Matador

Matador

1978/11/11 - 1982/01/02 • Ended • 4 Seasons • Danish

Drama
9.1

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.

Creator(s) : Erik Balling, Lise Nørgaard

Casts
Jørgen Buckhøj

Jørgen Buckhøj

Mads Andersen-Skjern

Ghita Nørby

Ghita Nørby

Ingeborg Skjern

Holger Juul Hansen

Holger Juul Hansen

Hans Christian Varnæs

Malene Schwartz

Malene Schwartz

Maude Varnæs

Jesper Langberg

Jesper Langberg

Kristen Andersen-Skjern

Helle Virkner

Helle Virkner

Elisabeth Friis

Buster Larsen

Buster Larsen

Grisehandler Oluf Larsen

Lily Broberg

Lily Broberg

Katrine Larsen

Kirsten Olesen

Kirsten Olesen

Agnes Jensen

Elin Reimer

Elin Reimer

Laura Larsine Sørensen

Karin Nellemose

Karin Nellemose

Misse Møhge

Ove Sprogøe

Ove Sprogøe

Dr. Louis Hansen

Bjørn Watt-Boolsen

Bjørn Watt-Boolsen

Oberst Ditlev Hachel

Sonja Oppenhagen

Sonja Oppenhagen

Vicki Hachel

Else-Marie Juul Hansen

Else-Marie Juul Hansen

Konsulinde Holm

Per Pallesen

Per Pallesen

Severin Boldt

Kurt Ravn

Kurt Ravn

Lauritz 'Røde' Jensen

Benny Hansen

Benny Hansen

Frede 'Fede' Hansen

Esper Hagen

Esper Hagen

Arnold Vinter

Lis Løwert

Lis Løwert

Violet Vinter

Karen-Lise Mynster

Karen-Lise Mynster

Ulla Jacobsen

John Hahn-Petersen

John Hahn-Petersen

Hr Stein

Bent Mejding

Bent Mejding

Jørgen Varnæs

Anne Jensen

Anne Jensen

Gudrun

Vera Gebuhr

Vera Gebuhr

Inger Jørgensen

Kirsten Hansen-Møller

Kirsten Hansen-Møller

Marie Hansen

Ann Margrethe Schou

Ann Margrethe Schou

Frk. Mortensen

Holger Perfort

Holger Perfort

Tjener Olsen

Ulla Henningsen

Ulla Henningsen

Iben Skjold Hansen / Iben Skjern

Axel Strøbye

Axel Strøbye

Viggo Skjold-Hansen

Birthe Backhausen

Birthe Backhausen

Musse Skjold-Hansen

Holger Vistisen

Holger Vistisen

Bogholder Christiansen, Omegnsbanken

Bendt Rothe

Bendt Rothe

Baron Carl von Rytger

Birgitte Federspiel

Birgitte Federspiel

Baronesse Arense von Rytger

Birgitte Bruun

Birgitte Bruun

Esther

Susse Wold

Susse Wold

Birgitte 'Gitte' Graa

Ole Andreasen

Ole Andreasen

Fortæller

Jens Arentzen

Jens Arentzen

Ulrik Varnæs

Niels Martin Carlsen

Niels Martin Carlsen

Daniel Skjern

Benedikte Dahl

Benedikte Dahl

Ellen Skjern Lamborg

Camilla Hammerich

Camilla Hammerich

Regitze Varnæs

John Schelde

John Schelde

Mogens Lamborg

Solveig Kallenbach

Solveig Kallenbach

Fru Rum, ansat hos Agnes

Sebastian Sørensen

Sebastian Sørensen

Knud Jensen

Ditte Maria Norup

Ditte Maria Norup

Helle Varnæs

Søren Markers

Søren Markers

Aksel Jensen

Poul Reichhardt

Poul Reichhardt

Murermester Jacob Jessen

Bodil Udsen

Bodil Udsen

Fru Murermester Jessen

Rikke Wölck

Rikke Wölck

Maja Ebbesen / Maja Varnæs

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Season 4
Season 4
0.0

1981/11/28 • 6 Episodes

Season 4 of Matador premiered on November 28, 1981

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