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48 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Did Somebody Laugh?
1978 1h 42m DA
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8.7
MASTERPIECE
★8.7TMDB · 6
Drama
Synopsis
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The late 1930s. A young enemployed, unskilled worker walks through the streets of Copenhagen, sustaining himself partly on the dole and free soup-kitchen meals and partly on day-dreams. He spends time at a cemetry studying headstone inscriptions. Mild-mannered and of poetic bent, he understands little of an intellectual friend's advice and shies away from the love of a woman who shares her bed with him.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Kirsten Olesen
Elisabeth
Jesper Christensen
Den arbejdsløse
Jesper Christensen
Vægtløftermennesket
Karl Stegger
Nuslemennesket
Otto Brandenburg
Graveren
Sejr Volmer-Sørensen
Vorherre/Kontormanden
Jesper Klein
Filipensmennesket
Ellen Margrethe Stein
Tanten
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Henning Carlsen
- Languages
- Danish
- Countries
- Denmark
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Henning Carlsen directs. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 148 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Kirsten Olesen and Jesper Christensen and Jesper Christensen carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0124750 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Makeup / hair
- Birthe Lyngsøe
- Runtime
- 102 min · 1h 42m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DA
- Certification (US)
- 15
Also by
Henning Carlsen
Production companies
Who made it
- DA
Dagmar Filmproduktion
Key crew
- Production DirectorNina Crone
- Production Office AssistantJørgen Schmidt Nicolaisen
- Makeup Department HeadBirthe Lyngsøe
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1978-09-1415
Also known as
International titles
- Did Somebody Laugh?GB
- Hoer Var Der Ikke En Som LoDK
