10th Bodil Awards

10th Bodil Awards
10th Bodil Awards
Date	1957
Site	Copenhagen
Highlights
Best Film	Be Dear to Me
Best Actor	Peter Malberg; Be Dear to Me
Best Actress	Birgit Sadolin; Tre piger fra Jylland [da]
Most awards	Be Dear to Me (2)
	← 9th; Bodil Awards; 11th →;

The 10th Bodil Awards was held in 1957 in Copenhagen, Denmark, honouring the best in Danish and foreign film of 1956.

The recipient of the Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Birgit Sadolin, arrived with from Sønderborg at the last minute to run onto stage and be hailed for her role in Tre piger fra Jylland [da].^[1]

Be Dear to Me directed by Annelise Hovmand, and actor Peter Malberg for his role in the same film, each received an award.^[2]

Jørgen Roos [da] got a Bodil Award for Best Documentary for Ellehammerfilmen, and the neighbouring Sweden won Best European Film with Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night.^[3]

For the first time, the critics had not been able to choose an American film – U.S. producers had boycotted the Danish market.

Honorees

^ Piil, Morten (2003). Danske filmskuespillere: 525 portrætter (in Danish) (2 ed.). Gyldendal. p. 436. ISBN 978-87-02-02104-2. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
^ Peter Schepelern; Eva Jørholt (2001). 100 års dansk film. Rosinante. pp. 173–. ISBN 978-87-7357-948-0.
^ Morten Piil (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide. Gyldendal A/S. pp. 730–. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2.