Peter Steen
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed.
Language
Danish
Description
Christoffer, who four years earlier abandoned the family steel business for an idyllic life as a restauranteur with the woman he loves, Maria, a rising actress. But when Christoffer's father commits suicide, Christoffer's domineering and manipulative mother compels him to return home to take control. Maria's worst fears for Christoffer are tragically realized as he must contend with a business on the brink of financial ruin and a brother-in-law scheming...
2) The spider
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Danish
Description
Suffering from the shortages and shady business transactions following the Nazi occupation of Denmark, the citizens of Copenhagen are still slogging through the grey zone of the post-war era; the orderly decade of the 1950s hasn't arrived yet. City gangsters and black marketeers are having the time of their lives - they can lay their hands on anything from extra ration coupons, booze and cigarettes to American cars. Against this backdrop of scheming...
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