Der kom en dag

{{short description|1955 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Der kom en dag | image = Der kom en dag poster.jpeg

| caption = Original movie poster | director = Sven Methling | writer = Flemming Muus<br />John Olsen | producer = John Olsen | starring = John Wittig<br />Astrid Villaume | narrator = | cinematography = Aage Wiltrup | editing = Anker Sørensen | music = Sven Gyldmark | studio = Saga Studio | released = {{Film date|1955|02|17|df=y}} | runtime = 104 minutes | country = Denmark | language = Danish | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Der kom en dag''''' ({{Literal translation|A day dawned}}){{r|Hammer 1991}} is a 1955 Danish dramatic film directed by Sven Methling, It stars John Wittig, Kjeld Jacobsen and Astrid Villaume as Danish resistance fighters during the last days of the German occupation of Denmark in World War II.{{r|Schepelern Jørholt 2001}}

== Cast == * John Wittig * Astrid Villaume * Kjeld Jacobsen * Louis Miehe-Renard * Kate Mundt * Jakob Nielsen (actor) * Poul Müller * Svend Methling * Gabriel Axel * Inger Lassen * {{Interlanguage link|Ole Wisborg|da}} * Hans Egede Budtz * {{Interlanguage link|Lilli Holmer|da}} * Bent Christensen

==Production== The film was produced by John Olsen at Saga Studio.{{r|Lauridsen (Denmark) 2002}} Co-written by Olsen and Flemming Muus, it is based on a true story as told in Muus' novel of the same name.{{r|Piil 2008}}

Locations used in the film include Amalienborg Palace, Hvidovre Church, Copenhagen Police Headquarters and Copenhagen City Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://danskefilm.dk/lokation.php?id=54|title=Hvidovre Kirke|publisher=danskefilm.dk|accessdate=31 July 2018 |language=Danish}}</ref>

==Reception== It won the 1955 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (in a tie with Carl Th. Dreyer's ''Ordet'').{{r|Quigley 1957}}

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<ref name="Hammer 1991">{{cite book | last = Hammer | first = T.B. | title = International film prizes: an encyclopedia | publisher = Garland | series = Garland reference library of the humanities | year = 1991 | isbn = 978-0-8240-7099-1 | url = https://archive.org/details/internationalfil00hamm | url-access = registration | access-date = 21 February 2018 | page = [https://archive.org/details/internationalfil00hamm/page/688 688] }}</ref> <ref name="Lauridsen (Denmark) 2002">{{cite book | last = Lauridsen | first = J.T. | title = Cooperation and resistance | publisher = Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Museum Tusculanums Forlag | series = Danish humanist texts and studies | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-87-7289-568-0 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Opu2KqYZk2sC&pg=PA578 | access-date = 21 February 2018 | page = 578 }}</ref> <ref name="Piil 2008">{{cite book | last = Piil | first = M. | title = Gyldendals danske filmguide | publisher = Gyldendal | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-87-02-06669-2 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=caRYl94i7xUC&pg=PT97 | language = da | access-date = 21 February 2018 | page = 97 }}</ref> <ref name="Quigley 1957">{{cite book | last = Quigley | first = E.S. | title = Motion Picture Almanac | publisher = Quigley Publishing Company | year = 1957 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=udBkAAAAMAAJ | access-date = 21 February 2018 | page = 835 }}</ref> <ref name="Schepelern Jørholt 2001">{{cite book | last1 = Schepelern | first1 = P. | last2 = Jørholt | first2 = E. | title = 100 års dansk film | publisher = Rosinante | year = 2001 | isbn = 978-87-7357-948-0 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PWxZAAAAMAAJ | language = da | access-date = 21 February 2018 | page = 194 }}</ref>

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0046900}} * {{DFDb title|612}} * {{Danskefilm|TYPE=f|5}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:kom en dag, Der}} Category:1955 drama films Category:1955 films Category:1950s Danish-language films Category:1955 Danish films Category:1950s historical drama films Category:1950s war drama films Category:Best Danish Film Bodil Award winners Category:Danish black-and-white films Category:Danish historical drama films Category:Danish war drama films Category:Danish World War II films Category:Films about Danish resistance movement Category:Films based on Danish novels Category:Films directed by Sven Methling Category:Films scored by Sven Gyldmark Category:Films set in Copenhagen Category:Films set in the 1940s Category:World War II films based on actual events Category:Danish-language historical drama films