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 Olsen, a mover with an old fashion view of the world, Clausen who runs the local pet shop, Egon the career focused assistant, their wives who work hard to keep their spouses lives together, the young couple Tue and Rikke who recently moved in, the hard working caretaker Meyer, who never puts in to much effort, and of course Emma, the innkeeper of Rottehullet, where all the important decisions are made while running up the bar tab. The series was produced by Nordisk Film for Danmarks Radio TV station between the years 1970-77. The series' first director was Ebbe Langberg, then Erik Balling and Tom Hedegaard respectively. The series was conceived by an author team of well-known Danish authors such Leif Panduro, Benny Andersen, and Lise Nørgaard.
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Episode 1 - A stranger moves in
Release Date: 1973-07-29A new tenant is moving in, it's the photographer Bo, who knows how to make people work for him.
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Episode 2 - Could you put it in writing
Release Date: 1973-10-06Karla has fallen for her graphology teacher and is creating uproar in the whole house when she starts analyzing everyone's personality from their handwriting.
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Episode 3 - Table singing
Release Date: 1973-10-13Olsen is writing a poem for his brother's an wife's silver wedding anniversary. This turns out to be much more difficult than expected and before long, all the men of the house are involved.
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Episode 4 - The power of advertising
Release Date: 1973-10-20Mr. Clausen and Mr. Olsen are doing laundry, and in the detergent boxes they find coupons for participating in a competition for a trip to Bali. Clausen submits his coupon but Olsen does not. Soon after, Clausen learns that he has won the competition which makes Olsen jealous. The detergent company wants to do a photo shoot with Mrs. Clausen, who soon gets fed up with the whole thing.
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Episode 5 - Bimmer is missing
Release Date: 1973-10-27Meyer is watching Karla's son Bimmer while she is at the hairdressers. When Clausen needs help downstairs, Meyer leaves Bimmer alone in the apartment. When Egon comes home and finds Bimmer alone, he takes him over to Emma in Rottehullet, so that she can look after him until Karla gets home. When Karla gets home and finds Bimmer missing, all hell breaks loose.
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Episode 6 - Clausen has rubella
Release Date: 1973-12-31Mr. Clausen has developed allergies and comes down with rubella