Movies: Peter Hesse Overgaard

  • 2007
    The Substitute

    The Substitute (2007)

    The Substitute

    5.62007HD

    6th Grade gets a new substitute teacher. She wants to train the class for an international competition in Paris. But something isn't right. How is she able read kids' minds? Why is she so mean? And how does she manage to convince everyone's parents s...

    The Substitute
  • 2024
    Majas løfte

    Majas løfte (2024)

    Majas løfte

    5.52024HD

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    Majas løfte
  • 2008
    Terribly Happy

    Terribly Happy (2008)

    Terribly Happy

    6.22008HD

    Robert Hansen, 34, a young police officer from Copenhagen, is transferred against his will to the small town of Skarrild in Southern Jutland as a substitute Marshall. The transfer is Robert’s chance to start over. Whether he is allowed to return to h...

    Terribly Happy
  • 2008
    Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms

    Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms (2008)

    Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms

    5.52008HD

    It's not easy to be Barry. An earthworm gets no respect. He lives at the bottom of the food chain. But one day, an old disco record turns his life upside down. Suddenly he sees before him his own destiny, the star of the world's greatest disco band: ...

    Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms
  • 2005
    Young Andersen

    Young Andersen (2005)

    Young Andersen

    5.92005HD

    A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between vulnerable eighteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen, who rates himself so highly, and Mr. Meisling, the cynical school principal. An encounter that ...

    Young Andersen
  • 1997
    Barbara

    Barbara (1997)

    Barbara

    5.71997HD

    Young vicar Mr. Paul arrives at the Faroe Islands to take up a benefice, and meets the young Barbara, twice married to vicars, and with both husbands laid cold in the grave. Despite the warnings of the surrounding community and his own religious scru...

    Barbara
  • 2020
    Food Club

    Food Club (2020)

    Food Club

    5.32020HD

    Three longtime girlfriends from elementary school, very different women, have one thing in common: they are in the fall of their lives and they all feel how ruthless old age can be. Marie is abandoned by her husband on Christmas Eve, and her entire i...

    Food Club
  • 1992
    The Silent Touch

    The Silent Touch (1992)

    The Silent Touch

    51992HD

    Henry Kesdi is a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust. He is coaxed out from retirement by an inspired musicologist, Stefan, who convinces him to compose a complex symphony on his neglected piano. As a help Kesdi gets his new m...

    The Silent Touch
  • 1992
    Sofie

    Sofie (1992)

    Sofie

    4.41992HD

    Liv Ulmann's directorial debut also had her co-authoring the screenplay (with poet Peter Poulsen) as based on a Henri Nathansen's 1932 novel about an affluent late 19th century Jewish merchant family in Copenhagen. Ulmann focuses on strong-willed dau...

    Sofie
  • 1990
    Casanova

    Casanova (1990)

    Casanova

    01990HD

    Farcial action fun with Bertil and Hugo, who do menial jobs at a big city hotel. Bertil is about to marry and has put money aside for his bride's morning gift. Only Hugo has kind of borrowed the money and blown it all on a wrong bet in a pigeon race....

    Casanova
  • 2007
    Just Like Home

    Just Like Home (2007)

    Just Like Home

    5.82007HD

    The tale of a troubled small town, and the brave few who made it their mission to keep the community together. As the citizens of a secluded Danish town gradually lose their trust in one and other, the sight of a naked man walking through town in the...

    Just Like Home
  • 1990
    Syrup

    Syrup (1990)

    Syrup

    4.61990HD

    In this wry comedy, the self-deceiving exploits of Lasse (Peter Hesse Overgaard), are shown, as he more or less innocently runs small cons on the people in his life, all the while sponging off of his girlfriend in a bohemian quarter of Copenhagen. He...

    Syrup
  • 1986
    Burning Hearts

    Burning Hearts (1986)

    Burning Hearts

    6.51986HD

    A comedy about the everydaylife of the 30-year-old something nurse Henriette and her life. Her boyfriend is boring and she has an affair with a violent doctor. She shares an apartment with a gay man and she is close with her brother who is a somewha...

    Burning Hearts
  • 2002
    Facing the Truth

    Facing the Truth (2002)

    Facing the Truth

    6.92002HD

    A man grows up in very modest circumstances in the early years of the 20th century, but his diligence, intelligence and willingness to endure hardship helps him to become a leading brain surgeon. A success story on the face of it, but a story about a...

    Facing the Truth
  • 1994
    Two on a Couch

    Two on a Couch (1994)

    Two on a Couch

    21994HD

    A story of a strong friendship between two men and their single life in Copenhagen in the nineties. The modern Don Juan, Pierre, and his good friend and contrast, the painter Søren. The two of them stick together when nothing works their way. A black...

    Two on a Couch
  • 2006
    We Shall Overcome

    We Shall Overcome (2006)

    We Shall Overcome

    7.22006HD

    A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark....

    We Shall Overcome
  • 2016
    Where Have All the Good Men Gone

    Where Have All the Good Men Gone (2016)

    Where Have All the Good Men Gone

    02016HD

    Realizing that her unknown biological father is probably alive, Sofia leaves behind a degrading and humiliating life and embarks on a journey with her naive half-sister Olivia, both girls hoping to find the caring father figure they so desperately ne...

    Where Have All the Good Men Gone
  • 1998
    The Art of Success

    The Art of Success (1998)

    The Art of Success

    01998HD

    In the old days, things were different. Art, too. It assembled and passed on human experience and knowledge. But in today's Denmark, something else is wanted from art. It has to experiment and break new ground. It is almost a political requirement. T...

    The Art of Success
  • 1999
    Bye Bye Blue Bird

    Bye Bye Blue Bird (1999)

    Bye Bye Blue Bird

    5.81999HD

    Two friends, Rannvá and Barba, return to Faroe Islands after seven years abroad. The girls arouse both curiosity and outrage with their bizarre city appearance and emancipated behaviour. They embark on a road trip with one of the locals, Rúni, who - ...

    Bye Bye Blue Bird
  • 2001
    Jewel of the Desert

    Jewel of the Desert (2001)

    Jewel of the Desert

    2.32001HD

    To tyve overhører delvis en samtale. De hører at en kamel har slugt en juvel – og ikke at kamelen er ørkenens juvel. De stikker af og forsøger at få fat i kamelen. Samtidig kommer to børn på besøg i byen. De er i familie med byens betjent. Betjenten ...

    Jewel of the Desert