#290: Danish Occupation Films 1945-2023

Der var engang en krig (Once There Was a War, Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt,1966). Stills: Per Grubbe. Archive: Danish Film Institute.
25.02.2026. New article about Danish films on the occupation by Gunhild Agger.

#290: Danish Occupation Films 1945-2023

How has fiction film told the story of the German occupation of Denmark, and how do these film narratives relate to academic historical research on the same chapter of Danish history? That is the theme of this issue of Kosmorama. The analysis is carried out by Gunhild Agger, who recently published a Danish-language book about Danish films on the occupation:

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