List of Danish films of the 1940s

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The following table is a list of films produced in Denmark or in the Danish language during the 1940s. For an alphabetical list of all Danish films currently on Wikipedia see Category:Danish films. For Danish films from other decades see the Cinema of Denmark box above.

Danish TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)CastGenreNotes
1940
Jeg har elsket og levet George Schnéevoigt Erling Schroeder, Ellen Gottschalch Family
Sommerglæder Svend Methling Rasmus Christiansen, Ellen Gottschalch Family
Familien Olsen The Olsen Family Lau Lauritzen Jr.,
Alice O'Fredericks
Osvald Helmuth, Maria Garland,
Berthe Qvistgaard, Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt
Family
1941
Alle går rundt og forelsker sig
Gå med mig hjem
En mand af betydning Emanuel Gregers Osvald Helmuth, Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen Family
Tag til Rønneby Kro Jon Iversen,
Alice O'Fredericks
Johannes Meyer, Bodil Kjer, Ib Schønberg
Tante Cramers Testamente Arne Weel Mathilde Nielsen, Knud Almar Family
Thummelumsen Emanuel Gregers Peter Malberg, Sigurd Langberg Comedy
Wienerbarnet
1942
Afsporet Derailed Bodil Ipsen
Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Poul Reumert, Illona Wieselmann, Ebbe Rode,
Johannes Meyer, Ib Schønberg
Film Noir, Thriller First Danish Film Noir
En Pige med Pep Emanuel Gregers Marguerite Viby, Sigfred Johansen Family
Ballade i Nyhavn
Barnet The Child Benjamin Christensen Agis Winding, Bjarne Forchhammer Family
Natekspressen P903 Svend Methling Carl Alstrup, Inger Stender Crime Drama
Søren Søndervold Lau Lauritzen Jr. Peter S. Andersen, Ebbe Rode Comedy
Ta' Briller På Arne Weel Liva Weel, Hans Egede Budtz Comedy
1943
Vredens Dag Day of Wrath Carl Theodor Dreyer Lisbeth Movin Drama Norwegian play adaption
En pige uden lige Ole Berggreen, Jon Iversen Ellen Gottschalch, Peter Malberg Family
Som du vil ha' mig Johan Jacobsen Ebbe Rode, Gunnar Lauring
Marguerite Viby
Family
Moster fra Mols Rasmus Christiansen, Marie Niedermann Family
Alt for karrieren Emanuel Gregers Sigfred Johansen, Karen Lykkehus Family
Hans onsdagsveninde His Girl Wednesday Lau Lauritzen Jr.,
Alice O'Fredericks
Peter Malberg, Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt Comedy
1944
Mordets Melodi The Melody of Murder Bodil Ipsen Gull-Maj Norin, Poul Reichhardt Crime
Film Noir
Besættelse Possession Bodil Ipsen Berthe Qvistgaard, Johannes Meyer,
Aage Fønss, Poul Reichhardt
Film noir
Crime
Elly Petersen Elly Petersen Jon Iversen,
Alice O'Fredericks
Bodil Kjer, Poul Reichhardt Drama
Familien Gelinde
Teatertosset Theater Crazy Alice O'Fredericks Marguerite Viby, Hans Kurt Musical
1945
De røde enge The Red Meadows Bodil Ipsen
Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin Drama won Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
Den unsynlige hær The Invisible Army Johan Jakobsen Bodil Kjer, Ebbe Rode, Mogens Wieth Drama
Man elsker kun een gang One Only Loves Once
Panik i familien Panic in the Family Alice O'Fredericks
Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Ib Schønberg, Christian Arhoff, Lily Broberg
1946
Så mødes vi hos Tove We Meet at Tove's Alice O'Fredericks, Grete Frische Illona Weiselmann, Clara Østø
Inger Stender, Grethe Holmer
Drama
Ditte Menneskebarn Ditte, Child of Man Bjarne Jensen-Henning Tove Maës
Karen Lykkehus
Tragedy based on the Martin Andersen Nexø novel
Hans store aften His Big Night Svend Rindom Sigfred Johansen, Lis Løwert Family
Op med lille Martha Asbjørn Andersen Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Lily Broberg
Else Colber
Comedy
1947
Familien Swedenhielm The Swedenhielm Family Lau Lauritzen Poul Reumert, Ebbe Rode, Beatrice Bonnesen Comedy
Soldaten og Jenny Jenny and the Soldier Johan Jacobsen Poul Reichhardt, Bodil Kjer Romance Drama Bodil Award for Best Danish Film
Stjerneskud Meteor Alice O'Fredericks,
Jon Iversen
Dirch Passer Comedy Debut of Dirch Passer
Når katten er ude When the Cat's Away Lau Lauritzen Jr,
Alice O'Fredericks
Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Svend Asmussen Family
1948
Hvor er far?
Penge som græs
Tre år efter Johan Jacobsen Angelo Bruun, Ib Schønberg War Drama Story by Carl Erik Soya
Støt står den danske sømand The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman Bodil Ipsen
Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin War Drama Bodil Award for Best Danish Film
1949
Lejlighed til leje
Susanne Susanne Torben Anton Svendsen Rasmus Christiansen, Ellen Gottschalch Family Bodil Award for Best Danish Film

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