The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman

The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
1948 Movie Poster by Kai Rasch
Directed by	Bodil Ipsen Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Written by	Grete Frische
Produced by	Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Starring	Poul Reichhardt Lisbeth Movin
Cinematography	Rudolf Frederiksen
Edited by	Marie Ejlersen
Music by	Sven Gyldmark
Distributed by	ASA Film
Release date	1948 (1948)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman (Danish: Støt står den danske sømand) is a 1948 Danish war drama directed by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr. The film, known alternatively as Perilous Expedition or its literal title translation Steady stands the Danish sailor, written by Grete Frische based upon the wartime diary of Kaj Frische, tells the true story of Danish sailors who sailed with the Allied forces during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II. It stars Poul Reichhardt and Lisbeth Movin. The film received the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film in 1949.

Cast

Actor	Role
Poul Reichhardt	Seaman Richardt Hansen
Lisbeth Movin	Mille Andersen
Lau Lauritzen, Jr.	Seaman Kaj (Frische)
Johannes Meyer	Jonas Olsen
Pauline Murray	Marion
Jørn Ording	Seaman Kaare
Per Buckhøj	Captain of the Marie Grubbe
Preben Lerdorff Rye	First Mate of the Marie Grubbe
Axel Frische	Captain of the Jette
Kjeld Jacobsen	First Mate of the Jette
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen	Telegraph Operator
Carl Heger	Seaman Frederik
Preben Neergaard	Seaman Lauritz
Karl Jørgensen	Captain of the Anne Margrete
Ove Sprogøe	Seaman Henry
Preben Uglebjerg	Cabin Boy
Jon Iversen	Danish Ambassador
Aksel Stevnsborg	German Ambassador
Henning Windfeldt	Seaman Per
Poul Secher
Poul Bundgaard	Mate

External links

• The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman at IMDb
• The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman in the Danish Film Database
• The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman in the film database danskefilm.dk (in Danish)