Helle Virkner
Birthday: 1925-09-15
Place of Birth: Gammel Rye, Aarhus, Denmark
Biography: Helle Genie Lotinga was born in Aarhus to Jewish rentier Moritz Lotinga and Ellen Larsine (née Rasmussen). Her parents divorced when she was 5, at which point she moved with her mother from Old Rye to Copenhagen. Her paternal family escaped to Sweden doing the occupation of Denmark in 1943. Helle changed her last name from Lotinga to Virkner in 1944. Helle Virkner was married three times. First to actor William Rosenberg (1944–1949), then to actor Ebbe Rode (1949–1958), and her third marriage was to the then Foreign Minister of Denmark and later Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978), with whom she had one child, daughter Astrid Helene 'Søsser' Krag, a journalist and former model. Krag also had a soon from a previous relationship named Jens Christian Stephan Krag. Helle and Søsser lived together in sheltered housing in Charlottenlund in the last years of Helle's life.
Movies
Flickering Lights
Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which th...
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The Olsen Gang in Jutland
The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Pris...
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Old Maids
Bettina Eriksen, manager of her Uncle Teodor's nursing home, is being framed for murder. With the he...
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Passer Babysitting Girls
Caretaker Alf Thomsen's very effective "alarm clock" comes once again in operation, and has again su...
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Dust on the Brain
The story centers around the busybody housewives of a modern Danish working class neighborhood of th...
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Dust for all the Money
A group of residents in the Copenhagen suburb of Solvænget decide to buy a farm in order to become s...
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Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
The poet is tired of spring and can't write anything. Meanwhile, Lillemor thinks that spring should ...
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Landmandsliv
The landowner couple Von Rambow are experiencing significant financial difficulties and are therefor...
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Our Home Is Our Castle
Residents of the old house are quite happy with their existence. But once they find out that the aut...
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The bride from Dragstrup
At Helene Dragstrup's 20th birthday, her grandmother Margrethe decides that it is time that Helene l...
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Mor bag rattet
Lykke Jeppsen is beautiful and young, but she is best served by not being much else. She certainly s...
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På tro og love
The young advertising executive Hans and his young wife Grete, who is a dentist, have a considerable...
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Mor skal giftes
How long should one continue to support one's adult, married, but well-spoiled children financially?...
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Still Dust on the Brain
Det Støver Stadig (It's Still Dusting) is the second film in the popular "Dust series" (Støv På Hjer...
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The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte
The poet and Lillemor have become parents, but poetry and washing the diapers are two subjects which...
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Sunstroke
We are at Fiskeby Badehotel, owned by a charming young executive's daughter, Miss Søgaard. One day, ...
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Den kære familie
Copenhagen around the turn of the century - December 29th, 1899. Great merchant and shipowner Jacob ...
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The Only Way
In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised peaceful c...
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The Kingdom
At The Kingdom, Denmark's most technologically advanced hospital, a number of strange and otherworld...
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The Kingdom II
The mutant fetus is born. Dr. Helmer comes under heavy scrutiny for a botched operation that left a ...
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Onkel Bill fra New York
Hans Høj is the director of Music-Boxen. He also has an uncle, Uncle Bill. Uncle Bill is the super-d...
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Revolution My A..
A comedy about a Danish private detective, normally just occupied with cases about unfaithful spouse...
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Kispus
When a young woman falls in love with a gown in a shop window it leads to adventure and romance exce...
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Hendes store aften
Marianne is a sales assistant at the elegant fashion boutique Chez Madame on Strøget. She is a wallf...
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Take What You Want
Consul Bergholtz is ill and will probably die soon. Family members gather at her bedside, each with ...
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Death Comes at High Noon
A dark evening, a crime writer Peter Sander, drives through a forest when his car runs out of petrol...
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3 må man være
A lawyer has a wife and a mistress. He loves them both equally high and together, they're the perfec...
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Englen i sort
The beautiful and charming Betina has been married for three years to psychiatrist and senior physic...
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Frihed, lighed og Louise
Director Max Kildal's private life has gone completely topsy-turvy. The two women of the house, his ...
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Himlen er blaa
A different kind of Danish film about Denmark, the Danes, and everyday life in Denmark. An episodic ...
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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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Cirkus Buster
Most of the ingredients in this filmed circus performance are familiar and simple, but something spe...
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Topsy Turvy
An uptight young man and his equally uptight family moves next door to a hedonistic clan, including ...
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Kassen stemmer
Three young men discover a scam that three somewhat older gentlemen from Aarhus' upper class have se...
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The Olsen Gang's Big Score
After his usual stay behind bars, Egon has another cunning plan involving millions. They rob over 4 ...
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The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do not wa...
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Eight Chords
Eight separate family dramas (uncovering many aspects of deceit) are woven together to the sound of ...
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Over alle grænser
A woman from the upper middle class impulsively leaves her boring husband and travels down through G...
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Peters landlov
The ship arrives in Copenhagen and after a long time at sea, most of the crew are eager to go ashore...
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The Poet and the Little Mother
Poeten and Lillemor are making their living on his writing, but the general interest in modern poetr...
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My Name Is Petersen
In a train on its way through the bombed out Germany are a bunch of happy American soldiers. They ar...
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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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Søren Søndervold
Søndreø is a small, peaceful island in one of Denmark's fjords, owned and run by the old farmer Lars...
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We Meet at Tove's
Eight old school friends meet at Tove's to discuss what has happened in the last 10 years. Some have...
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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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Det var en lørdag aften
One Saturday evening, Trine prepares dinner for her boyfriend Hans. Unfortunately, Hans is delayed, ...
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En pige uden lige
In the ‘Strandgården’ on Taasinge, the three brothers Østermann Lars, Nikolaj and Hans live a seclud...
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For freedom and justice
A picture of the life of the Danish people from the late 1820s to the introduction of the free const...
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Watch Your Back, Professor!
When a boring collage professor is mistaken for his cousin, he gets into all kinds of trouble, with ...
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Penge som græs
The heavy prison door in Vridsløse opens, and freedom beckons once again to counterfeiter P. Krone-S...
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Spurve under taget
The action takes place in the bleak, overcrowded, and for many too small apartments in one of Copenh...
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Tjærehandleren
Audun’s son is killed in an accident while the mother is in bed with her lover. Ten years later is A...
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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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Bertram og Lisa
Bertram is very happy with his life, but is encouraged to seek new challenges. Bertram is tasked wit...
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