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The Fishermen

1977 · 1 season

A quiet, earnest period drama that immerses you in the rhythms of a remote fishing community, with a gentle melancholy and a slow-building tension as old ties strain against new desires.

Created by
Jens Ravn
Genres
Drama
Starring
Avi Sagild, Jørgen Teytaud, Anne Wedege-Mathiasen
Overview
A mini series based upon the book by Hans Kirk. A classic television drama and a delightful series about life in a remote community on the west coast in a bygone era. A group of fishermen and their families move across the fjord and settle in a small community. Here they thrive and become more and more established, setting the standard for how life should be lived. But not everyone in the families wants to live in this community and tries to break out.

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Created by
Jens Ravn
Genres
Drama
Starring
Avi Sagild, Jørgen Teytaud, Anne Wedege-Mathiasen
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • identity
  • trauma
  • freedom
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Jens Ravn
Written by
Leif Petersen
Starring
Avi Sagild, Jørgen Teytaud, Anne Wedege-Mathiasen, Claus Nissen, Henry Jessen, Kirsten Søberg, Arne Skovhus, Laila Andersson
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 60 min each
Network
DR1
Languages
Danish

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