While the Gate was Locked (1948)

Original title

Mens porten var lukket

Directed by

Asbjørn Andersen

Genre

drama film, family film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

A

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family drama set in post-war Denmark. It follows the emotional conflicts and secrets that emerge when a household is confined together behind a closed gate.

melancholictenseslow-burnemotionalintimatesomberrestrained

What happens

Mens porten var lukket är en dansk dramafilm från 1948 i regi av Asbjørn Andersen. Filmen är en dansk inspelning av Hasse Ekmans Medan porten var stängd. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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