: two young girls whose data could have been taken straight...
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Det gælder os alle
After World War II, Europe lies in ruins and help is desperately needed everywhere. One person tryin...
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Det hændte i København
The film could just as well have been called "Where there is room in the heart, there is also room i...
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En ganske almindelig pige
Tove (Bodil Kjer) is a modest and ordinary girl dreaming of winning the competition to become the ne...
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Hvad vil De ha'?
A film director sends his director and two screenwriters out into the city to find out what a film s...
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Den ubetænksomme elsker
Psychological drama about a doctor who, after taking over a practice in a small community, becomes e...
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Adam and Eve
It's all about an anonymous little gray book originating from sexually advanced Paris. The book does...
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Cupid on the Phone
During a train journey, Carolus, master of literature, meets the charming Italian Enrico. The two me...
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Be Dear to Me
The Danish Ingen tid til Kaertegn (Be Dear to Me) is heavily reliant on the appeal of its star, 8-ye...
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Isolde
After librarian Isolde attempts suicide, she leaves her politician husband for a younger student wit...
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Babette's Feast
A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite mea...
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Jul i Skovridergaarden
Finn and Claus are best friends and both have a thing for their cute friend Eva. They both go to Cop...
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Red Meadows
A suspense tale revolving around the memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a G...
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The Fight For The Red Cow
The evil lawyer wants to take over the estate, and the evil farmer Esben helps him. But if the good ...
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Løgn og løvebrøl
An unsuccessful animal impersonator wants publicity and feeds an overly eager journalist a story. Th...
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Mariannes bryllup
Jørgen von Hejden is very distinguished, but poor. He is something of a fortune hunter. He dreams of...
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Præsten i Vejlby
In the early 17th century, the tyrannical parish priest in Vejlby, Søren Jensen Quist, tries to forc...
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Nineteen Red Roses
After his girlfriend is killed in an automobile accident, a man decides the best revenge on those re...
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Skibet er ladet med
"The ship is loaded with" four angry young men, an original skipper, a fashion model, a radio statio...
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Copper
After a stay in a sanatorium due to violent behavior during an arrest, Detective Karl Jørgensen is t...
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Tante Tut fra Paris
Mogens Wieth is a songwriter who lives beyond his means. He is expecting to inherit a fortune from h...
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We Want a Child
Else and her husband want a child but Else can't have one following an abortion performed before she...
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Den kloge mand
In the small idyllic town Randrup, lives on nature-loving and friendly thatcher Rasmus Thomsen (Oswa...
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Mirror, Mirror
Heavily influenced by the French stage sensation La Cage Aux Folles (which was filmed the very same ...
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Der var engang
The princess of Illyria, who has rejected all the fine suitors who have proposed to her, begins to t...
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Vandalism
Based upon the novel "Hærværk" by Tom Kristensen about the self destructive person. The literary re...
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Smedestræde 4
At Smedestræde 4 in Copenhagen, a young orphan girl named Elsebeth Jacobsen lives next door to Carl ...
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Sigurd Fafnersbane
An animated retelling of the legendary hero Sigurd of Norse folklore....
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Anne og Paul
Paul is a calm and sympathetic lawyer who senses from the outset that his wife Anne has found hersel...
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Letter from the Dead
Architect Poul Friis Henriksen falls in love with Norwegian Gerd. Unfortunately, she is already enga...
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Hatten er sat
Detective Peter Smeth and his young and charming wife, Louise, visit Magasin Heiberg, where, at his ...
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Hr. Petit
The story about Mr. Petit - a French charming marriage trickster and murderer of women....
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I gabestokken
The film deals with a problem that affects us all. Whether you are rich or poor, old or young, you c...
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I gaar og i morgen
Director Albrechtsen, who heads a large construction company, is a tough and ruthless businessman. H...
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Ild og jord
As a young man, Martin married the daughter of the farm, removed his grandfather from the board of d...
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Kampen mod uretten
Depiction of the social democratic activist and politician Peter Sabroe, who in the time around the ...
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Kongeligt besøg
In the year 1646, Denmark is at peace. Only recently have the last occupying troops left Jutland, le...
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Paradise and Back
Tonnemann lives in one of the wooden sheds at the far end of Islands Brygge, close to Copenhagen's l...
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The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
Tove Andersen's problem ends in Christianshavn's moat, and this is where the film begins. The body h...
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Lyssky transport gennem Danmark
Leo Paulsen hires Oscar, who lives south of the border, to drive a transit load to Sweden. Oscar is ...
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While the Gate was Locked
The film depicts a series of events that take place in a Copenhagen apartment building while the gat...
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Mod og mandshjerte
The young bank assistant Harald Løve is not particularly suited to sharing his name with the king of...
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Normannerne
With "The Normans," painters Paul Gernes and Per Kirkeby wanted to make a film about the Viking Age,...
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North Sea Boys
Per Brask is a fisherman's son, a lively 16-year-old boy, still too young to go out to sea, even tho...
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Gengæld
In one of Copenhagen's suburbs stands a large house, a villa-like property. The house is owned by th...
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Karen, Maren og Mette
Among the many guests at the Rebild festival is Andreas Andersen, a man in his early 30s. But he has...
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Hans Store Aften
Young Jonas Tofte is a waiter in the theater café, but he is more than that; he is also a poet and h...
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Next Stop - Paradise
A former army officer befriends an elderly, poorly, lady and encourages her to enjoy reminiscing abo...
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Premiere i helvede
About an American's reaction to the Dane's way of chatting about each other. Behind their backs. A r...
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Røverne fra Rold
Our bandit story takes place in the good old days, when strife, war, and lawlessness were the order ...
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Frihed forpligter
Danish social democratic propaganda film. During the Occupation, the young freedom fighter Søren had...
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Søskende
Three siblings see each other again after many years at their father's deathbed. The eldest, Arthur,...
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Hvor er Far
Manufacturer Mads Juehl, who together with his partner Møller owns the pram factory "Fortuna", is a ...
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The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
On the 9th of April 1940, the crew of a Danish merchant ship receives the news of Germany's invasion...
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Ordet
The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son ...
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The Element of Crime
Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the l...
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Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema...
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Tante Cramers Testamente
The 74-year-old widow, Juliane Cramer, is a very wealthy lady with an incredible appetite for life. ...
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Hans Nielsen Hauge
Hans Nielsen Hauge was a Norwegian reformer in the early 1800's both financially and spiritually....
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Medea
Medea after having helped the man she loves, Jason, and given him to birth two children, is driven i...
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Christian
Nikolaj Christensen is a popular Danish folk-rock artist. In this teen-oriented film, Christian (Chr...
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Kick Me in the Traditions!
Based on Leif Panduro's 1958 satire classic. David, a senior high-school student, aims a swift kick ...
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Danish Literature
Jørgen Leth's personal, pleasurable distillation of Danish literature covers seven poets alive at th...
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