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Father of Four (film)

April 07, 2024

Father of Four (Danish: Far til Fire) is a 1953 Danish family comedy directed by Alice O'Fredericks and starring Ib Schønberg and Birgitte Bruun. The film is based on the comic strip by Kaj Engholm and Olav Hast. It was the inaugural film in a series of eight Father of Four films made by ASA Films, one each year from 1953 to 1961.

Father of Four
Front cover of the Danish DVD
Directed by
Written by
  • Lis Byrdal
  • Kaj Engholm (cartoon)
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRudolf Frederiksen
Edited byWera Iwanouw
Music bySven Gyldmark
Distributed byASA Filmudlejning
Release date
2 November 1953
Running time
97 min.
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Cast edit

Production edit

In 1947, Hakon Steffensen, editor of the Politiken newspaper wanted to start running a comic strip that depicted typical Danish life. It was his response to the surge of American comic strips flooding the European marketplace in the post-war years. Steffensen asked cartoonist Kaj Engholm for ideas. Engholm then asked his friend, advertising executive Olav Hast, who proposed the idea. They roughed out the story together of a single father of four children with the oldest daughter running the household, agreeing the father would be a single parent without ever creating a backstory for the mother's absence. In interviews, whenever the authors were asked, "Where is the mother?", they replied, "I don't know but we promise to look into it."[1]

The comic strip first appeared in 1948 and ran daily for 40 years—on the back page of Politiken until 1955, then in the Berlingske Tidende newspaper until 1988. The text was written by Hast until retired from the strip in 1973, after which it was written by a variety of writers. Engholm drew the strip until his death in 1988.

Sequels edit

Father of Four was such an enormous success that a sequel Father of Four in the Snow (Far til fire i sneen) was quickly made and released in 1954. Thereafter, seven more sequels were made, one every year until 1961, all directed by Alice O'Fredericks. A ninth film was planned for release in 1962 but was never produced.

In 2005, the series was renewed with the release of Father of Four is Back (Far til fire - gi'r aldrig op) directed by Claus Bjerre and in 2006 with Father of Four: Living Large (Far til fire - i stor stil).

Year Title Original title Notes
1954 Father of Four in the Snow Far til fire i sneen directed by Alice O'Fredericks
1955 Father of Four in the Country Far til fire på landet
1956 Father of Four in the City Far til fire i byen
1957 Father of Four and Uncle Sofus Far til fire og onkel Sofus
1958 Father of Four and the Wolf Cubs Far til fire og ulveungerne
1959 Father of Four on Bornholm Far til fire på Bornholm
1961 Father of Four with Full Music Far til fire med fuld musik
1971 Father of Four in Good Humor Far til fire i højt humør directed by Ib Mossin
2005 Father of Four Never Gives Up Far til fire - gi'r aldrig op directed by Claus Bjerre
2006 Father of Four: Living Large Far til fire - i stor stil
2008 Father of Four: Home Field Advantage Far til fire - på hjemmebane
2010 Father of Four on Japanese Far til fire - på japansk
2011 Father of Four Back in the Nature Far til fire - tilbage til naturen
2012 Father of Four to Seas Far til fire - til søs
2014 Father of Four Uncle Sofus Returns Far til fire - Onkel Sofus vender tilbage directed by Giacomo Campeotto
2015 Father of Fours Wild Vacation Far til fires vilde ferie
2017 Father of Four On The Top Far til fire - på toppen directed by Martin Miehe-Renard
2018 Father of Four In The Sun Far til fire i solen
2020 Father of Four and the Vikings Far til fire og vikingerne

References edit

  1. ^ Engholm, Ole, Hvordan opstod Far til Fire? 2009-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, Far til Fire og Far til Fires far, www.olengo.dk, retrieved 2008

External links edit

  • Father of Four at IMDb  
  • Den Danske Film Database
  • Father of Four at AllMovie

April 07, 2024
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Father of Four Danish Far til Fire is a 1953 Danish family comedy directed by Alice O Fredericks and starring Ib Schonberg and Birgitte Bruun The film is based on the comic strip by Kaj Engholm and Olav Hast It was the inaugural film in a series of eight Father of Four films made by ASA Films one each year from 1953 to 1961 Father of FourFront cover of the Danish DVDDirected byAlice O FredericksRobert SaaskinWritten byLis ByrdalKaj Engholm cartoon Produced byLau Lauritzen Jr Henning KarmarkStarringIb SchonbergBirgitte BruunCinematographyRudolf FrederiksenEdited byWera IwanouwMusic bySven GyldmarkDistributed byASA FilmudlejningRelease date2 November 1953Running time97 min CountryDenmarkLanguageDanish Contents 1 Cast 2 Production 3 Sequels 4 References 5 External linksCast editIb Schonberg as Father Schonberg also played the role in the first sequel but unfortunately died before they could finish any further films He was replaced by Karl Stegger in the next 6 films Niels Olsen plays the father in the reimagined series of the 2000s Birgitte Bruun as Sos Bruun later known as Birgitte Price played the part in the first six films Rudi Hansenas Mie Otto Moller Jensen as Ole Jensen played the role in all of the first films and then left acting for fashion design Ole Neumann as Little Per Neumann was 5 years old when he played Per and played the same role in each of the first seven sequels He later became a documentary cinematographer Peter Malberg as Uncle Anders Buster Larsen played the role of Uncle Anders in subsequent sequels Jorgen Reenberg as Teacher Jorgen Staehr Ove Sprogoe as Baker Host Sigurd Langberg as Director Andersen Ib Mossin as Peter Paul Hagen as Burglar Ilselil Larsen as Grete Agnes Rehni as Mrs Sejersen Svend Aage Madsen as Kristian Else Jarlbak as Kristian s Mother Poul Reichhardt as himself Einar Juhl as Pastor Svend Bille as Train Conductor Hugo Herrestrup Poul ThomsenProduction editIn 1947 Hakon Steffensen editor of the Politiken newspaper wanted to start running a comic strip that depicted typical Danish life It was his response to the surge of American comic strips flooding the European marketplace in the post war years Steffensen asked cartoonist Kaj Engholm for ideas Engholm then asked his friend advertising executive Olav Hast who proposed the idea They roughed out the story together of a single father of four children with the oldest daughter running the household agreeing the father would be a single parent without ever creating a backstory for the mother s absence In interviews whenever the authors were asked Where is the mother they replied I don t know but we promise to look into it 1 The comic strip first appeared in 1948 and ran daily for 40 years on the back page of Politiken until 1955 then in the Berlingske Tidende newspaper until 1988 The text was written by Hast until retired from the strip in 1973 after which it was written by a variety of writers Engholm drew the strip until his death in 1988 Sequels editFather of Four was such an enormous success that a sequel Father of Four in the Snow Far til fire i sneen was quickly made and released in 1954 Thereafter seven more sequels were made one every year until 1961 all directed by Alice O Fredericks A ninth film was planned for release in 1962 but was never produced In 2005 the series was renewed with the release of Father of Four is Back Far til fire gi r aldrig op directed by Claus Bjerre and in 2006 with Father of Four Living Large Far til fire i stor stil Year Title Original title Notes1954 Father of Four in the Snow Far til fire i sneen directed by Alice O Fredericks1955 Father of Four in the Country Far til fire pa landet1956 Father of Four in the City Far til fire i byen1957 Father of Four and Uncle Sofus Far til fire og onkel Sofus1958 Father of Four and the Wolf Cubs Far til fire og ulveungerne1959 Father of Four on Bornholm Far til fire pa Bornholm1961 Father of Four with Full Music Far til fire med fuld musik1971 Father of Four in Good Humor Far til fire i hojt humor directed by Ib Mossin2005 Father of Four Never Gives Up Far til fire gi r aldrig op directed by Claus Bjerre2006 Father of Four Living Large Far til fire i stor stil2008 Father of Four Home Field Advantage Far til fire pa hjemmebane2010 Father of Four on Japanese Far til fire pa japansk2011 Father of Four Back in the Nature Far til fire tilbage til naturen2012 Father of Four to Seas Far til fire til sos2014 Father of Four Uncle Sofus Returns Far til fire Onkel Sofus vender tilbage directed by Giacomo Campeotto2015 Father of Fours Wild Vacation Far til fires vilde ferie2017 Father of Four On The Top Far til fire pa toppen directed by Martin Miehe Renard2018 Father of Four In The Sun Far til fire i solen2020 Father of Four and the Vikings Far til fire og vikingerneReferences edit Engholm Ole Hvordan opstod Far til Fire Archived 2009 02 08 at the Wayback Machine Far til Fire og Far til Fires far www olengo dk retrieved 2008External links editFather of Four at IMDb nbsp Det Danske Filmistitut Den Danske Film Database Father of Four at AllMovie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Father of Four film amp oldid 1214643427, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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