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Pigen og greven (1966)

99 min · Comedy

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Directors

Finn Henriksen

Cast

Lene Tiemroth, Josephine Passer, Peter Steen, Dirch Passer

A young count returns from America to reunite with his former love, unaware she has had his daughter while he was away.

The story

After studying agriculture in America for a year, young Count Ditmar Gyvelstjerne returns to his family estate and seeks out Susanne Hansen, a former love who works as a chorus girl. He tries to persuade her to come with him to Gyvelsten. Ditmar does not know that Susanne gave birth to their daughter while he was away. Susanne’s colleague, babysitter, and friend Andreas Lillelys accompanies her to the estate by accident and is hired as a butler, complicating the count’s attempt to bring Susanne into his household.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

The young Count Ditmar Gyvelstjerne (Peter Steen) returns home after a year in America, where he studied agriculture. He seeks out his former love, the chorus girl Susanne Hansen (Lene Tiemroth), and tries to persuade her to come with him to the family estate, Gyvelsten. What the count does not know is that he is the father of a daughter Susanne gave birth to while he was abroad. By accident, Susanne’s colleague, babysitter, and friend Andreas Lillelys (Dirch Passer) comes along to Gyvelsten, where he is hired as a butler.

Genres

Comedy

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