Besættelse ('Possession') is a 1944 Danish film noir directed by Bodil Ipsen and starring Johannes Meyer and Berthe Qvistgaard. Based on a novel by Hans Severinsen, the film is a dark psychological drama about an aging businessman whose erotic obsession with a cynical young woman leads to his eventual downfall.Jørholt, Eva: 100 Års Dansk Film, p. 131. Rosinante (2001).
Cast Actor RoleJohannes Meyer Draper Jens SteenBerthe Qvistgaard Else PetersenAage Fønss Merchant ThygesenPoul Reichhardt Aage ThygesenThorkil Lauritzen Landbetjent HermannsenAage Redal parish bailiffPeter Nielsen lawyerRasmus Christiansen RøgterVera Gebuhr Hotel maidAlma Olander Dam Willumsen Mrs. Steen (as Alma Olander Dam)Jesper Gottschalch Karl Jørgensen Traveling salesman
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External links
Besættelse at Den Danske Film Database (in Danish) Besættelse at Det Danske Filmistitut (in Danish)