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Biskoppen

1944 · 81 min

A gentle old-fashioned farce that ambles along with mild misunderstandings and small-town gossip, pleasant but rarely laugh-out-loud.

Overview
The priest on Snarø, Adam Valerius, is a widower for three years, and the young ladies in the parish are queuing up to become the next priest's wife. But when Adam's single housekeeper suddenly becomes pregnant, the small community gets talking, and soon the bishop is summoned. By a twist of fate, the Copenhagen actor Emil Flor, who is on his way to the island, is mistaken for the bishop, and he gets into the role and elegantly resolves the conflict. But then the real bishop appears...

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • deception
  • identity
  • family
  • faith
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Emanuel Gregers
Written by
Henning Kehler
Starring
Ib Schønberg, Ingeborg Brams, Petrine Sonne, Hans W. Petersen, Verna Olesen, Lis Smed, Helga Frier, Katy Valentin
Runtime
81 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish

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