Lars Knutzon

Acting

Lars Knutzon

Born 1941-10-01 · København, Danmark

Acting credits

The Lion Woman poster
6.8

Eva Arctander is born with hypertrichosis, meaning that she is covered from head to toe with fine blonde hair. Her father is so ashamed of her that he hides her away from the world in their apartment. However, Eva’s nanny fights for her right to be treated like everyone else.

The Lion Woman

2016

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

Grey Gold poster
5.6

Discarded by society, let down by their bank and evicted from their homes, three senior citizens plan a nice little bank robbery to set things right. But things don't go quite that easy...

Grey Gold

2013

Med Lill-Klas i kappsäcken poster
6.5

The siblings Niklas and Anneli must accompany their slightly giddy aunt Tinne to the Zoo in Copenhagen. The visit to the zoo has quite different consequences than Aunt Tinne has ever dreamt of. When the children win a real pony in a lottery they have to bring it home to Stockholm without anyone noticing.

Med Lill-Klas i kappsäcken

1983

Gertrud poster
7.2

Hopeless romantic Gertrud inhabits a turn-of-the-century milieu of artists and musicians, where she pursues an idealized notion of love that will always elude her. She abandons her distinguished husband and embraces an affair with a young concert pianist, who falls short of her desire for lasting affection. When an old lover returns to her life, fresh disappointments follow, and Gertrud must try to come to terms with reality.

Gertrud

1964

The Wake poster
NR

Uncovering her late husband's infidelity in old letters, the recently widowed Gerda copes by meticulously tending to graves and embarking on a quest to find his male lover.

The Wake

2023

Mændenes Forbund poster
10.0

A cheerful tale of what can happen when the two sexes try to achieve balance through millimeter democracy, including when it comes to love and cohabitation. After throwing rolling pins and other objects at their husbands, the women have left their husbands behind in the city and are spending sunny and fun days at a camp, while their husbands take over the boring daily chores. The men send a brave negotiator, who approaches the camp with a white flag raised above his head.

Mændenes Forbund

1981

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

You Disappear poster
5.5

Frederik is the headmaster of a private school and one day he is being accused of stealing 12 million Danish crowns from the school. But everything is not as simple as it might seem. Frederik has been living with a tumor in his brain for the last 3 years and it has changed his personality. Now his wife Mia and the defense lawyer Bernard have to try and get Frederik acquitted of all charges.

You Disappear

2017

Crocodile Tears poster
NR

After 20 years of no contact, the Norwegian Dancer Øyvind is invited to Denmark to visit his old father and his new girlfriend in their isolated farmhouse, but nothing turns out as Øyvind expects.

Crocodile Tears

2019

Strejferne poster
6.0

In a dystopian future, Denmark's lower classes must live as nomads—living in vans, always on the move, endlessly driving on a system of ring roads. Although they try to maintain a certain degree of humanity in their daily lives, there is no room for emotion or compassion among the wanderers.

Strejferne

1980

Otto the Rhino poster
5.2

Topper thinks summer vacation is boring. He misses his father who is sailing the seven seas. He can't figure out Sille who's cute. And his best friend, Viggo, always has to help out his punctilious dad, Mr Lion, in the café on the first floor of the red house where Topper lives on the top floor with his mother. One day, Topper finds a magic pencil and when he draws a rhino on the wall, the drawing comes to life! While Topper and Viggo try to keep the rhino, which they name Otto, well fed with black bread and raspberry soda before it devours all the furniture, Mr Lion pleads with the local authorities to come and remove the stomping pachyderm.

Otto the Rhino

2013

Med lukkede øjne poster
4.8

Tom is a renowned author who is about to suffocate from the shame of not having written a new, good book for over 20 years. But then he meets Renee, a young female admirer who gives him a renewed lust for life. Soon, they move together and settle on the country, away from both Tom's ex-wife and his demanding editor. But life in the countryside does not only offer tranquility for the couple in love. Some local people begin to harass the two with a threatening behavior, and their lives are soon turned into a nightmare ...

Med lukkede øjne

2010

That Time of Year poster
6.4

From Danish director and actor Paprika Steen comes a caustic comedy about the deep-rooted grievances that can rip families apart -- and the ties that bind them together.

That Time of Year

2018

Rosa and the Stone Troll poster
5.8

Rosa is a little flower fairy who always lived alone in her rose bush. More than anything she dreams of having a friend, but she is too scared to ever leave her bush and never found one. One day the cool and adventurous butterfly Silk crosses paths with Rosa and they immediately become friends despite their differences. Silk wants to go on adventures and Rosa just wants to stay in her safe bush. But when Silk is kidnapped by an evil Stone Troll, Rosa has to let go of her fears and set out on a dangerous journey to save her best friend.

Rosa and the Stone Troll

2023

Dreyer's Gertrud poster
NR

Documentary about the making and reception of Carl Th. Dreyer's final movie, "Gertrud."

Dreyer's Gertrud

2022

The Ringmaster poster
5.7

Nationwide quietness. The streets are empty. Everyone’s glued to their screens at home, watching the final game. In the outskirts of Denmark, close to the German border, a small gas station needs to be open for service, even on this special night. Two young women have the shift. Ambitious Agnes is in the backroom putting finishing touches on her thesis, while free-spirited Belinda is on her phone, hoping to get the attention of her boyfriend. Unfortunately, the shift is not going to be as uneventful as they think, because no customers also means no witnesses, and the girls have been spotted to play a special part in a very different sort of game.

The Ringmaster

2018

This Life 2: Those Left Behind poster
6.6

A poignant drama about a Danish family's unbearable loss and total disintegration, but above all about the faith and hope that miraculously gives them the superhuman strength not to give up.

This Life 2: Those Left Behind

2022

Oh Happy Day poster
6.8

Hannah (Lotte Andersen) is a housewife in a village Zealand, where she is married to the sad Carsten (Mikael Birkkjær). She sings in the mammal church choir along with his outspoken sister (Ditte Gråbøl). A choirmaster in transit - the black Jackson - get fired up during the chorus, as soon singing and joy - and Hannah is experiencing new feelings.

Oh Happy Day

2004

The Contest poster
6.5

Being a stranger doesn’t necessarily mean to be coming from the farthest away. Karl and his mother are about to learn this when they move from the west coast of Denmark to the ethnically and religiously mixed area of Nørrebro in Copenhagen. Sawsan, a Danish-Turkish girl in Karl’s new class, takes him under her wings and tries to integrate him into the big city, with all its slang and hipness. Sawsan is far more experienced and blunt than most – especially compared to Karl, this young Danish boy from the provinces. Sawsan’s big dream comes true when one of her songs is chosen for the Danish version of the Eurovision Song Contest for kids. Sawsan’s father of course says no, but Karl has a plan.

The Contest

2013

Død af grin poster
NR

In this absurd dark-comedy, funerals are happy and joyful events celebrating the deceased. Ole's sister has just passed away after a long battle with cancer, which calls for the usual festivities. The only problem is Ole's deep sorrow and grief, which doesn't seem to fit the occasion.

Død af grin

2023

Kina poster
NR

Jan's only real friend is his blind father Mogens. When Jan's sister Lisbeth parks Mogens in a nursing home and Mogens apparently loses his will to live, Jan decides to give him something to live for: He stages a grand journey to China, in the middle of his two-room apartment in a desolate ghetto. China, a mythical land where Mogens once met the love of his life, Jans mother. But amidst the growing troubles of keeping the charade going, Jan meets a woman too.

Kina

2019

En landsbydegns dagbog poster
10.0

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En landsbydegns dagbog

1975

The Snooks in the Limelight poster
6.8

Eigil's family is in a dire situation, as they must raise 500,000 kroner by the end of the month in order to remain in their home. This is where the story begins, as Snøvsen and Eigil set out into the wide world to earn money. This takes them to Federico's circus, where the shady director tries to cheat Snøvsen out of his wages. They end up in the big city, where they make lots of new friends and have lots of fun adventures before they all meet up at Tivoli Gardens for a final joint attempt to save their home.

The Snooks in the Limelight

1994

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