📜 Overview:
Matador is a Danish TV series produced and shown between 1978 and 1982. It is set in the fictional Danish town of Korsbæk between 1929 and 1947. It follows the lives of a range of characters from across the social spectrum, focusing specifically on the rivalry between the families of two businessmen: The banker Hans Christian Varnæs, an established local worthy, and social climber Mads Skjern, who arrives in town as the series opens. The name Matador was taken from the localised edition of the boardgame Monopoly, also the series' tentative English title. In addition, in contemporary Danish a "matador" is often used to describe a business tycoon, in the series referring to the character of Mads Skjern and his craftiness as a self-made entrepreneur.
Directed by famed Danish film maker Erik Balling, Matador was the idea of author Lise Nørgaard who wrote the bulk of the episodes alongside Karen Smith, Jens Louis Petersen and Paul Hammerich. The series is one of the most well-known and popular examples of Danish television and represents the peak of longtime development of Danish TV drama by the public service channel Danmarks Radio.
The series has become part of the modern self-understanding of Danes, partly because of its successful mix of melodrama and a distinct warm Danish humour in the depiction of characters, which were portrayed by a wide range of the most popular Danish actors at the time; but also not least because of its accurate portrayal of a turbulent Denmark from around the start of the Great Depression and through Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in World War II.
🌏 Languages Available:
Danish
📆 Date Released:
⭐ Vote Average:
9.2
Beloved Cast
Mads Andersen-Skjern
Jørgen Buckhøj
Ingeborg Skjern
Ghita Nørby
Hans Christian Varnæs
Holger Juul Hansen
Maude Varnæs
Malene Schwartz
Kristen Andersen-Skjern
Jesper Langberg
Elisabeth Friis
Helle Virkner
Grisehandler Oluf Larsen
Buster Larsen
Katrine Larsen
Lily Broberg
Agnes Jensen
Kirsten Olesen
Laura Larsine Sørensen
Elin Reimer
Misse Møhge
Karin Nellemose
Dr. Louis Hansen
Ove Sprogøe
Oberst Ditlev Hachel
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen
Vicki Hachel
Sonja Oppenhagen
Konsulinde Holm
Else-Marie Juul Hansen
Severin Boldt
Per Pallesen
Lauritz 'Røde' Jensen
Kurt Ravn
Frede 'Fede' Hansen
Benny Hansen
Arnold Vinter
Esper Hagen
Violet Vinter
Lis Løwert
Ulla Jacobsen
Karen-Lise Mynster
Hr Stein
John Hahn-Petersen
Jørgen Varnæs
Bent Mejding
Gudrun
Anne Jensen
Inger Jørgensen
Vera Gebuhr
Marie Hansen
Kirsten Hansen-Møller
Frk. Mortensen
Ann Margrethe Schou
Tjener Olsen
Holger Perfort
Iben Skjold Hansen / Iben Skjern
Ulla Henningsen
Viggo Skjold-Hansen
Axel Strøbye
Musse Skjold-Hansen
Birthe Backhausen
Bogholder Christiansen, Omegnsbanken
Holger Vistisen
Baron Carl von Rytger
Bendt Rothe
Baronesse Arense von Rytger
Birgitte Federspiel
Esther
Birgitte Bruun
Birgitte 'Gitte' Graa
Susse Wold
Fortæller
Ole Andreasen
Ulrik Varnæs
Jens Arentzen
Daniel Skjern
Niels Martin Carlsen
Ellen Skjern Lamborg
Benedikte Dahl
Regitze Varnæs
Camilla Hammerich
Mogens Lamborg
John Schelde
Fru Rum, ansat hos Agnes
Solveig Kallenbach
Knud Jensen
Sebastian Sørensen
Helle Varnæs
Ditte Maria Norup
Aksel Jensen
Søren Markers
Murermester Jacob Jessen
Poul Reichhardt
Fru Murermester Jessen
Bodil Udsen
Maja Ebbesen / Maja Varnæs
Rikke Wölck