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Summary
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.
Cast
Jørgen Buckhøj
Ghita Nørby
Holger Juul Hansen
Malene Schwartz
Jesper Langberg
Helle Virkner
Buster Larsen
Lily Broberg
Kirsten Olesen
Elin Reimer
Karin Nellemose
Ove Sprogøe
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen
Sonja Oppenhagen
Else-Marie Juul Hansen
Per Pallesen
Kurt Ravn
Benny Hansen
Esper Hagen
Lis Løwert
Karen-Lise Mynster
John Hahn-Petersen
Bent Mejding
Anne Jensen
Vera Gebuhr
Kirsten Hansen-Møller
Ann Margrethe Schou
Holger Perfort
Birgitte Federspiel
Birgitte Bruun
Susse Wold
Ole Andreasen
Karen Berg
Karl Stegger
Arthur Jensen
Ulla Henningsen
Axel Strøbye
Birthe Backhausen
Holger Vistisen
Bendt Rothe
Allan Frank
Jens Arentzen
Niels Martin Carlsen
Camilla Hammerich
John Schelde
Benedikte Dahl
Claus Heil
Elisabeth Danneskjold-Samsø
Henrik Mortensen
Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt
Rigmor Hvidtfeldt
Michael Brüel
Esben Petersen
Preben Mahrt
Søren Bruun
Kristian Steen Rem
Nicla Ursin
Jacob Dalgård
Nynne Ubbe
Solveig Kallenbach
Sebastian Sørensen
Ditte Maria Norup
Søren Markers
Poul Reichhardt
Bodil Udsen
Rikke Wölck
Helle Nielsen
Hanne Løye
Egon Aagaard
Solveig Sundborg
Paul Hüttel
Lane Lind
Christian Steffensen
Joen Bille
Else kornerup
Lene Brøndum
Christiane Rohde
Jarl Forsman
Else Petersen
Hardy Rafn
Tove Maës
Lars Høy
Finn Storgaard
Lene Axelsen
Andreas Rasmus Rose
Ellen Winther Lembourn
John Martinus
Aage Poulsen
Kenneth Schmidt
Ernst Meyer
Kjeld Løfting
Lillian Tillegreen
Benny Juhlin
Ib Mossin
Martin Bak
Nikolaj Harris
Astrid Saalbach
Hanne Andersen
Margrethe Koytu
Per Kristensen
Poul Thomsen
Lari Hørsted
Finn Nielsen
Bende Harris
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen
Jørgen Krogh
Marianne Nielsen
Inge Ketti
Søren Rode
Alf Andersen
Freddie Andersen
Gyda Hansen
Kirsten Norholt
Beatrice Palner
Ole Søgaard
Kirsten Hermansen
Hans Meyer Petersen
Erik Kühnau
Emil Hass Christensen
Flemming Dyjak
Palle Huld
Edvin Tiemroth
Jørgen Ulrik Langebæk
Lene Larsen
Morten Grunwald
Holger Munk
Merete Hegner
Masja Dessau
John Larsen
Niels Alsing
Arne Hansen
Lise Henningsen
Elvi Henriksen
William Kisum
Miskow Makwarth
Anne Wedege-Mathiasen
Jacob Ley
Arne Westermann
Hannah Johansen
Linda Laursen
Gyrd Løfquist
Troels Munk
Sisse Reingaard
Jessie Rindom
Valsø Holm
Kirsten Søberg
Casper Bengtson
Jim Erichsen
Christine Hermansen
Eva Lundqvist
Ole Meyer
Kirsten Rolffes
Sigurd Fitzek
Preben Harris
Axel Hendrichsen
Grethe Holmer
Pouel Kern
Lisbeth Movin
Carl Nielsen
Preben Ravn
Ove Rud
Jørgen Weel
Ebba With
Benny Bjerregaard
Erik Holmey
Alvin Linnemann
Poul Christensen
Ejla Hvidtfeldt
Tonny Lambert
Ruddy Nyegaard
Nina Rudolph
Hilma Egeskov
Gerda Gilboe
Inger Stender
Vera Stricker-Nielsen
Aase Hansen
Lene Poulsen
Ingo Wentrup
Nicholas Farrell
Ole Tage Hartmann
Bjarne G. Nielsen
Ole Thestrup
Henry Büchmann
Thomas Eje
Kurt Erik Nielsen
Lisbeth Frandsen
Sune Kristensen
Jens Chr. Milbrat
Jan Middelbo Outzen
Jan Neiiendam
Ulla Poulsen Skou
Henriette Veltzé
Crew
Creator
Erik Balling
Creator
Lise Nørgaard
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
Danish
Type:
Scripted
Networks:
