Matador 45 years old
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 1947. It follows the lives of a range of characters from across the social spectrum, focusing specifically on the rivalry between the families of two businessmen: The banker Hans Christian Varnæs, an established local worthy, and social climber Mads Skjern, who arrives in town as the series opens. The name Matador was taken from the localised edition of the boardgame Monopoly, also the series' tentative English title. In addition, in contemporary Danish a "matador" is often used to describe a business tycoon, in the series referring to the character of Mads Skjern and his craftiness as a self-made entrepreneur. Directed by famed Danish film maker Erik Balling, Matador was the idea of author Lise Nørgaard who wrote the bulk of the episodes alongside Karen Smith, Jens Louis Petersen and Paul Hammerich. The series is one of the most well-known and popular examples of Danish television and represents the peak of longtime development of Danish TV drama by the public service channel Danmarks Radio. The series has become part of the modern self-understanding of Danes, partly because of its successful mix of melodrama and a distinct warm Danish humour in the depiction of characters, which were portrayed by a wide range of the most popular Danish actors at the time; but also not least because of its accurate portrayal of a turbulent Denmark from around the start of the Great Depression and through Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in World War II.
Credits
Jørgen Buckhøj
Mads Skjern
Ghita Nørby
Ingeborg Skjern
Ove Sprogøe
Dr. Louis Hansen
Kirsten Olesen
Agnes Jensen
John Hahn-Petersen
Mr. Stein
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jørgen Buckhøj He was 43 , 59 years old when he died | as Mads Skjern |
| Ghita Nørby She was 43 , now 89 years old | as Ingeborg Skjern |
| Ove Sprogøe He was 58 , 84 years old when he died | as Dr. Louis Hansen |
| Kirsten Olesen She was 29 , now 74 years old | as Agnes Jensen |
| Else-Marie Juul Hansen She was 74 , 98 years old when she died | |
| John Hahn-Petersen He was 48 , 75 years old when he died | as Mr. Stein |
| Buster Larsen He was 58 , 73 years old when he died | as Oluf Larsen |
| Kurt Ravn He was 30 , now 76 years old | as Lauritz Jensen |
| Elin Reimer She was 50 , now 96 years old | as Laura Larsine Sørensen |
| Jesper Langberg He was 38 , 78 years old when he died | as Kristen Andersen-Skjern |
| Lily Broberg She was 55 , 65 years old when she died | as Katrine Larsen |
| Helle Virkner She was 53 , 83 years old when she died | as Elisabeth Friis |
| Malene Schwartz She was 42 , now 87 years old | as Maude Varnæs |
| Bent Mejding He was 41 , now 87 years old | as Jørgen Varnæs |
| Susse Wold She was 39 , now 85 years old | as Birgitte Graa |
| Holger Juul Hansen He was 54 , 88 years old when he died | as Hans Christian Varnæs |
| Karin Nellemose She was 73 , 88 years old when she died | as Misse Møhge |
| Per Pallesen He was 36 , now 81 years old | as Severin Boldt |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|
Matador (45 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1978-11-11
- Runtime: [60] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 24