Pernille Højmark

Acting

Pernille Højmark

Born

1960-05-21 (66)

Place of birth

København, Danmark

Known for

Acting

Credits

56 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

The Price of Peace poster
6.7

After the war, the authorities seek punishment against Karl Skov, and his family is more divided than ever.

The Price of Peace

2026

Into the Darkness poster
6.0

Karlskov is a self made, successful owner of a large electronics factory, has a wife and five children. They live the good, privileged upper-class life on Strandvejen north of Copenhagen when the Nazis occupy Denmark in April 1940. Karl struggles to continue production at the factory, but to protect his family and employees he reluctantly begins to produce for the German market. It brings him into a controversial collaboration with the occupying power and causes painful breaks in the family.

Into the Darkness

2020

Out of the Darkness poster
6.9

This Danish movie "Out of The Darkness" ( in Danish 'De Forbandede år 2' ) is a continuation of the popular WW II drama "Into The Darkness" ( in Danish 'De forbandede år' ) and it portraits the Danish Resistance movements fight. This movie takes place after 1943 where the official politic of 'corporation' comes to an end, and the Danish Resistance movement is gaining traction. The movie follows the Skov family from 1943 to the end of WWII. The growing opposition to the occupation and the increased brutality of the Germans have fatal consequences for the family.

Out of the Darkness

2022

Second Victims poster
7.5

During a hectic shift in the neurological department, skilled doctor Alexandra takes on extra responsibility. But a misjudgment ends in tragedy.

Second Victims

2025

Take My Hand poster
6.1

The comfort-seeking Maja tries to regain control over her life following her recent divorce. 'Take My Hand' is a romantic comedy with all the drama that follows when our perceptions of love are turned upside down.

Take My Hand

2022

Jomfruer fra rummet poster
4.1

High school is coming to an end for the shy Gustav and his best friend, Buller. The two outsiders only think about sex and talk about nothing else. Gustav is hopelessly in love with popular Barbara, who is barely aware of his existence. But the boys' lives change completely when an alien in the form of a handsome guy named Allan suddenly drops from the sky. Without knowing about Allan's plan to take over the earth by procreating with as many people as possible, Gustav and Buller form a special friendship with him. Suddenly, Barbara also catches sight of the clumsy Gustav. In time, it dawns on both Gustav, Buller and Allan that sex is about more than procreation, and that truth changes their world forever.

Jomfruer fra rummet

2023

2010s · 6 titles

2000s · 5 titles

Shake It All About poster
5.9

Jacob is a young man used to getting everything he wants. For several years, he has been living in a happy homosexual partnership with Jørgen, and one night Jacob decides to pop the big question to Jørgen. Jørgen happily accepts Jacobs marriage proposal, but then something happens: Jacob falls in love with a girl, and not just any girl. The girl is Caroline, married to Jørgens younger brother Tom.

Shake It All About

2001

Zafir poster
4.0

The two 11-year-old girls Anna and Sharbat meet and become friends after a while. They unite around a big and secret goal: Anna is to ride the black stallion Zafir in a riding school competition, and Sharbat is to help her rein in the temperamental creature.

Zafir

2003

Villa Paranoia poster
6.2

Anna, a young and aspiring actress who has not had much success, offers to care for the father of Jorgen, who has been burdened with the responsibility. The father, Walentin, is in a mostly comatose state, which makes him the perfect audience for Anna, who begins acting out her scenes in front of him. Gradually, Walentin shows signs of recovery -- but is this due to Anna's kindness, or is it possible that the old man is a pretty good actor himself?

Villa Paranoia

2004

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

Sanne - A Portrait of Denmark's Rock Mama poster
10.0

Danish portrait program from 2005. The preparation for Sanne Salomonsen's solo show at Bellevue Theatre are in full swing in relation to her 50th birthday, through interviews with her nearest a personal portrait from child to adult of Denmark's Rockmama. Mats Ronander, ex-husband and father of the son Victor Ray, send musical greetings of 'flesh and blood' and tell the story of, why Sanne is a Particular singer. Sanne tells about being discovered in the Musical 'Hair' and reveals why Sneakers was broken up.

Sanne - A Portrait of Denmark's Rock Mama

2005

1990s · 7 titles

Watch Me Fly poster
4.8

A story about friendship and sticking together through tough times. The movie shows how two young girls and their families cope with their differences, how they are brought together and torn apart and how they are changed by the injury of a racing pigeon. But when the girls take it upon themselves to heal the pigeon, its recovery can bring them all hope.

Watch Me Fly

1996

Black Harvest poster
5.4

Family drama set in the Danish countryside in the turn of the century. A wealthy landowner is an evil and corrupt womaniser with several illegitimate offspring in addition to his beautiful family. Nobody stands up to him except his feisty 17-year-old daughter.

Black Harvest

1993

The Boys from St. Petri poster
6.5

A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.

The Boys from St. Petri

1991

No artwork available
3.7

In 1950s Copenhagen, Jens is a law student with a part-time job in a law firm. He lives at home and is more or less engaged to Lis. Jens' life is very regular and organized until he meets slightly older Erhard, a head clerk at the firm. Erhard lures Jens into the mysterious city nightlife, and from now on, Jens' life changes. The engagement is broken off and his education is neglected.

Shadow of the Clouds

1996

Syrup poster
4.9

In this wry comedy, the self-deceiving exploits of Lasse (Peter Hesse Overgaard), are shown, as he more or less innocently runs small cons on the people in his life, all the while sponging off of his girlfriend in a bohemian quarter of Copenhagen. He is a no-count, but fairly handsome young stud who imagines that he is some sort of art promoter, or is perhaps even a video artist himself.

Syrup

1990

Skat, det er din tur poster
5.3

Adam and Eva Nymann and their 5-year-old daughter, Rose, are a typical 1997 family with two full-time jobs, daycare, and stress. Although Adam helps out at home, Eva is still primarily responsible for the child and the household. One morning, when Adam is dropping Rose off at daycare, they are involved in a serious traffic accident. In a near-death experience, Adam meets their two guardian angels. They tell him that Rose is dying, while Adam himself will die. But the angels give Adam another chance.

Skat, det er din tur

1997

Superdame poster
6.0

Line married early to a crazy but lovely painter, who unfortunately one day became so crazy that he had to be hospitalized. For her, there was only one thing to do: refuse to let it get her down, quickly find a job—as a cashier at the local supermarket—set up a new home for her four children, and make it all work. But what about her dreams and love—and making ends meet...

Superdame

1991

1980s · 3 titles

Series credits

Krejlerkongen poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Krejlerkongen

2015

The Sommerdahl Murders poster
5.9

A love triangle between Dan Sommerdahl, his wife Marianne Sommerdahl and their best friend Flemming Torp occurs as they try to solves killings in Helsingør.

The Sommerdahl Murders

2020

The Chestnut Man poster
7.5

At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

The Chestnut Man

2021

Klovn poster
8.4

Klovn is a Danish sitcom, which first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It focuses on the life of the main character Frank and Casper. The show builds its comedy around quiet everyday situations, social awkwardness, uncomfortable silences and general faux pas. Klovn usually gets compared to the American sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm by Larry David. It’s also shot handheld, in a pseudo-realistic style. Some have also mistakenly compared the theme to Curb Your Enthusiasm’s, despite it being a direct reference to Jacques Tati’s Mr. Hulot movies. The poster for the first film can be seen in Casper and Frank’s offices throughout the series. Klovn initially ran 6 seasons on TV2 Zulu from 2005-2009 and was renewed with an additional 3 seasons that aired from 2018-2022.

Klovn

2005

Spørg Charlie poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Spørg Charlie

2006

Darkness: Those Who Kill poster
6.9

Investigator Jan and profiler Louise constantly move around in the thrilling periphery of a murderer's view as they link a series of killings.

Darkness: Those Who Kill

2019

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

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix poster
NR

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix is an annual music competition organised by Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio, which determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. The festival has produced three Eurovision winners and thirteen top-five placings.

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix

1978

Better Times poster
6.3

The lives of two fictional families during the historical development of Danmarks Radio television network from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Better Times

2004

Sæt pris på Danmark poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sæt pris på Danmark

2017

Hit med sangen poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hit med sangen

2000

Jarls Quizshow poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jarls Quizshow

2012

Bryggeren poster
4.2

A story about Carlsberg founder JC Jacobsen, his son Carl, and their struggle to create a brewing company, and simultaneously a look at fifty years of Danish history.

Bryggeren

1996

Rundt på gulvet poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rundt på gulvet

2013

Forræder poster
7.7

An entertaining crime mystery with 18 players. Who can see through lies? Who is the best tactician in the game? And who will end up with the entire prize pool? Only one thing is certain: Trust no one.

Forræder

2023

Med på noderne poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Med på noderne

2017

Stjerner på stribe poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Stjerner på stribe

2013

Nærkontakt poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nærkontakt

2017

Kristian poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

Kristian

2009

Danske tv-seriers bedste poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Danske tv-seriers bedste

2024

No Panic poster
10.0

Anything can go wrong when we hand control to four funny Danes. They have absolutely no idea what awaits behind the studio door, or what crazy everyday dilemmas they face out in the real world. All they know is that their job is to improvise their way through. Luckily, actor and comedian Hadi Ka-Koush is ready to grab them if panic takes over.

No Panic

2026

Once a Cop... poster
8.3

Policeman Karl Jørgensen was once a prominent detective, but due to a violent temper he's now checking out passports at the airport, smuggling stout to work in his thermos every day. However, Kaj, the boyfriend of his daughter, is suddenly killed by a heroin overdose injected by hooded gangsters. It turns out he was spying on their organisation for his brother, Frank, who was framed by them while smuggling narcotics. When Frank hears about Kaj's death, he escapes from prison to get back at the killers. Meanwhile, the same gangsters threaten Karl Jørgensen's daughter, and soon Karl is involved in a major drug smuggling case. Frank and his buddy rob a bank and shoot a police officer. A country-wide manhunt ensues while Karl is having trouble with controlling his daughter's vigilante activities, with finding out who killed Kaj, with the police detectives on the case and with his own alcoholic and lacking existence.

Once a Cop...

1987

Enten Eller poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

Enten Eller

2020

Hjertegalla poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hjertegalla

2011

Den bedste tid poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Den bedste tid

2021

Dansk Drama - Fra Matador til Arvingerne poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dansk Drama - Fra Matador til Arvingerne

2014

Syng og gæt poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Syng og gæt

2016

Begær, Lighed og Broderskab poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Begær, Lighed og Broderskab

1990