Take What You Want

Take What You Want

Take What You Want

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Take What You Want

1947

1h 40m

7.5(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

Consul Bergholtz is ill and will probably die soon. Family members gather at her bedside, each with the expectation of receiving a share of the impending inheritance. Among the heirs are her sons, the alcoholic editor Oscar and the homosexual lecturer Ejnar, as well as their pretty and recently divorced sister Esther. But when her grandson, the cunning and unscrupulous businessman Kurt, shows up, the intrigues are stoked. Kurt couldn't care less about good manners and cultural veneer; he simply takes what he wants.

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Nordisk Film Denmark

Cast & Crew

24 members

Acting

Ebbe Rode

Kurt Bergholtz

Ebbe Rode

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Bjarne Forchhammer

Lektor Ejnar Bergholtz

Bjarne Forchhammer

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Ib Schønberg

Redaktør Oscar Bergholtz

Ib Schønberg

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Ellen Gottschalch

Maja Bergholtz

Ellen Gottschalch

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Erni Arneson

Esther Wulff

Erni Arneson

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Helle Virkner

Britta Wulff

Helle Virkner

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Hans Egede Budz

Professor Axel Wulff

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Vera Gebuhr

Marianne Beyer

Vera Gebuhr

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Agnes Thorberg-Wieth

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Bjørn Watt-Boolsen

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Bjørn Watt-Boolsen

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Elith Pio

Unknown Role

Elith Pio

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Poul Nordstrøm

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Anna Henriques-Nielsen

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Anna Henriques-Nielsen

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Oda Poulsen

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Knud Rex

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Knud Rex

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Per Buckhøj

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Per Buckhøj

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Anita Pontoppidan

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Clara Schwartz

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Clara Schwartz

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Edith Hermansen

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Henry Nielsen

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Henry Nielsen

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Torkil Lauritzen

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Torkil Lauritzen

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Otto Detlefsen

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Otto Detlefsen

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Birgitte Reimer

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Birgitte Reimer

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Kirsten Andreasen

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