Henning Carlsen Movies

Tobias Jacobsen is 42. When the doctors tell him he is fatally ill, the earth opens up beneath him and he finds himself plunging into the abyss. It...

This documentary examines a feature of Danish life in the late '60s and early '70s: the political commune. In a series of stiff and unrevealing...

The second part of Carlsen's documentary trilogy explores the structure and importance of the family unit as an institution, and the opinions of...

Henning Carlsen's cinéma vérité trilogy on life and relationships begins with a portrait of elderly people in Denmark.

The third and final part of Carlsen's documentary trilogy explores what it means to be young or old.