List of Danish films of the 1950s

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The following table is a list of films produced in Denmark or in the Danish language during the 1950s. 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
1950
De Røde Heste The Red Horses Alice O'Fredericks
Jon Iversen
Poul Reichhardt Tove Maës Romance Based on the Morten Korch novel
Café Paradis Cafe Paradise Bodil Ipsen,
Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Poul Reichhardt, Ingeborg Brams,
Ib Schønberg
Drama Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1951)
I gabestokken Jon Iversen,
Alice O'Fredericks
Ove Rud, Grethe Thordahl Family
Smedestræde 4 Arne Weel Ib Conradi, Ebba Nørager,
Liva Weel
Crime
Din fortid er glemt Your Past is Forgotten Charles Thamæs Bodil Kjer, Ebbe Rode, Gunnar Lauring,
Ib Schønberg, Preben Lerdorff Rye
Drama
1951
Mød mig på Cassiopeia Meet Me on Cassiopeia Torben Anton Svendsen Bodil Kjer, Lily Broberg, Hans Kurt
Poul Reichhardt, Ellen Gottschalch
Johannes Meyer, Ib Schønberg
Romantic comedy
Fodboldpræsten The Football Priest Alice O'Fredericks Jørgen Reenberg, Grethe Thordahl,
Ib Schønberg, Inger Stender
Family
Fra den gamle købmandsgård Svend Methling,
Annelise Reenberg
Sigrid Neiiendam, Svend Methling,
William Rosenberg, Astrid Villaume
Romance Drama
Nålen Johan Jacobsen Ebbe Rode, Tove Maës Crime
Det sande ansigt The True Face Bodil Ipsen
Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Lau Lauritzen Jr., Johannes Meyer,
Lisbeth Movin, Ib Schønberg
Drama Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1952)
Frihed forpligter Alice O'Fredericks,
Robert Saaskin
Inger Stender, Helga Fier War Drama
Alt dette og Island med Johan Jacobsen,
Erik Faustmann
Sonja Wigert, Poul Reichhardt,
Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Asbjørn Andersen
Drama
1953
Adam og Eva Adam and Eve Erik Balling Louis Miehe-Renard, Sonja Jensen Comedy Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1953)
Farlig ungdom Dangerous Youth Lau Lauritzen Jr. Ib Mosin, Birgitte Bruun Crime Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1954)
Far til Fire Father of Four Alice O'Fredericks Ib Schønberg, Birgitte Bruun Family
Comedy
1954
Jan går til filmen Torben Anton Svendsen Henrik Huld, Ib Lundtoft,
Mimi Heinrich
Family
1955
Blændværk Delusion Johan Jacobsen Mimi Heinrich, Henrik Wiehe Crime
Ordet The Word Carl Theodor Dreyer Emil Hass Christensen, Birgitte Federspiel Drama Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1955)
På tro og love Torben Anton Svendsen Poul Reichhardt Astrid Villaume Romance Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1956)
1956
Kispus Kispus Erik Balling Helle Virkner
Henning Moritzen
Romantic comedy First Danish feature film in color
Qivitoq Qivitoq Erik Balling Poul Reichhardt
Astrid Villaume
Romance Drama Filmed on location in Greenland. Entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.
1957
Ingen tid til kærtegn Be Dear to Me Annelise Hovmand Lily Weiding Hans Kurt Family Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1957), Entered into Berlin
Tag til marked i Fjordby Poul Bang Dirch Passer, Ove Sprogøe,
Buster Larsen, Lily Broberg
Comedy
Bundfald Sin Alley Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt
Robert Sasskin
Birgitte Bruun, Ib Mossin,
Ghita Nørby
Crime Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1958)
1958
Styrmand Karlsen Annelise Reenberg Johannes Meyer, Otto Brandenburg, Frits Helmuth, Dirch Passer, Ove Sprogøe, Ghita Norby Family
Det lille hotel The Little Hotel Jon Iversen Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt, Lisbeth Movin,
Ebbe Langberg
Family
Mariannes bryllup Marianne's Wedding Peer Guldbrandsen Henning Moritzen, Astrid Villaume,
Birgitte Bruun
Drama
Ung kærlighed André Rodriguez Suzanne Bech, Klaus Pagh, Annie Birgit Garde Romance
Soldaterkammerater Soldier Buddies Sven Methling Paul Hagen, Vera Stricker Comedy
Guld og grønne skove The Girls Are Willing Gabriel Axel Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival
1959
En fremmed banker på Johan Jacobsen Birgitte Federspiel Preben Lerdorff Rye
Victor Montell
Crime Drama Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1959)
Vi er allesammen tossede Sven Methling Kjeld Petersen, Jessie Rindom
Birgitte Reimer, Buster Larsen
Dirch Passer
Comedy Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1960)
Far til fire på Bornholm Father of Four on Bornholm Alice O'Fredericks
Robert Saaskin
Karl Stegger, Else Hvidhøj
Otto Møller Jensen, Ole Neumann
Family
Paw Astrid Henning-Jensen Edvin Adolphson Entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival
Poeten og Lillemor The Poet and the Little Mother Erik Balling Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival

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