Jesper Klein

Acting

Jesper Klein

Born — Died

1944-11-13 — 2011-08-22

Place of birth

Næstved, Denmark

Known for

Acting

Credits

73 titles

Known for

Taxa poster
7.4

TAXA is a Danish television drama made by Danmarks Radio with 56 episodes, written by Stig Thorsboe and produced by Rumble Hammerich. The series revolves around a small taxi central, CrownTaxi, in Copenhagen. The series was a success from the start, 14 September 1997 on DR1. The series was broadcast during the period 1997-1999 for a total of five series. CrownTaxi has its ups and downs and in the course of the series, following the various drivers, radio opertor Lizzie and boss Verner Boye-Larsen. They have all their problems both with clients and family life and constantly threaten the show's villain Hermann from the competing taxi firm, City Car, which wants to take over the CrownTaxi. TAXA was also screened in Sweden on SVT1.

Taxa

1997

Kikkebakke Boligby poster
8.0

In the residential area stands the apartment building Kikkebakke, home to a motley crew of residents. Among them are the grumpy Gniske and Mrs. Vivaldi with her spaghetti machine. At Father Alfred's house, the kitchen is a hive of activity when it's time to do the dishes—so why not invent a clever machine that can do it? Kikkebakke Boligby is also home to Freddy, Carla, Skorstens-Per, Mrs. Brand, Mr. Matrikelhys, and businessman Sommer, who behind closed blinds becomes the muscle man Mr. Pølzenmuskel!

Kikkebakke Boligby

1977

Jungledyret Hugo poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

Jungledyret Hugo

2003

Pyrus: The Greatest Christmas poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Pyrus: The Greatest Christmas

1994

Pyrus: Alletiders Nisse poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Pyrus: Alletiders Nisse

1995

Hugo, the Jungle Creature poster
6.3

This film introduces us to Hugo, a one-of-a-kind animal who lives in a jungle. Youthful and carefree, Hugo is prone to playing practical jokes on his friends, Zig and Zag the monkeys. His idyllic lifestyle is interrupted when he is captured by CEO of a famed movie company, Conrad Cupmann, to be co-star in a Hollywood-style film. In order to return from Copenhagen to his jungle home, he must escape with the help of a newly found friend, Rita the fox.

Hugo, the Jungle Creature

1993

Film credits

2000s · 10 titles

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear poster
7.6

When a boy child is stolen by bears who raise him as their own, his human parents hunt the bears in despair, and the boy is faced with the dilemma of who and what he is.

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear

2002

Amazon Jack poster
5.4

Jungo is the rarest creature in the world, but also the most popular! Can his best buddies Rita the fox, Zik and Zak the monkeys, and an eager young puppy help him escape the clutches of a mad scientist intent on cloning him, a senseless psychologist who wants to analyze him, and a talk show hostess who wants Jungo to advertise her perfume?

Amazon Jack

2007

Circleen - Mice & Romance poster
5.2

Circleen the elf girl and her comical mouse pals, Ingolf and Frederik, live under the geraniums on an artist's balcony. Their idyllic lives are interrupted when they meet the myopic Cindermouse, whose grumpy dad refuses to hold her birthday and instead locks her up in a box. Short, plump, cheese-loving Ingolf is forced to act and to show that he is a real hero.

Circleen - Mice & Romance

2000

The Man Who Couldn't Say No poster
7.1

Rasmus is a commissioning editor prepared to go to lengths to keep people happy - which is just what he has to do, because Rasmus has a problem. He can't say no. To his ex-girlfriend who wants a baby or his new girlfriend, who wants things clear cut, or his author pal, who wants to write for a limited audience, or his new boss, who wants to publish sex guides.

The Man Who Couldn't Say No

2002

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sangen

2009

Cirkeline: Little Big Mouse poster
5.8

Circleen goes on holiday to Turkey with her artist. Her chums Ingolf, Fredrik, and Viktor decide to go to see her, and stow away on board granddad's ship, where they meet another stowaway, the tough, fearless mouse Ali, who has set off into the world in search of happiness. Our friends are dragged into Ali's adventures and agree to help him to obtain cheese on board. But granddad is furious: he doesn't want kids on board, and the cat, the cook, and the captain aren't exactly mouse lovers either. Meanwhile, Ali has a secret!

Cirkeline: Little Big Mouse

2004

Pixie Panic poster
5.2

By chance, Pyrus has found Gyldengrød's old laboratory, which has been locked up for many years. When the National Archivist's son-in-law Krusø catches a severe winter cold, Pyrus is eager to help and tries to cure Krusø with an elixir from Gyldengrød's laboratory. The effect is disastrous. Krusø shrinks to the size of an elf and tumbles around confused in the archive. Krusø comes into possession of the elves' magic book, which enables him to conjure himself into various books. And misfortune befalls the country's prime minister as Krusø tours the telephone directories, the overview of traffic planning in Copenhagen, and worst of all, the finance bill itself. Pyrus is unhappy. For once, he tried to do the right thing, and now everyone is even more angry with him than before. How can he make amends? He must accomplish something truly great.

Pixie Panic

2000

Turn Right by the Yellow Dog poster
8.2

A fair point, considering the father happens to be dead! Philip is a successful architect with little or no time for his 16-year-old son. When his own father dies, Philip suddenly realises the pain of having been abandoned years ago. Enter Karl, a charming old rogue who claims to have been a close friend of Philip's dad. Philip invites Karl to stay at his house, where Karl quickly becomes a surrogate father-figure for both Philip and his son. But just as Philip's mind starts to open, the truth about Karl threatens to emerge, and soon both men are in for big surprises in this heartwarming, bittersweet comedy about a man's struggle to make peace with his dead father.

Turn Right by the Yellow Dog

2003

A Tale of Two Mozzies poster
4.6

Dagmar the dancing mosquito has the hots for Egon. But Egon, putting love on hold, is busy achieving the ultimate sprint on his bike and wants to see the world. When wicked red ant queen Dominella and her soldiers kill the black ant queen and take over her heap, our heroes are drawn into an exciting forest floor drama that puts their friendship to the test and forces them to use their talents to the utmost.

A Tale of Two Mozzies

2007

Kejserens nye klæder poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kejserens nye klæder

2009

1990s · 11 titles

Hugo, the Jungle Creature poster
6.3

This film introduces us to Hugo, a one-of-a-kind animal who lives in a jungle. Youthful and carefree, Hugo is prone to playing practical jokes on his friends, Zig and Zag the monkeys. His idyllic lifestyle is interrupted when he is captured by CEO of a famed movie company, Conrad Cupmann, to be co-star in a Hollywood-style film. In order to return from Copenhagen to his jungle home, he must escape with the help of a newly found friend, Rita the fox.

Hugo, the Jungle Creature

1993

The Olsen Gang's Last Trick poster
5.9

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 always, is planning the big heist, the Olsen Gang is once again on the move.

The Olsen Gang's Last Trick

1998

The Snooks poster
5.9

The Snooks (singular!) derives his name from the Danish expression "leaving the Snooks behind" much used by 7-year-old Eigil's parents to indicate somebody's going nuts. This being a live action-cum-puppet animation film, Eigil's own imagination turns the Snooks into an amiable gnome-like little fellow and best friend during a summer holiday. When they are being joined by a cat, the fun really begins.

The Snooks

1992

Baby Doom poster
6.1

Max is a programmer, Nicoline is a chef, and they are both young, in love, and ambitious. Then lightning strikes: they have a baby. From that day on, nothing is ever the same again. Max, who has just been promoted, is certain he has everything well in hand. He has just invented the LifeOrganizer interactive personal scheduler designed to make life easier. But having to endure a baby with colic, piled-up washing and missed deadlines, Max and Nicoline's bachelor lifestyle is put to the test. There are only 24 hours in a day, or are there? With many wacky smiles and lashings of gallows-humour Peter Gren Larsen depicts the stressed out situation young couples face when baby throws a spanner in your career. Max and Nicoline go through an awful lot, including a trial separation, before they accept that kids change your life.

Baby Doom

1998

Hugo the Movie Star poster
6.0

Hugo, the one-of-a-kind jungle animal, is snatched away from his home for a second time in another attempt for him to become an animal actor. Meanwhile, he's reunited with Rita the kind, streetwise fox. Finding that life in front of and behind the camera isn't so bad, he grows more unaccustomed to wild life once he escapes and slowly weakens his relationship with Rita.

Hugo the Movie Star

1996

No artwork available
8.3

A young couple, Christian and Louise, are woken up by their sweetest slumber a morning. Two employees in their property company acquire access and take photographs to prove that Christian and Louise live illegally. The young people may be thrown out of their homes - but might find something else along the way.

Hit the Bag

1993

Casanova poster
10.0

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. Together, they obviously have to get rich quick. When a diamond seems to be lying around for the taking, the hotel is virtually on its head.

Casanova

1990

Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner poster
7.0

There is a cheeky Frida hiding inside all of us. Hideouts, secrets, kissing techniques, and dreams of becoming heroes by exposing evil bandits. Parents are just a nuisance, and when you finally want to take care of serving the guests, somehow it all goes wrong. It's a shame, because you just wanted to do it so well. Lykke Nielsen translated the best of the best from her books into this film. The children were happy to play along and at one point said that they would like to play in more films. That wasn't to be, but the film remains a sweet and funny everyday story that reflects the children's innermost dreams: to be allowed to be themselves without too much interference from outside. Throughout the film, the children go through a lot before they turn the villains over to the authorities, but that's how a children's film should be.

Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner

1994

The Great Day on the Beach poster
5.8

It is the adult Gustav Adolf, who tells the story of the momentous day when he as a little boy with his father and mother and the whole staircase, went to the beach to enjoy the pleasures of bathing. We are in 1930s working-class neighborhood in Copenhagen. In a backyard apartment, we meet the little working-up of small Gustav Adolf (Benjamin Rothenborg Vibe) who has great respect for his father, Axel (Erik Clausen). Father has a very lively gab and is always ready to tell a story from her exciting life - often from the time he was on the big Argentine pampas.

The Great Day on the Beach

1991

Manden der ville være skyldig poster
4.5

In a future surveillance and treatment society where imaginative literature is censored, author Adam Gregor lives an unhappy life. During an argument with his wife, who is prone to conformity, he pushes her over the staircase landing and now believes he has killed her. However, society does not operate with the concept of guilt, and Adam cannot be convicted of murder, but is released after psychiatric treatment. He tries to get in touch with his young son, but encounters a friendly but determined power structure. At the same time, he is monitored by the authorities, who hope he will contact his oppositionist publisher.

Manden der ville være skyldig

1990

Circleen - City Mouse poster
6.0

She's back - the lovable little elf who sleeps in a matchbox on the artist's desk: and of course her playmates, too, the comical mouse couple Fredrik and Ingolf. The trio are moving into the city. It's a mjor step for Circleen and the mice, and one which has its pros and cons. The city is a dangerous place, but it also has cute, amusing, cheeky playmates such as Sidse, whose family boasts a pirate, and Hassan's family, who introduce food-loving Ingolf to feta cheese and belly-dancing.

Circleen - City Mouse

1998

1980s · 9 titles

Walter and Carlo in America poster
6.0

The steward Walter and the cobbler Carlo is tasked to provide not the Little, but the High Mermaid to two agents in Kennedy airport in New York. Already on arrival complicate the hapless heroes into a series of spy intrigue involving agents from both sides of the Iron Curtain

Walter and Carlo in America

1989

Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface poster
7.8

Little Virgil lives in a henhouse with his best friend Oscar, a one-legged rooster. Virgil's worst enemy is Orla, the local bully-boy. When a circus comes to town, Virgil hires on as the Human Cannonball's apprentice. The role is a perfect fit, and ugly, evil Orla finally gets his comeuppance.

Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface

1980

The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence poster
7.0

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, however, even Egon's life is in danger, for some international criminals try to get rid of him by throwing him into a container filled with acid.

The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence

1981

Samson & Sally poster
6.1

Samson is a young whale that doesn't have friends. He spends his time listening to his mother's stories about the legendary whale Moby Dick. Samson becomes fascinated about it and decides to go on a journey to find Moby Dick.

Samson & Sally

1984

Beauty and the Beast poster
6.5

When Mette and her father are left alone over the Christmas holidays, he starts feeling increasingly rejected and jealous, as his adolescent daughter starts looking for real beaus.

Beauty and the Beast

1983

Elvis Hansen, en samfundshjælper poster
4.0

In Nørrebro, in a property ripe for redevelopment, only one family remains: the Hansens. With Elvis as the head of the family. A welfare recipient who, sitting on the sofa with a beer in his hand, can fix the whole world situation, and Herdis Hansen, the all-embracing wife who provides electricity for her husband's TV and strolls around in a fur coat "given" to her by their son Brian. Despite the king's bailiff Kjeldsen's countless attempts to evict the Hansen family, Elvis manages to fend him off every time. To get them to move, he is offered director Knudsen's new headquarters, a villa in an affluent neighborhood in Charlottenlund, as a temporary solution.

Elvis Hansen, en samfundshjælper

1988

No artwork available
8.5

The last of three animated films about the history of the exploited underclass in the Nordic countries through the ages. The first two were "Trællene" (1978) and "Trællenes oprør" (1979).

The Thralls' Children

1980

Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage poster
7.7

Close The comedy quartet Klyderne attempts to create "a typical Danish film" through a long series of absurd sketches, parodies, musical interludes, and animated segments. The film includes the story of Anton W. Olsen and his singing foot, a soccer match between knitting ladies, a highly dramatic silent film horror movie, and an examination of the Danish national character as expressed at a campsite.

Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage

1980

No artwork available
NR

What happened to the ugly duckling after the fairytale ended? In this animated short you will get the answer.

The Further Adventures of the Ugly Duckling

1981

1970s · 16 titles

Sofies skolegang poster
NR

TV drama about Christen Kold and his ideas for independent schools, by Bent Grasten and Kirsten Stenbæk. The story is set in the village of Roemark in the latter half of the 19th century and recounts the events surrounding farmer Valdemar's establishment of the first independent school in Denmark, based on an idea conceived by Christen Kold.

Sofies skolegang

1977

The Revolt of the Thralls poster
7.5

A three part story about the plague, religion and revolt in Northern Europe in the period 1349 to 1542.

The Revolt of the Thralls

1979

Benny's Bathtub poster
7.2

A boy explores the hidden depths of his bathtub in a grey world dominated by boring adults.

Benny's Bathtub

1971

Kick Me in the Traditions! poster
6.5

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 psychiatric ward from the perspective of which he takes a close look at his allegedly sane family. They, of course, are the real loonies. The psychiatrists are worse. Only lovely class-mate Lis is down-to-earth and trustworthy.

Kick Me in the Traditions!

1979

The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote poster
5.2

The final film in the Gyldenkål trilogy. Following a financial downturn, Charles Gyldenkål decides to run for municipal office. After an unconventional election campaign, he is elected to the city council and becomes the deciding vote in the mayoral election.

The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote

1977

Dummy Partner poster
7.3

The last part of the trilogy about the Vesterbro Root Per, which differs from "The Flight" (1973) and "Per" (1975) by being more comedy. Per has become socially adapted, he gets married and gets permanent work. In his rise live two originals, Kasper and his blind friend Holger, who are busy revealing housing fraud in the neighborhood.

Dummy Partner

1976

The Thralls poster
8.0

A story about the thrall boy Halte who is being sacrificed to the Gods after he tries to kill a rich man.

The Thralls

1978

Did Somebody Laugh? poster
8.7

The late 1930s. A young enemployed, unskilled worker walks through the streets of Copenhagen, sustaining himself partly on the dole and free soup-kitchen meals and partly on day-dreams. He spends time at a cemetry studying headstone inscriptions. Mild-mannered and of poetic bent, he understands little of an intellectual friend's advice and shies away from the love of a woman who shares her bed with him.

Did Somebody Laugh?

1978

Gold for the Tough Guys of the Prairie poster
5.6

Comedic western, where the 4 guys this time have to help find a gold transport. They get help from the cunning girl Shannahoo.

Gold for the Tough Guys of the Prairie

1971

Mirror, Mirror poster
8.5

Heavily influenced by the French stage sensation La Cage Aux Folles (which was filmed the very same year) a drag-queen comedy about a group of homosexuals sharing an apartment with a naive but straight country boy did not live up to expectations. The lead characters lead boring lives during the day and, as depicted here, downright pathetic existences at night, all decked out in peacock plumes and high heels and with nowhere to go.

Mirror, Mirror

1978

Svend, Knud og Valdemar poster
8.0

Based on a play written by Peter Fristrup in 1887.

Svend, Knud og Valdemar

1970

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Søndagen og Benny

1971

Den fine mand poster
7.0

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 proficient in philosophy, dance, music, and fencing.

Den fine mand

1971

Tough Guys of the Prairie poster
4.9

Wild West Danish comedy. The story of four strapping lads who defeat a gang of criminals intent on stealing honest people's gold should not be taken seriously. The four heroes ride ponies, and little effort is made to conceal the fact that the film was shot in Denmark.

Tough Guys of the Prairie

1970

No artwork available
7.7

Just outside Jullerup Færgeby, three children named Anton, Kaja, and Knud live with their parents in a lighthouse. Every day, the three children row into town to go on treasure hunts with their friends Vera and 44. Among other things, they find a secret cave, which they call "HH." Jullerup Færgeby is also home to old Captain Gus, who follows all the daily events in the town. He watches when the cutter comes home, when the oversized fish export truck drives through town, when the man in the crane is constantly unlucky and shouts "It's stuck", and when Anton repeatedly tears his trousers.

Jullerup Færgeby

1974

Revolutionen i vandkanten poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Revolutionen i vandkanten

1971

1960s · 6 titles

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Stolen Feast

1968

Sonjas Jul poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sonjas Jul

1969

Black-out poster
7.7

Five young people take part in a party. During the party, a man is hit and killed nearby. The driver flees. The next day, one of the young people cannot remember anything about the time surrounding the accident. Is he the perpetrator? A witness leads the police on the trail.

Black-out

1969

Sex and the Law poster
4.8

A look at what happened when Denmark abolished censorship in the late 1960s.

Sex and the Law

1968

The Ballad of Carl-Henning poster
7.0

Carl-Henning (Jasper Klein) is a young man working as an apprentice on a dairy farm in the Danish marshland. When he isn't working, he tinkers on a disabled car and dreams of a young girl who is a local student. After a few too many beers one night, he steals some money from the till at work. He is caught by the foreman, who beats the young man. Carl-Henning defends himself and knocks the man down a flight of stairs. Convinced he has murdered the man, Carl runs away and joins up with a traveling carnival. Although the foreman has only a slight bump on the head and all is forgiven, Carl never receives word he is welcome to return and begins a series of adventures that take him far beyond the farm.

The Ballad of Carl-Henning

1969

Sonja på Bornholm poster
NR

A reunion with Sonja from Saxogade, the children's TV star of the 1960s, who in this film spends her vacation on Bornholm and is visited by her mother, Jytte Abildstrøm, wearing high heels and a bouffant hairstyle, at the campsite near Gudhjem. Freddy Fræk is her boyfriend, and Jesper Klein collects butterflies.

Sonja på Bornholm

1969

Series credits

Taxa poster
7.4

TAXA is a Danish television drama made by Danmarks Radio with 56 episodes, written by Stig Thorsboe and produced by Rumble Hammerich. The series revolves around a small taxi central, CrownTaxi, in Copenhagen. The series was a success from the start, 14 September 1997 on DR1. The series was broadcast during the period 1997-1999 for a total of five series. CrownTaxi has its ups and downs and in the course of the series, following the various drivers, radio opertor Lizzie and boss Verner Boye-Larsen. They have all their problems both with clients and family life and constantly threaten the show's villain Hermann from the competing taxi firm, City Car, which wants to take over the CrownTaxi. TAXA was also screened in Sweden on SVT1.

Taxa

1997

Kikkebakke Boligby poster
8.0

In the residential area stands the apartment building Kikkebakke, home to a motley crew of residents. Among them are the grumpy Gniske and Mrs. Vivaldi with her spaghetti machine. At Father Alfred's house, the kitchen is a hive of activity when it's time to do the dishes—so why not invent a clever machine that can do it? Kikkebakke Boligby is also home to Freddy, Carla, Skorstens-Per, Mrs. Brand, Mr. Matrikelhys, and businessman Sommer, who behind closed blinds becomes the muscle man Mr. Pølzenmuskel!

Kikkebakke Boligby

1977

Jungledyret Hugo poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

Jungledyret Hugo

2003

Pyrus: The Greatest Christmas poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Pyrus: The Greatest Christmas

1994

Pyrus: Alletiders Nisse poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Pyrus: Alletiders Nisse

1995

Pyrus i Alletiders Eventyr poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Pyrus i Alletiders Eventyr

2000

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lørdagshjørnet

1976

Mor er major poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mor er major

1985

Avisen poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Avisen

1982

Sonya Series poster
9.0

A story about adventures of little Sonya and her friends.

Sonya Series

1968

Nissernes Ø poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nissernes Ø

2003

Vinterbyøster poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Vinterbyøster

1973

Call Me Liva poster
7.5

The life of the Danish revue singer Liva Weel (1897-1952), who became very beloved in a series of films. During the Nazi German occupation of Denmark she achieved further renown through the encouraging songs of Poul Henningsen.

Call Me Liva

1992

Tyllefyllebølleby Banegård poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tyllefyllebølleby Banegård

1973

Pyrus: The Greatest Santa Clause poster
7.2

Pyrus is a young elf who lives in The Danish National Archives, where Chief Archivist Birger Bertramsen work alongside his new assistant Josefine Brahe. The young elf lives together with the old Archivist elf Gyldengrød and the elf girl Kandis, who just moved in and the. Pyrus complains that he cannot get Christmas-presents, as Santa Claus doesn't give presents to elf's. Pyrus tries to conjure him with the help of a magical book to talk to him, but unfortunately Santa Claus is already in the National Archives when he does, which results in Clause losing his memories. Now the elf's must help Clause regain his memories by visiting historical events using the books in the archive. They meeting Saint Nicholas (the predecessor of Santa Claus), La Befana (who comes bearing gifts in Italy) and the American Santa Claus.

Pyrus: The Greatest Santa Clause

1997

Jullerup Færgeby poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jullerup Færgeby

1974

Kirsebærhaven 89 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kirsebærhaven 89

1990

Thomas og Tim poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Thomas og Tim

1993

Behind the camera