People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart

People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart, (Danish: Mennesker mødes og sød musik opstår i hjertet), is a 1967 Danish/Swedish romantic comedy directed by Henning Carlsen and starring Harriet Andersson and Preben Neergaard. The film is based upon the 1944 novel by Jens August Schade.

People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart
Front cover of the Danish DVD
Directed byHenning Carlsen
Written byPoul Borum
Henning Carlsen
Based on1944 novel
by Jens August Schade
Produced byGöran Lindgren
Henning Carlsen
StarringHarriet Andersson
Preben Neergaard
CinematographyHenning Kristiansen
Edited byHenning Carlsen
Music byKrzysztof Komeda
Distributed byNordisk Film
Release date
  • 24 November 1967 (1967-11-24)
Running time
111 minutes
CountriesDenmark
Sweden
LanguageDanish

Cast

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Actor Role
Harriet Andersson Sofia Persson
Preben Neergaard Sjalof Hansen
Eva Dahlbeck Devah Sørensen
Erik Wedersøe Hans Madsen
Lone Rode Evangeline Hansen
Lotte Horne Mithra
Elin Reimer Calcura
Bent Christensen Ramon Salvador
Lotte Tarp Kose
Knud Rex Ramon Salvador
Georg Rydeberg Robert Clair de Lune
Cassandra Mahon Josefa Swell
Zito Kerras Young Men in New York
Ove Rud Clergyman
Benny Juhlin Fresh Young Man

Awards

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People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film in 1968, and for her leading role, the Swedish actress Andersson also received that year's Bodil Award for Best Actress. The film was also selected as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 41st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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