South of Tana River

1963 1h 24m DA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 2

DramaAdventure

Synopsis

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A plane lands one day at Nairobi Airport in Kenya, and among the passengers is a young Danish girl, Eva Axelson, who immediately takes a carriage to the famous Hotel Norfolk. Her arrival causes no stir, but an advertisement she placed in the East African Standard three or four days earlier does—an advertisement in which she asks for information about her father, Carl Gustav Axelson, who was last seen in Kenya, and asks him or anyone who knows him to contact her at the Norfolk Hotel.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Poul Reichhardt
Axelson
William Rosenberg
Schmidt
Axel Strøbye
Derek
Bent Christensen
Dupont
Charlotte Ernst
Eva Axelson
Terry Mathews
Hitching
Ronald Burgess
Per Wiking

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sven Methling
Writers: Finn Holten Hansen
Languages: Danish
Countries: Denmark

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sven Methling, shot by Henrik Fog-Møller. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Poul Reichhardt and William Rosenberg and Axel Strøbye carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0057548 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Sven Methling directs. Henrik Fog-Møller behind the camera. Bent Fabricius-Bjerre scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
263 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Sven Methling, shot by Henrik Fog-Møller. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Poul Reichhardt and William Rosenberg and Axel Strøbye carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0057548 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.