Besættelse
1944, Danish. Directed by Bodil Ipsen.
The middle-aged manufacturer Jens Steen is on his way to his summer house on the West Coast to relax. All alone. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Else Petersen is on the hook - and she is looking forward to a holiday with everything paid for. With classic womanizing, she gets in with Jens Steen, who becomes obsessed with her beauty and youth. But when the local Jutland bicycle mechanic turns up the charm, things start to get heated. And before long, Jens Steen has a scandal on his hands, which he can only do one thing to avoid. In 1944, Bodil Ipsen herself directed one of the few film noir dramas in Danish film history. Obsession is an excellent film about the extremes of emotion and the unbearable lightness of life.
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Danish
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Cast & crew
- Bodil IpsenDirector
- Johannes MeyerJens Steen, Manufakturhandler
- Berthe QvistgaardElse Petersen
- Aage FossThygesen, Købmand
- Poul ReichhardtAage, Thygesens Søn
- Rasmus ChristiansenRøgteren
- Vera GebuhrEn Hotel-Stuepige
- Alma Olander Dam WillumsenFru Steen
- Karl JørgensenEn Handelsrejsende
- Lis LøwertCast
- Jesper GottschalchCast
Details
- Released
- 27 October 1944
- Country
- Denmark
- Written by
- Hans Severinsen, Fleming Lynge
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Besættelse runs 71 minutes (1h 11m).
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Besættelse isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 October 1944. (Checked 5 November 2026.)
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Who directed Besættelse?
Besættelse (1944) was directed by Bodil Ipsen and stars Johannes Meyer, Berthe Qvistgaard, Aage Foss.