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Komtessen

1961 · 93 min

A gentle, old-fashioned tale of two girls from different worlds, unfolding with quiet warmth and a touch of melancholy.

Overview
In the village Karrild, the Countess Sonia Hardenborg and a young unmarried woman, Marta, give birth to a daughter on the same day. Marta dies after birth, so Marta's daughter, Betina, come under the care of the countess. 17 years later, Betina and Countess Sonia's daughter, Maria, meet, as Betina is living in a home for orphaned girls, which is adjacent to the Hardenborg estate. The two girls become friends, and Maria invites Betina to visit her at Hardenborg, to greet her parents Sonia and Otto Hardenborg and her brother Count Flemming. Meanwhile, Betina's father, Frank Jensen, starts working in the estate's woods, and when the two girls come to visit him, he is shocked by the resemblance between the young countess and Betina's mother Marta.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • class
  • friendship
  • parenthood
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
family, drama
Directed by
Anker Sørensen
Written by
Erik Pouplier, Anker Sørensen
Starring
Poul Reichhardt, Birgitte Federspiel, Ebbe Langberg, Knud Hallest, Signi Grenness, Henning Palner, Else-Marie Juul Hansen, Emil Hass Christensen
Music
Svend Erik Tarp
Cinematography
Henning Bendtsen
Runtime
93 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish

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