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Matador 1978

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Watch Tv Show Series Matador : 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..

Genre	:	Drama
First Air Date	:	1978-11-11
Last Air Date	:	1982-01-02
Number of Seasons	:	4
Number of Episodes	:	24
Runtime	:	60 min
Stars	:	Jørgen Buckhøj (Mads Andersen-Skjern), Ghita Nørby (Ingeborg Skjern), Holger Juul Hansen (Hans Christian Varnæs), Malene Schwartz (Maude Varnæs), Jesper Langberg (Kristen Andersen-Skjern), Helle Virkner (Elisabeth Friis), Buster Larsen (Grisehandler Oluf Larsen), Lily Broberg (Katrine Larsen), Kirsten Olesen (Agnes Jensen), Elin Reimer (Laura Larsine Sørensen), Karin Nellemose (Misse Møhge), Ove Sprogøe (Dr. Louis Hansen), Bjørn Watt-Boolsen (Oberst Ditlev Hachel), Sonja Oppenhagen (Vicki Hachel), Else-Marie Juul Hansen (Konsulinde Holm), Per Pallesen (Severin Boldt), Kurt Ravn (Lauritz 'Røde' Jensen), Benny Hansen (Frede 'Fede' Hansen), Esper Hagen (Arnold Vinter), Lis Løwert (Violet Vinter), Karen-Lise Mynster (Ulla Jacobsen), John Hahn-Petersen (Hr Stein), Bent Mejding (Jørgen Varnæs), Anne Jensen (Gudrun), Vera Gebuhr (Inger Jørgensen), Kirsten Hansen-Møller (Marie Hansen), Ann Margrethe Schou (Frk. Mortensen), Holger Perfort (Tjener Olsen), Ulla Henningsen (Iben Skjold Hansen / Iben Skjern), Axel Strøbye (Viggo Skjold-Hansen), Birthe Backhausen (Musse Skjold-Hansen), Holger Vistisen (Bogholder Christiansen, Omegnsbanken), Bendt Rothe (Baron Carl von Rytger), Birgitte Federspiel (Baronesse Arense von Rytger), Birgitte Bruun (Esther), Susse Wold (Birgitte 'Gitte' Graa), Ole Andreasen (Fortæller), Jens Arentzen (Ulrik Varnæs), Niels Martin Carlsen (Daniel Skjern), Benedikte Dahl (Ellen Skjern Lamborg), Camilla Hammerich (Regitze Varnæs), John Schelde (Mogens Lamborg), Solveig Kallenbach (Fru Rum, ansat hos Agnes), Sebastian Sørensen (Knud Jensen), Ditte Maria Norup (Helle Varnæs), Søren Markers (Aksel Jensen), Poul Reichhardt (Murermester Jacob Jessen), Bodil Udsen (Fru Murermester Jessen), Rikke Wölck (Maja Ebbesen / Maja Varnæs)
Director	:	Annelise Hauberg (Costume Designer), Birthe Lyngsøe (Makeup & Hair), Leif Axel Kjeldsen (Editor), Ivar Baungaard (Decorator), Elisabeth Bukkehave (Makeup & Hair), Lene Ravn Henriksen (Makeup & Hair), Finn Henriksen (Editor), Stine Monty Freddie (Script), Gary Møller (Decorator), Torben Bækmark Pedersen (Decorator), Steen Laugesen (Production Manager), Vibeke Windeløv (Production Manager), Ole Steen Nielsen (Editor), Magnus Magnusson (Decorator), Henning Bahs (Decorator), Birthe Frost (Script), Ulla Houmann (Costume Designer), Ulla-Britt Söderlund (Costume Designer), Bo Christensen (Production Manager), Lise Nørgaard (Idea), Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (Music), Erik Balling (Director), Lise Nørgaard (Writer)