Besættelse

For the play by Ann Sofie Oxenvads, see Besættelse (play).

Besættelse
Cover of the Danish DVD
Directed by	Bodil Ipsen
Written by	Fleming Lynge Hans Severinsen (novel)
Starring	Berthe Qvistgaard Johannes Meyer Aage Fønss Poul Reichhardt
Cinematography	Valdemar Christensen
Edited by	Valdemar Christensen
Music by	Erik Fiehn
Distributed by	Nordisk Film
Release date	1944 (1944)
Running time	83 min
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

Besættelse (English: Possession) is a 1944 Danish film noir directed by Bodil Ipsen and starring Johannes Meyer and Berthe Qvistgaard. Based upon a novel by Hans Severinsen, the film is a dark psychological drama about an aging businessman whose erotic obsession with a cynical young woman leads to his eventual downfall.^[1]

Cast

Actor	Role
Johannes Meyer	Draper Jens Steen
Berthe Qvistgaard	Else Petersen
Aage Fønss	Merchant Thygesen
Poul Reichhardt	Aage Thygesen
Thorkil Lauritzen	Landbetjent Hermannsen
Aage Redal	parish bailiff
Peter Nielsen	lawyer
Rasmus Christiansen	Røgter
Vera Gebuhr	Hotel maid
Alma Olander Dam Willumsen	Mrs. Steen (as Alma Olander Dam)
Jesper Gottschalch
Karl Jørgensen	Traveling salesman

References

1. Jørholt, Eva: 100 Års Dansk Film, p. 131. Rosinante (2001).

External links

• Besættelse at IMDb
• Besættelse at Den Danske Film Database (in Danish)
• Besættelse at Det Danske Filmistitut (in Danish)