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Faith, Hope and Witchcraft (1960)

Directed by Erik Balling

Overview

In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean on the island of Troldø lives a single farming family.  The grandmother Gunhild is the only woman on the island and her son Enok is unable to find a wife.  Gunhild’s advanced age causes her to worry for the future of the family. So she initiates a plan to get Enok married, a plan that is put into action when the young Eva becomes stranded on the island.  But the community must be shaken by several dramatic events before Gunhild can breathe a sigh of relief.

Length 115 minutes

Actors

Bodil Ipsen | Gunnar Lauring | Louis Miehe-Renard | Peter Malberg | Poul Reichhardt | Birte Bang | Berthe Qvistgaard | Jakob Nielsen | Hanne Winther-Jørgensen | Oscar Hermansen | Poul Müller | Freddy Koch | Børge Møller Grimstrup | Ole Larsen | Kjeld Jacobsen | Carl Ottosen | Victor Montell | Valsø Holm | Gunnar Strømvad | Ernst Schou | Sjurdur Patursson | Fraser Eysturoy | Else kornerup | Henry Lohmann | Axel Strøbye | Vilhelm Henriques | Flemming Dyjak | John Hahn-Petersen | Edith Hermansen | Edith Thrane | Bertel Lauring | Bjørn Spiro