Amour (1970 film)

Amour
Amour
	US film poster
Directed by	Gabriel Axel
Written by	Gabriel Axel
Produced by	Gabriel Axel; Henrik Sandberg
Cinematography	Rolf Rønne
Edited by	Edith Nisted Nielsen; Lizzi Weischenfeldt
Music by	Bertrand Bech
Release date	7 August 1970;
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	Denmark; France
Language	Danish

Amour (also known as Ways of Women) is a 1970 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel.^[1]

The 94-minute movie contains three episodes. In part one, the year is 1200 and a young woman is married to an older, unkind man. Part two takes place in 1910 and the final part in the 1840s.

Cast

1st episode, c. 1200

Svend Johansen (actor) [da] - Diderik
Tine Bjerregaard – Gundelil
Ole Guldbrandsen [da] - Kjartan
Helmer Johansen – Ebbesen
André Sallyman – 1. karl
Berd Jönsson – 2. karl

2nd episode, c. 1910

Ghita Nørby – Elisa
Jacques Mauclair – Elisas mand
Ejnar Hans Jensen [da] - Elisas elsker
Kim Meyer – Sønnen
Kirsten Lyngholm – Datteren
Paul Hüttel – 1. tyv
Eddie Karnil [da] - 2. tyv
Hans W. Petersen – Frisørmesteren
Karl Stegger – Konditoren
Dirch Passer – Gas- og vandmesteren
Lone Helmer [da] - Hans kone
Jesper Langberg – Kulmanden
Addy Lund [da] - Kulmandens kone
Ove Sprogøe – Gammel, døv dame
Svend Erik Jensen – Politimesteren
Carl Ottosen – Betjent
Preben Nicolaisen – Betjent
Gerd Vindahl – Betjent
Ib Sørensen – Betjent
Morten Grunwald – Brandmajoren
Paul Hagen – Brandmand
Klaus Pagh – Brandmand
Kurt Andersen – Brandmand
Svend Krogh – Brandmand

3rd episode, c. 1840

Nadine Alari – Constance Vernon
Bernard Noël – Adolphe Vernon
Philippe Étesse [fr] - Philippe Despres
Paule Emanuele - Constances veninde
Jacques François Zeller – Venindens mand
Monique Mauclair – Venindens datter
Philippe Baron – Venindens søn
Robert Burnier – En gammel herre
Lucienne Givry – En gammel dame
Paul Mercey [fr] - Kusken
Karine Jeantet – Tjenestepigen

References

^ Stevenson, J. (2009). Scandinavian Blue: The Erotic Cinema of Sweden and Denmark in the 1960s and 1970s. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-4766-1259-1. Retrieved 19 February 2018. A film that was really much more interesting if hardly as successful was Gabriel Axel's Danish-French co-production Amour, which opened just a week after Bedside Manner. Composed of three self-standing chapters, it was an attempt to explore different film styles, to elaborate on themes from his earlier movies and in part to recreate ...

External links

Amour at IMDb
Amour in the Danish Film Database
Amour in the film database danskefilm.dk (in Danish)

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[Stevenson_2009-1] Stevenson, J. (2009). Scandinavian Blue: The Erotic Cinema of Sweden and Denmark in the 1960s and 1970s. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-4766-1259-1. Retrieved 19 February 2018. A film that was really much more interesting if hardly as successful was Gabriel Axel's Danish-French co-production Amour, which opened just a week after Bedside Manner. Composed of three self-standing chapters, it was an attempt to explore different film styles, to elaborate on themes from his earlier movies and in part to recreate ...

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