Helle Hertz

Acting

Helle Hertz

Place of birth

Frederiksberg, Danmark

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

Known for

The House at Christianshavn poster
7.9

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.

The House at Christianshavn

1970

Hvide løgne poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hvide løgne

1998

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

Park Road poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Park Road

2009

One Big Family poster
7.0

One Big Family is a Danish television series in 12 episodes, first broadcast in 1982-1983. The series was directed by Bent Mejding, while the script was written in turns by Lise Nørgaard, Paul Hammerich and Jane Aamund. The series is produced by Nordisk Film for Danmarks Radio.

One Big Family

1982

Pagten poster
8.0

Pagten is a Danish television series.

Pagten

2009

Film credits

2000s · 5 titles

In Your Hands poster
5.8

Anna, a young theology graduate, starts work as a prison chaplain. She becomes especially concerned about one inmate, Kate, regarded as difficult and withdrawn, but whom the other inmates credit with mysterious healing powers.

In Your Hands

2004

The Wild Swans poster
7.0

Elise, a princess, lives happily together with her eleven brothers. When her father, the king, marries again, he banishes Elisa. Hereafter his new wife turns Elise's eleven brothers into swans. But fortunately Elise finds her brothers, who are swans during daylight and human beings at night time. In a dream, the fairy Fatamorgana tells the story of the unhappy princess and how she rescues her brothers, the eleven princes.

The Wild Swans

2009

Oskar and Josefine poster
5.9

Oscar and Josefine are celebrating Midsummer with Oscar's grandparents in the country. A demon, Thorsen, gives Josefine the gift of enabling her to travel back in time. Visiting Oscar's family in the 17th century, Josefine saves a sickly young girl from the stake. But now the villagers see Josefine as a witch and want to burn her at the stake instead.

Oskar and Josefine

2005

Pure Hearts poster
5.8

To the mentally ill Kriss, the world is divided up into 'good and evil', just like in the old B&W melodrama, 'Pure Hearts', which Kriss and his fellow patient, Willy, spend their days repeatedly watching at the psychiatric ward. To Kriss this film is the bible. One day after a serious conflict with one of the hospital's other patients their viewing rights are retracted. Kriss is deeply frustrated by this, until he realises that Linda, the young girl in the film, actually exists in the shape of the film's star, the actress Ulla Vilstrup. Setting fire to the hospital, Kriss and Willy escape into the night, determined to find her, because life is what you make of it.

Pure Hearts

2006

1:1 poster
8.0

In a Copenhagen suburb the 19-year-old Per is found unconscious after having been badly beaten up. He is taken to hospital in a coma. The police have no clues, but the air is thick with suspicion. His mother struggles to maintain her faith in his survival. His younger sister, Mie, begins to pick up rumors. Her boyfriend, Shadi, suspects that his elder brother is behind the assault but he cannot tell anyone. Many well-meaning people find themselves at sea in a fable about emotions leading us astray.

1:1

2006

1980s · 4 titles

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

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

Take It Easy poster
4.6

A youth film set in the summer of 1945, when the war in Europe has finally ended. For 17-year-old Herbert and his schoolmate Allan, their regular hangout is the Munich Inn, where Leo Mathisen's orchestra plays. The orchestra's drummer, Spjæt, is Herbert's idol, while Allan is more interested in the cloakroom attendant Anita than in the music. Herbert lives alone with his mother, who is a pianist. He has a job as a delivery boy at a grocery store, but supplements his income by trading on the black market. The black market goods, which can be sold at the München Kroen, are obtained in exchange for things Herbert has stolen from his mother or the grocer. Eventually, he even sells his mother's grand piano. A black American officer, whom he has befriended, intervenes when the business starts to go too far.

Take It Easy

1986

Ballerup Boulevard poster
7.0

A film about one fourteen year old girl whose happy life ends when the family's economic status changes at the family firm crashes and her mother who gets in prison because of creative accounting. The girl loses most of her friends, but regains zest for life when she along with a single friend forms a rock band that achieves great success at a school dance

Ballerup Boulevard

1986

1970s · 8 titles

The Heritage poster
5.7

Anders Refn's film adaptation of Gustav Wied's novel stars Jens Okking and Helle Hertz in the leading roles as Baron Helmuth and his wife Alvilda. The baron is deeply enamored with his wife, but she is repelled by his blunt and coarse nature and is drawn to her cousin, who fulfills her desire for passionate romance.

The Heritage

1978

Winterborn poster
6.5

A drama about a group of women preparing to give birth who meet and bond at the hospital. Based on the best-selling Danish novel by Dea Trie Moerch and directed by acclaimed Danish filmmaker Astrid Henning-Jensen, "Winterborn" was considered one of the best movies of the decade in Denmark.

Winterborn

1978

En ægtemand poster
NR

He has recently divorced and found a new love. But when his ex-wife also finds a new lover, who is cold and harsh toward their two small children, it is difficult for the ex-couple to cope with the situation.

En ægtemand

1976

Revolution My A.. poster
6.4

A comedy about a Danish private detective, normally just occupied with cases about unfaithful spouses, is suddenly involved in murder, arms deal, revolution in Guateragua, briefcase full of money and the Danish intelligence agency.

Revolution My A..

1970

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

En mand

1971

Tre Søstre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tre Søstre

1977

Bertram og Lisa poster
7.7

Bertram is very happy with his life, but is encouraged to seek new challenges. Bertram is tasked with getting Merland to sign a contract with the municipality, but it is not easy, as Merland has changed his mind. Meanwhile, Jannie is considering moving out of her parents' house and in with Pelle. Henrik and Louise's relationship is on the rocks. Louise thinks Henrik is having an affair with Lisa. Henrik and Lisa's attraction to each other is obvious, but Bertram doesn't notice anything. Lisa and Bertram's lives take a sudden turn when Henrik dies in an accident. Erling tries to make Bertram the municipal director after Henrik's death, but of course, this doesn't come without a cost.

Bertram og Lisa

1975

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

1960s · 11 titles

Doctor Glas poster
6.4

Doctor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality.

Doctor Glas

1968

Der brænder en ild poster
7.8

Martin returns home with a good sum of money in his pocket after working in Greenland. He settles down with his sister, who runs the inn – but much has changed. He is most disappointed that his childhood sweetheart Martha has married Just Hovmand, who owns the Lunehøj farm. Martin starts a machine station and is immediately ready to help Martha and her husband when they run into financial difficulties. But stubborn Just refuses to accept money from Martha's former boyfriend. As usual in a good Morten Korch film, there are a couple of pleasant 'cousins' – Chr. Arhoff and Peter Malberg – and they come up with many good solutions...

Der brænder en ild

1962

Rikki og mændene poster
6.3

Rikki was devorced recently, and now find herself paying the bills on her own. And life is not cheap, especially when you have a young child to care for. To make ends meet, Rikki begins to frequent a bar where she can work as a prostitute.

Rikki og mændene

1962

Selvmordsskolen poster
7.8

Bizarre satiric tale about an ordinary Danish man disappointed in life and the welfare system. Close to a total collapse he decides to take the easy way out. He seeks help at Doctor X, head of a suicide school that guarantees 100% efficiency.

Selvmordsskolen

1964

Det er ikke appelsiner - det er heste poster
7.2

In inner Copenhagen, in the real old town, in greengrocer Mortensen's property right under Tagskægget, live three good friends: painter Richard Hansen, painter Steffen, sculptor Max, and their friend Louise Mørch. All three have something very boring in common: they are unknown and penniless. Suddenly, it seems that luck is smiling on them. Charlottenborg has accepted the painting that Richard submitted. Excited, he heads to the exhibition, only to discover that the selection committee has accepted the two packing box lids he used to protect his painting, lids that he uses every day to wipe his brushes on.

Det er ikke appelsiner - det er heste

1967

Helle for Lykke poster
4.6

One summer evening, two young people meet at the strait. He is Poul and she is Anna. They try to find their rhythm, but it doesn't really work out. In the middle of their experiment, a man appears, Karl. He is suffering from unhappy love and wants to drown himself. Anna and Poul part on bad terms. Poul prevents Karl from carrying out his plan and suggests he try the harbor next time. His unhappy love is named Lykke. She is a dancer at the "Go Go Happy Night" disco, owned by the tough Steffensen.

Helle for Lykke

1969

Halløj i himmelsengen poster
6.3

The beginning of the 20th century. The main character is the young, charming Count Pierre de Sauterne. There have been several conflicts between him and his aristocratic uncle, who, due to his fanatical interest in cars, is called Tøf-Tøf. The authoritative older gentleman also has a pronounced weakness for the female sex, and it irritates him that his nephew far surpasses him in this regard. Uncle Tøf-Tøf decides that Pierre must spend his summer vacation in a secluded family villa on the North Sea coast as punishment, but not long into his stay, two charming girls seek shelter from a thunderstorm.

Halløj i himmelsengen

1965

The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte poster
5.8

The poet and Lillemor have become parents, but poetry and washing the diapers are two subjects which are hard to unite under the same roof. The two just married couples, the barber Anton and Vera plus the baker and Lise, are having some difficulties with their marriages but that doesn't scare off the butcher, who's got the hots for the midwife.

The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte

1960

April poster
7.2

Miss April Bergen is a skilled nurse with a secret crush on Dr. Vagn Jochumsen. Unfortunately, he is not really interested in anything other than his career, where he has just discovered a new vaccine. But then he has to go to Greece to exchange experiences with his Greek colleagues. And April is going with him. While the doctor may be a little too distracted and detached when it comes to love, the same cannot be said of the Greek doctors. Now, perhaps, the doctor will wake up from his slumber. Follow Miss April's countless maneuvers in this sparklingly funny film adaptation. It is pure Danish folk comedy spiced with Greek folklore and sunny humor.

April

1963

Sikke'n familie poster
6.2

The Winther family lives in a beautiful house and enjoys a life of luxury and comfort. No one knows where the money comes from, but we soon discover that all members of the family have their own speciality within the field of theft, which they have been involved in for generations. It started with the "great-grandfather", who was a counterfeiter. They appear to be respectable citizens, but appearances can be deceiving.

Sikke'n familie

1963

Kys til højre og venstre poster
6.0

A portrayal of two modern young men and their experiences of love. Jack, a sociology student, is in a relationship with Betty, who is somewhat older than him. It develops into a passionate love affair, but in the long run, the age difference and especially Betty's upper-class background weigh too heavily. Jack's friend, the cynical journalist Hugo, has casual relationships with several girls until he falls in love with the model Ruth. However, she returns to her husband, and when Hugo later has his face disfigured in a car accident, he ends up committing suicide. Before doing so, he tells Jack that he and several others have also had relationships with Betty.

Kys til højre og venstre

1969

Series credits

The House at Christianshavn poster
7.9

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.

The House at Christianshavn

1970

Hvide løgne poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hvide løgne

1998

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

Park Road poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Park Road

2009

One Big Family poster
7.0

One Big Family is a Danish television series in 12 episodes, first broadcast in 1982-1983. The series was directed by Bent Mejding, while the script was written in turns by Lise Nørgaard, Paul Hammerich and Jane Aamund. The series is produced by Nordisk Film for Danmarks Radio.

One Big Family

1982

Pagten poster
8.0

Pagten is a Danish television series.

Pagten

2009

Født i rampelyset poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Født i rampelyset

2023

Tre ludere og en lommetyv poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tre ludere og en lommetyv

1993

Parløb poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Parløb

1990

Mor er major poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mor er major

1985

Opgang poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Opgang

1979

Familien Krahne poster
NR

Following a old Circus artist now having a circus school and his family, a great entertaining series typical for Danish TV in the beginning to mid eighties.

Familien Krahne

1982

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Regnvejr og ingen penge

1965

Jullerup Færgeby poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jullerup Færgeby

1974