Jannie Faurschou

Acting

Jannie Faurschou

Born

1950-06-10 (76)

Place of birth

København, Danmark

Known for

Acting

Credits

43 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

2000s · 4 titles

Just Another Love Story poster
6.9

Jonas is a Copenhagen homicide scene photographer, happily married, with two kids. One day, his car stalls, another car slams into him, runs head on into a third car and flips into the ditch. The other driver, Julia, is critically injured. He visits her in the hospital and is greeted by her family, who assumes he must be the Sebastian she told them about, the new fiance she met in Vietnam.

Just Another Love Story

2007

Next Step poster
8.9

As the 30-year crisis looms, five older young people in Copenhagen find good reason to reconsider their lives. Dennis is about to move in with Kirsten, but he has his reservations, and she has her own unconscious agenda. Thomas and Søs have lived together for several years, but never before have they found reason to doubt the strength of their relationship, given her desire to have children. And Mads is a professional soccer player who has to deal with his own and everyone else's expectations. All of them come to realize that when you are forced to make a choice without knowing the consequences in advance, it can be more than difficult to figure out the next step.

Next Step

2007

Minor Mishaps poster
7.3

Minor Mishaps is the story of a family's reaction to the untimely death of their matriarch, examining the effect of the tragedy on John, her husband, who is himself ill, his daughters, Marianne and Eva, and their friends and family. When a man's wife dies in an accident, his children return home to deal with the tragedy together. The film throws a spotlight on each of their lives as they confront the changed dynamic in the family and their own lives, with some surprises, revelations and false accusations occurring along the way.

Minor Mishaps

2002

Hvad fatter gør, det er altid det rigtige poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hvad fatter gør, det er altid det rigtige

2009

1990s · 10 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 One and Only poster
6.5

When kitchen fitter Niller comes to install Sus's new suite, their immediate attraction to one another proves a sweet escape from both of their problematic relationships.

The One and Only

1999

The Kingdom II poster
7.6

The mutant fetus is born. Dr. Helmer comes under heavy scrutiny for a botched operation that left a patient braindead, and begins to dabble in the dark arts in order to ward off those seeking an end to his career. Hypochondriac Mrs. Drusse finally does have something bad happen to her medically when an ambulance hits her.

The Kingdom II

1998

Spring Tide poster
5.0

Franco lives in a rough part of Copenhagen. His hooker mother has little time for him. Franco drifts into a life of crime, repeatedly confronting the authorities. To give him a new start, he’s placed in a foster home far away from Copenhagen. His new family greets him with warm hospitality. There’s also the beautiful countryside and, last but not least, the teen-aged daughter

Spring Tide

1990

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

Body Switch poster
5.2

A dying elderly scientist proposes love-sick Jonas a cure that will improve the youngster's physical skills and general sex-appeal. What the scientist really aims to accomplish is a body switch: he wants to survive in a young man's body and gladly leaves Jonas to wake up in his own wasted frame. Jonas must somehow signal his predicament to his friends. Both men rev up for a survival-of-the-fittest chase.

Body Switch

1995

Jasper's Ghost poster
5.0

11-year-old Jasper may just be starting puberty, but so far he has experienced a lifetime of emotions. On the day his beloved grandfather dies, he is charged with taking care of the elder's pet cat. The local town bully, Mourids however, has his own ideas on how to take care of the frisky feline and wastes no time with showing Jasper just what he thinks of cats. Enter Far, a significantly more mature girl who Jasper is attracted to. It's love at first sight for Jasper, but will Far return the puppy love or will Jasper find out the hard way that she is actually Mourid's girlfriend?

Jasper's Ghost

1992

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

Albert poster
6.0

When Albert's best friend Egon goes missing, Albert embarks on an adventure to find him. Along the way he meets Sabrina and together they must save Egon.

Albert

1998

Roses and Parsley poster
5.3

Pianist Benny loses his heart to a hair dresser, who is already in a relationship with a married man. Things get even more complicated since all three people have pre-teens, who apparently know one another.

Roses and Parsley

1993

1980s · 5 titles

Wolf Hour poster
6.7

The adaptation of Helle Stangerup's psychological horror, telling the story of a married couple who raises wolfes, in order for the husband to study the creatures. They hire Ellinor for additional help, but soon they wonder if she guards supernatural secrets.

Wolf Hour

1981

Otto Is a Rhino poster
6.8

The boy Topper is bored. He finds a pencil that proves to have magical powers. Draw a rhino, and right away, you have a real rhino for a companion. A little heavy perhaps, when you live on the second floor. No matter, it's a modern fairy-tale of the baroque, and everything goes. Based on kiddie entertainment by Ole Lund Kirkegaard, but as was the case with the book, the fun is to be enjoyed by one and all.

Otto Is a Rhino

1983

Har du set Alice? poster
7.7

Alice does not live at home but with friends in an abandoned factory. She sells drugs to enable them to fulfill their dream of a tavern. When the police are after her, she seeks Hour switch. Here she meets Berit and helps Berit mother south on vacation. But simultaneously pursues Alice of a drug kingpin but cheating him.

Har du set Alice?

1981

Enlig Far poster
5.5

When Ole's wife leaves him for another man after 16 years and 2 teenage daughters, he starts seeing other women.

Enlig Far

1980

Buster's World poster
6.7

The television series was based on a play by Danish author Bjarne Reuter. In 1984 Reuter published his collection Tre skuespil ("Three Plays"); a collection containing also En dag i Hector Hansens liv ("A Day in the Life of Hector Hansen") and Kom der lys i neonrøret, gutter? ("Was There Light in the Neon Tube, Boys?") – in addition to Busters Verden.

Buster's World

1984

1970s · 4 titles

Series credits

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Krejlerkongen poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Krejlerkongen

2015

Borgen poster
8.1

40-year old political leader Birgitte Nyborg secures her party a landslide victory through her idealism and huge effort, then faces the biggest challenge of her life: how most effectively to use the newly won seats, and how far she is willing to go in order to gain as much influence as possible.

Borgen

2010

The Kingdom poster
7.7

The Kingdom is the most technologically advanced hospital in Denmark, a gleaming bastion of medical science. A rash of uncanny occurrences, however, begins to weaken the staff's faith in science – a phantom ambulance pulls in every night, but disappears; voices echo in the elevator shaft; and a pregnant doctor's fetus seems to be developing much faster than is natural.

The Kingdom

1994

Kender du typen poster
6.5

Follow lifestyle experts try to guess which famous person is the weeks guest, solely based on their home

Kender du typen

2011

Hit med sangen poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hit med sangen

2000

Nora Sand poster
6.5

Nora Sand a journalist working as a foreign correspondent for a Danish newspaper, at the peak of her career she's accused of having had an affair with one of her sources in a big case. Nora gets suspended, travels home to Denmark.

Nora Sand

2023

Landsbyen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Landsbyen

1991

Chaos poster
6.4

Lise, Denmark's morning TV darling, is captivated by the charming and adventurous Johannes. As her predictable world clashes with his wild allure, she's thrust into a dizzying choice between comfort and chaos.

Chaos

2024

Strandvaskeren poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Strandvaskeren

1978

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

Hjerteflimmer poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hjerteflimmer

1998

Rejseholdet poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rejseholdet

1983

Vores år poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vores år

1980

Ikke lutter lagkage poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ikke lutter lagkage

1984

På rigmor poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

På rigmor

1986

Heino og Vildmarksholdet poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Heino og Vildmarksholdet

2020