Rektor på sengekanten (1972)

Director:

John Hilbard

Writers:

Finn Henriksen (writer)
Bob Ramsing (writer)

Release Date:

3 March 1972 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The young headmaster of a boy's boarding school has decided that due to the virility of his young charges...

Plot Keywords:

School | Boarding School | Hotel | Headmaster | Sengekantsfilm

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ole Søltoft	...	Max Mikkelsen
Birte Tove	...	Line
Axel Strøbye	...	Minister
Annie Birgit Garde	...	Mrs. Bosted
Karl Stegger	...	Barneweller
Hans W. Petersen	...	Mr. Hansen
Bjørn Puggaard-Müller	...	Bruun
Miskow Makwarth	...	De Fontenay
Ego Brønnum-Jacobsen	...	Skolerådsmedlem
Christoffer Bro	...	Erik
Jan Priiskorn-Schmidt	...	Torben (as Jan Priskorn)
Steen Frøhne	...	Søren
Paul Hagen	...	Holst
Susanne Jagd	...	Jytte
Søren Strømberg	...	Fabian

Also Known As:

Bedside Head (International: English title)
Bedside Headmaster (Australia) (video box title)
Danish Bed and Board (UK)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 (DVD) (2005) | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Palladium Film

Movie Connections:

Followed by Sømænd på sengekanten (1976)

Innocent fun

This is another in director John Hilbard's Danish Mazurka collection. The Mazurka films are a Danish attempt at the rather bawdy films that the British were making around the same time such as the Carry On series and later on the Confessions films. The Mazurka series tries to emulate the British offerings but unless you can understand the Scandinavian languages, the dialogue jokes will be meaningless.

The plot concerns the headmaster of a boarding school who is feeling the financial pinch. He gets the idea that renting out the student rooms during the school holidays to well-to-do holiday makers is a sure-fire way to refill the school coffers. Of course, things get out of hand in a farcical way but it is all handled in an innocent manner. The scene in a strip club was strange and left me wondering if the Danes understand the concept of strip-tease - the woman started off naked and then proceeded to put her clothes on. The film had not been spliced in the wrong way round.

The film had quite good production values, being shot on location in a rather fine country estate. The acting was typical of theatrical farce and there was very little nudity. If you do not understand Scandinavian languages, nor like old style comedy then this is probably not for you - 3 stars.