Season 2 (1979)
Release date: 1979-11-17
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Lise Nørgaard
Episodes (6):
1. The birthday
While Mads Skjern continues to expand his businesses, Hans Christian Varnæs battles a new dynamic force in the board of his bank, the state lawyer Viggo Skjold Hansen, who has obtained his shares and board seat from the spiraling Jørgen Varnæs.
Release date: 1979-11-17
2. The stranger in town
The internationally renowned painter Professor Ernst Nyborg lands in Korsbæk. He is a former art teacher and romantic interest of Maude Varnæs. Also arriving to witness Nyborg's exhibit is Gitte Graae, Jørgen Varnæs' home-wrecking and increasingly expensive lady friend.
Release date: 1979-11-24
3. What about the dresser
The Varnæsses' maid, Agnes Jensen, quits her job to get married to railway employee and local communist, Lauritz "Red" Jensen, but to her dismay, Red quickly invites a German refugee, the poet Herbert Schmidt, to live with them in the spirit of solidarity.
Release date: 1979-12-01
4. Nowadays
Mads' building project is well under way, but Mrs. Møhge supported by Skjold Hansen continues to fight him. Skjold Hansen's daughter Iben arrives in town, having cancelled an upcoming wedding in Germany, and begins flirting with Kristen Skjern. Elisabeth Friis causes a furor, when openly supporting an abortion doctor, bringing her at odds with her and her sister's social circle.
Release date: 1979-12-08
5. In a Pinch
Agnes delivers a boy, while Vicki, widow of Arnesen, returns to Korsbæk as a traveling vaudeville actress and reconciles with her father, the Colonel. Via Oluf Larsen she meets Herbert Schmidt, who now lives with the Larsens. Hans Christian Varnæs learns that his mistress Ms. Jacobsen is pregnant from their affair. She wants an abortion, which he pays for in betrayal of his own morals.
Release date: 1979-12-15
6. For better and for worse
Herbert Schmidt and Lauritz "Red" Jensen embark for Spain to fight the fascists in the Spanish Civil War, but Red changes his mind en route, while Herbert continues on. Elisabeth relays an offer from Hans Christian Varnæs to Kristen Skjern of a position at a bank in Jutland, but Kristen see it as a plot to separate him from his brother, Mads, who is still being hammered by Skjold Hansen's investigations.
Release date: 1979-12-22
Cast
Jørgen Buckhøj
as Mads Andersen-Skjern
Ghita Nørby
as Ingeborg Skjern
Holger Juul Hansen
as Hans Christian Varnæs
Malene Schwartz
as Maude Varnæs
Jesper Langberg
as Kristen Andersen-Skjern
Helle Virkner
as Elisabeth Friis
Buster Larsen
as Grisehandler Oluf Larsen
Lily Broberg
as Katrine Larsen
Kirsten Olesen
as Agnes Jensen
Elin Reimer
as Laura Larsine Sørensen
Karin Nellemose
as Misse Møhge
Karen Berg
as Fru Fernando Møhge
Ove Sprogøe
as Dr. Louis Hansen
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen
as Oberst Ditlev Hachel
Sonja Oppenhagen
as Vicki Hachel
Karl Stegger
as Konsul Holm
Else-Marie Juul Hansen
as Konsulinde Holm
Per Pallesen
as Severin Boldt
Kurt Ravn
as Lauritz 'Røde' Jensen
Benny Hansen
as Frede 'Fede' Hansen
Arthur Jensen
as Rudolf Schwann
Esper Hagen
as Arnold Vinter
Lis Løwert
as Violet Vinter
Karen-Lise Mynster
as Ulla Jacobsen
John Hahn-Petersen
as Hr Stein
Bent Mejding
as Jørgen Varnæs
Anne Jensen
as Gudrun
Vera Gebuhr
as Inger Jørgensen
Kirsten Hansen-Møller
as Marie Hansen
Ann Margrethe Schou
as Frk. Mortensen
Holger Perfort
as Tjener Olsen
Ulla Henningsen
as Iben Skjold Hansen / Iben Skjern
Axel Strøbye
as Viggo Skjold-Hansen
Birthe Backhausen
as Musse Skjold-Hansen
Holger Vistisen
as Bogholder Christiansen, Omegnsbanken
Bendt Rothe
as Baron Carl von Rytger
Birgitte Federspiel
as Baronesse Arense von Rytger
Birgitte Bruun
as Esther
Susse Wold
as Birgitte 'Gitte' Graa
Jacob Dalgård
as Daniel Skjern
Elisabeth Danneskjold-Samsø
as Regitze Varnæs
Henrik Mortensen
as Ulrik Varnæs
Nynne Ubbe
as Ellen Skjern
Ole Andreasen
as Fortæller
Crew - click here to expand
Leif Axel Kjeldsen - Decorator, Jens Hansen - Production Manager, Leif Hagg - Makeup & Hair, Tryggve Larssen - Makeup & Hair, Lene Christiansen - Production Manager, Finn Henriksen - Editor, Gary Møller - Decorator, Torben Bækmark Pedersen - Decorator, Ole Steen Nielsen - Editor, Magnus Magnusson - Decorator, Henning Bahs - Decorator, Birthe Frost - Script, Ulla Houmann - Costume Designer, Ulla-Britt Söderlund - Costume Designer, Bo Christensen - Production Manager, Lise Nørgaard - Idea, Bent Fabricius-Bjerre - Music, Erik Balling - Director, Lise Nørgaard - Writer