Jeppe på Bjerget (1981)
Jeppe is a bedraggled day laborer whose great vice is brandy. And when he falls down drunk in the field, a passing baron is tempted to play a prank on Jeppe. The baron's lackeys carry the sleeping Jeppe up to the castle, dress him in the baron's finest bedclothes, and lay him in the baron's bed. When Jeppe wakes up, he thinks he is dead and has gone to heaven. But gradually, the baron's persistent lackeys manage to convince him that he is actually the baron himself. Jeppe soon takes advantage of this to take revenge on old enemies and indulge in old vices...
Director: Kaspar Rostrup
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Buster Larsen as Jeppe |
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Kurt Ravn as Erik Lakaj |
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Axel Strøbye as Ridefogeden |
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Arthur Jensen as Jacobæus Lakaj |
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Claus Ryskjær as Peter Kane Lakaj |
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Claus Nissen as Peder Hammer Lakaj |
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Benny Bjerregaard as Severin |
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Frank Andersen as Jacob Lakaj |
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Ole Ishøy as Baron |
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Ove Verner Hansen as Baron |
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Johnny Eliasen as |
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Poul Thomsen as |
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Eddie Karnil as |
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William Kisum as |
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Torben Zeller as |
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Ingo Wentrup as |
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Susen Warburg as |
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Margrethe Koytu as |
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Søren Steen as |
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Alf Maegaard Klausen as |
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Willy Jensen as |
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Richard Nielsen as |
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Jens Johansen as |
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Helmuth Wilke as |
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Mogens Nielsen as |
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Søren Carlsbæk as |
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Viggo Chr. Nielsen as |
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Lykke Jensen as |
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Anders Hüttel as |
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Johnny Bengtsen as |
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Henrik Grgic as |
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Jørgen Klos as |
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Christine Hermansen as |
| Directing | Kaspar Rostrup | Director |
| Writing | Kaspar Rostrup | Writer |
| Writing | Henning Bahs | Writer |
| Writing | Ludvig Holberg | Theatre Play |
| Editing | Lars Brydesen | Editor |
| Sound | Erling D. Bjerno | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Claus Loof | Director of Photography |
| Art | Søren Breum | Production Design |