Axel Strøbye
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1928-02-22
Place of Birth:Frederiksberg, Danmark
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Also Known As:Axel Strøby Jacobsen

Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a...

Otto Is a Rhino (1983)
The boy Topper is bored. He finds a pencil that proves to have magical powers. Draw a rhino, and right away, you have a real rhino for a companion. A...

The Olsen Gang on the Track (1975)
Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy....

The Olsen Gang Sees Red (1976)
Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which...

The Olsen Gang's Last Trick (1998)
Egon escapes from the psychiatric ward, where he has been incarcerated since the gang's last coup. Keld and Benny pick him up, and when Egon, as...

The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang (1974)
The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that is. They don't have any money, so Egon has to...

The Olsen Gang Goes to War (1978)
Some criminal EU ministers plan to turn Denmark into a gigantic fair ground and holiday paradise. Egon gets his hand at some important documents...

The Olsen Gang Outta Sight (1977)
Egon is starting to be a little forgetful; he forgot the zone number, so he fails to open the strongbox. When he gets out of Vridslose State Prison,...

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders (1979)
Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he...

Gertrud (1964)
Hopeless romantic Gertrud inhabits a turn-of-the-century milieu of artists and musicians, where she pursues an idealized notion of love that will...

The Goldcabbage Family (1975)
The family Gyldenkål is actually called Iversen, but have changed their name, after numerous problems with the IRS, loan sharks and employers....

The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank (1976)
The second film in the series about the enterprising Gyldenkål family. Now the family has climbed to the top of the social ladder, but...

The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote (1977)
The final film in the Gyldenkål trilogy. Following a financial downturn, Charles Gyldenkål decides to run for municipal office. After an...

The Veterinarian's Adopted Children (1968)
Winnie's mother is going to Bangkok to settle an inheritance matter and is looking for a good boarding house for her child. She calls Dr. Linager,...

The Girl and the Playboy (1965)
A millionaire gets amnesia after a hit to the head and now he has to rediscover his past and decide what kind of man he wants to be in the future.

The Chronic Innocence (1985)
For Janus his friend Tore is his big ideal: pretty, intelligent and self-confident. Janus is grateful for his friendship even though he is considered...

Me, Too, in the Mafia (1974)
Petty crook “Viffer” Hansen pulls off a daring $10 million swindle selling Copenhagen’s Rundetårn to an oil sheikh, then...

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok (1973)
When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do not want to know about his new ingenious plan: they are...

Ta' lidt solskin (1969)
A folk comedy for the whole family. The two carefree farm musicians, Poul Otto Madsen and Bernhard Iversen, along with the dog Hannibal, move into...

The Olsen Gang Long Gone (1981)
Criminal genius Egon Olsen presents his accomplices Benny and Keld with yet another infallible plan that can only end badly. The booty is a red...

The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence (1981)
As usual, Egon has an ingenious plan. And, as usual, it works just fine until one of the gang members makes some kind of funny error. This time,...

Kid Gang on the Go (1971)
The last day of school before the summer, held farewell to the school year. Hurray a long summer ahead. Rikke joined the feminist and is...

Kidnapning (1982)
Based on Bjarne Reuter's 1975 juvenile novel, even broader comedy strokes are employed in the film version, but bright spark Bertram is still at the...

Six Kids and Their Uncle (1966)
Erik Lund is a child psychologist and defend a doctoral thesis on the subject. His knowledge is at the very theoretical level, and he will be...

Een pige og 39 sømænd (1965)
This festive comedy has a theme song that was incredibly popular in its day – but which is missing a verse! The penultimate verse ends as...

Six Kids and the Honeymooners (1967)
Erik and Lisbeth are getting married and then honeymoon to Austria. When Mom and Dad need to have another baby, the four small decides to go on the...

Flaming Fire Chief (1976)
A festive crime comedy about a confused innkeeper who involuntarily finds himself becoming entangled in a larger crime-affair where the villains have...

Bussen (1963)
The protagonist is a jovial bus driver, well beloved by his passengers, essentially the whole community around him. The bus, however, is old, and...

Den grønne elevator (1961)
Hans and Mona decide to give their spouses something to think about by getting caught in a compromising situation during a joint vacation. To lighten...

Love Thy Neighbour (1967)
Sven Gjeholm is a writer of sex books. His wife finds this a bit odd, considering he's not really into sex. Since Sven can't get any peace to write...

Mor bag rattet (1965)
Lykke Jeppsen is beautiful and young, but she is best served by not being much else. She certainly shouldn't set her sights on driving a car, because...

A Day Without Lies (1963)
In a sophisticated world, everyone lies and deceives each other, and only the peaceful Norwegian Steen is upset by the low-level cheating. A bet is...

Fætrene på Torndal (1973)
Werner (William Rosenberg) is an inspector for group of farmes called Digeskov. Left alone by Digeskovs owner, Werner is tricking small neighboring...

Han, hun, Dirch og Dario (1962)
Director Paul Borg (Ebbe Langberg) neglects his young, beautiful wife Marianne (Ghita Nørby). He even forget their wedding day, in favor of a...

Høfeber (1991)
A confrontational and friendly judge gets in trouble when his wife is trying to arouse his jealousy of her long-term relationship with their mutual...

I kongens klæ'r (1954)
Kjeld Petersen plays a merchant who has stolen his clothes when he is out take a dip in the Sound. He stopped by the police, and they find a call to...

Wife on vacation (1967)
Allan Thorsen is tired of his wife, but he finds it difficult to tell her that he wants a divorce. So he arranges a skiing holiday where she will...

Jeppe på Bjerget (1981)
Jeppe is a bedraggled day laborer whose great vice is brandy. And when he falls down drunk in the field, a passing baron is tempted to play a prank...

Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud (1994)
Documentary about Carl Theodor Dreyer and his film Gertrud.

How to Behave in a Fourposter Bed (1972)
A police lieutenant woman goes undercover into a mansion where a couple maintains a school to teach young women how to catch a man... Especially if...

The Girl in a Swing (1988)
A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love...

En af dagene (1963)
Depiction of ordinary everyday life. The action takes place in an office, with the characters Tom, Norman, and Carl as the focal points.

The Quiet Battle (1960)
The Danish resistance movement stepped up its activities towards the end of the war. One night, an English agent arrives by plane, is injured and is...

Kristiane af Marstal (1956)
Two young skippers, Hans Tønnesen and Poul Nielsen, have a small cargo ship that transports freight from Copenhagen to the provinces. Poul and...

Det stod i avisen (1962)
An episodic film with six different stories that are more or less interwoven. A married couple is celebrating their 19th wedding anniversary. The...

Dyden går amok (1966)
Hidden among the dunes on the west coast of Jutland lies HU, where fishermen struggle to earn a living. The hard and dangerous work combines HU's...

Crazy Paradise (1962)
Romantic comedy, based on the discovery that eggs from a particular island provide men with great virility and make them irresistible.

Kick Me in the Traditions! (1979)
Based on Leif Panduro's 1958 satire classic. David, a senior high-school student, aims a swift kick at his principal's behind and is committed to a...

Kassen stemmer (1976)
Three young men discover a scam that three somewhat older gentlemen from Aarhus' upper class have set up to avoid bankruptcy. The gentlemen directors...

South of Tana River (1963)
A plane lands one day at Nairobi Airport in Kenya, and among the passengers is a young Danish girl, Eva Axelson, who immediately takes a carriage to...

Oskar (1962)
Oskar? That's my driver. And Tina, my maid, must have taken my suitcase with her to the baron - the one my daughter should have been engaged to. But...

Den fine mand (1971)
The newly rich Mr. Jourdain dreams of climbing the social ladder in 17th-century Paris. And he makes a fool of himself as he tries to become...

Nu stiger den (1966)
A folk comedy loosely based on the career of Danish inventor and aviation pioneer Jacob Christian Ellehammer. We follow Ellehammer, his loyal...

Tre mand frem for en trold (1967)
An amateur photographer has accidentally captured something special in a landscape photo from Sweden, something that an alert journalist could turn...

Naalen (1951)
"Naalen" is the title character in the film, a ruthless black market kingpin whose wake inevitably follows a series of other crimes. How "Naalen" got...

Mig og dig (1969)
A love story about a young woman's relationship with two men, the lawyer she was previously married to and a romantic Swedish actor. At the same...

Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner (1994)
There is a cheeky Frida hiding inside all of us. Hideouts, secrets, kissing techniques, and dreams of becoming heroes by exposing evil bandits....

Fløjtespilleren (1953)
A bunch of wagons are crossing the border. It's the Karla Circus, which, after a rough season in Germany, is gonna try its luck in Denmark. Mrs....

It's Nifty in the Navy (1965)
The three young fishermen, Svend, Knud, and Valdemar, have bought a new cutter, but haven't paid it off yet. It is a real fishing film, but it is not...

I, A Lover (1966)
Beatrice abandons her husband Peter because he is impotent in their sex life, instead she travels to paris with her lover Isac. Meanwhile Peter stays...

Helle for Lykke (1969)
One summer evening, two young people meet at the strait. He is Poul and she is Anna. They try to find their rhythm, but it doesn't really work out....

Hold da helt ferie (1965)
Søren is looking forward to a relaxing camping holiday with his wife, Marianne. But nothing goes as planned, when his two daughters and...

Be Dear to Me (1957)
The Danish Ingen tid til Kaertegn (Be Dear to Me) is heavily reliant on the appeal of its star, 8-year-old Eva Cohn. Our heroine is the neglected...

Babette's Feast (1987)
A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late...

Topsy Turvy (1983)
An uptight young man and his equally uptight family moves next door to a hedonistic clan, including the beautiful, sexy Topsy, who charms the new...

Bedroom Mazurka (1970)
Max (Søltoft) is a popular teacher at a public school who needs a new schoolmaster. In an effort to entice him to take the vacated position,...

The Fight For The Red Cow (1987)
The evil lawyer wants to take over the estate, and the evil farmer Esben helps him. But if the good farmer Svend Åge gets the red cow Rosa to...

The Poet and the Little Mother (1959)
Poeten and Lillemor are making their living on his writing, but the general interest in modern poetry is low and their income very small. A creditor...

The Ghost Train (1976)
A motley crew must spend the night at a small, remote railway station. Strange occurrences and old stories about a ghost train that is supposed to...

Styrmand Karlsen (1958)
First mate Knud Karlsen has just received sad news from his girlfriend. On board the ship is also chef Valdemar, sailor Ole, owner's confident son...

Tine (1964)
Danish melodrama about a housemaid struggling to find normalcy and love in the midst of war.

Vandalism (1977)
Based upon the novel "Hærværk" by Tom Kristensen about the self destructive person. The literary reviewer Ole Jastrau chooses to free...

Father of Four: In the Snow (1954)
Ib Schønberg is again the kindly father - and now he is crowned "the ideal driver". This means that he can take all his four children to...

Bedside Highway (1972)
In this Danish sex comedy, precisely opposite goals lead a young official of the Department of Roads and Traffic and all the women of the local...

Bedside Head (1972)
The young headmaster of a boy's boarding school has decided that due to the virility of his young charges, they are a sort of national treasure. He...

The Girl and the Press Photographer (1963)
Bastian and Lene are a good couple, as a journalist and press photographer. They take turns to get ideas for how to get a scoop for the magazine "Tit...

Biedermann og brandstifterne (1965)
Mr. Biedermann naively allows two men to stay in his house, which they end up setting on fire.

Det gælder livet (1953)
Ella and Olaf are in love but childless. Their neighbors Viggo and Polly have three children, but their marriage is in ruins. When Ella and Viggo...

Duellen (1962)
A sort of forerunner to Hollywood's Boogie Nights (1997), this Danish melodrama is set in the world of strip clubs. A medical student (Frits Helmuth)...

Watch Your Back, Professor! (1977)
When a boring collage professor is mistaken for his cousin, he gets into all kinds of trouble, with hilarious results.

Sextet (1963)
Six people of different ages and with varying mental health problems are forced to spend the night together by bad weather and react upon each other.

Tjærehandleren (1971)
Audun’s son is killed in an accident while the mother is in bed with her lover. Ten years later is Audun on the road living as a salesman and...

Premiere i helvede (1964)
About an American's reaction to the Dane's way of chatting about each other. Behind their backs. A rumor begins to flourish. A serious one. About...

Prop and Berta (2001)
Prop & Berta is the story of a friendship between a little stout man and a big and proud cow, who are able to talk to each other. Together they...

Selvmordsskolen (1964)
Bizarre satiric tale about an ordinary Danish man disappointed in life and the welfare system. Close to a total collapse he decides to take the easy...

Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier (1995)
Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors....

May (1983)
An everyday story about a young girl from the countryside and the people she meets when she moves to the big city to train as a hairdresser.

Faith, Hope and Witchcraft (1960)
In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean on the island of Troldø lives a single farming family. The grandmother Gunhild is the only woman...

Camping (1990)
Per is a traveling man who makes a living setting up new campsites—financed by a rather clueless telephone company and a gawking power plant....

Jan går til filmen (1954)
Fourteen-year-old Jan and his companion Erling appear as extras in a film being filmed at Nordisk Film's studios in Valby. A mysterious burglary at...

Karen, Maren og Mette (1954)
Among the many guests at the Rebild festival is Andreas Andersen, a man in his early 30s. But he has not come to Denmark to attend the big festival....

The Young Have No Time (1956)
A tale of wealthy youth in post-WWII Copenhagen.

Final Act (1987)
FINAL ACT is based on Noel Coward's play "Waiting in the Wings". Even the smallest events turn into mind-blowing dramas at The Set, a retirement...

Rainfox (1984)
A crime melodrama set in the world of horse racing. A trainer is wrongfully accused of doping a horse and loses his license. When he begins to...

Vores lille by (1954)
Our small town is a fairly ordinary collection of houses in a random location in Denmark, inhabited by fairly ordinary people. Nothing of...

Det er så yndigt at følges ad (1954)
Who decides where the cupboard should go in a marriage? The film begins with three cheerful movers, Karl, Fredrik, and Lasse, struggling with a...

Asterix the Gaul (1967)
In the year 50 BC, Gaul is occupied by the Romans - nearly. But the small village of Asterix and his friends still resists the Roman legions with the...

Skibet i Skilteskoven (1992)
Sømanden Otto (Brandenburg) har bugseret sit gode skib ”Julia” ind i Skilteskoven. Her nyder han freden og roen, alene med sin...

The House at Christianshavn (1970)
The series follows the residents of an apartment building on Copenhagen's Christianshavn, as they go about their daily lives and challenges. There is...

The House at Christianshavn (1970)
The series follows the residents of an apartment building on Copenhagen's Christianshavn, as they go about their daily lives and challenges. There is...

The House at Christianshavn (1970)
The series follows the residents of an apartment building on Copenhagen's Christianshavn, as they go about their daily lives and challenges. There is...

Matador (1978)
Matador is a Danish TV series produced and shown between 1978 and 1982. It is set in the fictional Danish town of Korsbæk between 1929 and...