Matador
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First Air DateNov 11, 1978
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ProductionNordisk Film Denmark, DR TV
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Rotten tomato91%
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Original titleMatador
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ReleaseNov 11, 1978
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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.
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Casts
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Mads Andersen-Skjern
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Ingeborg Skjern
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Hans Christian Varnæs
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Maude Varnæs
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Kristen Andersen-Skjern
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Elisabeth Friis
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Grisehandler Oluf Larsen
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Katrine Larsen
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Agnes Jensen
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Laura Larsine Sørensen
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Misse Møhge
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Dr. Louis Hansen
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Oberst Ditlev Hachel
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Vicki Hachel
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Konsulinde Holm
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Severin Boldt
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Lauritz 'Røde' Jensen
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Frede 'Fede' Hansen
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Arnold Vinter
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Violet Vinter
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Ulla Jacobsen
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Hr Stein
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Jørgen Varnæs
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Gudrun
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Inger Jørgensen
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Marie Hansen
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Frk. Mortensen
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Tjener Olsen
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Iben Skjold Hansen / Iben Skjern
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Viggo Skjold-Hansen
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Musse Skjold-Hansen
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Bogholder Christiansen, Omegnsbanken
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Baron Carl von Rytger
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Baronesse Arense von Rytger
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Esther
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Birgitte 'Gitte' Graa
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Fortæller
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Ulrik Varnæs
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Daniel Skjern
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Ellen Skjern Lamborg
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Regitze Varnæs
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Mogens Lamborg
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Fru Rum, ansat hos Agnes
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Knud Jensen
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Helle Varnæs
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Aksel Jensen
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Murermester Jacob Jessen
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Fru Murermester Jessen
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Maja Ebbesen / Maja Varnæs
Specials ( 2006-11-14)
When the province lost its innocence
Matador remembers
The music behind matador
More Matador
Fra Laura's køkkenskuffe

Season 1 ( 1978-11-11)

The traveler

The Neighbour

Succession

The Maiden Aunt

One Man's Loss

Deployment

Season 2 ( 1979-11-17)

The birthday

The stranger in town

What about the dresser

Nowadays

In a Pinch

For better and for worse

Season 3 ( 1980-12-06)

A new life

The pieces of the puzzle

To think and to believe

Laura's big day

The adult ranks

Hr. Stein

Season 4 ( 1981-11-28)

Wheeling and dealing

The eleventh hour

Peace on earth and goodwill toward men

All's well

Among brothers

New look





