Episode
Benedikt Erlingsson - The Danish Woman
- Podcast
- Nordic Film Talks
- Published
- Mar 24, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 2671
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nordic-film-talks-6905660/episodes/benedikt-erlingsson-the-danish-woman/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/nordic-film-talks-6905660/benedikt-erlingsson-the-danish-woman.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
After his acclaimed 2018 film Woman at War, Benedikt Erlingsson thought he was done with stories about headstrong women bending the rules for a greater cause. But then The Danish Woman emerged. “I knew I couldn’t make another film with the same concept, so a TV series was the perfect way to explore it further. If Woman at War had a ‘white witch,’ The Danish Woman is the ‘black witch,’” he says in this episode of Nordic Film Talks. The series, premiering at Series Mania, follows a former Danish intelligence agent (Trine Dyrholm) who starts a new life in Reykjavik. She tries to help her neighbors but falls back on her old, often violent, methods. Erlingsson always envisioned Dyrholm in the role: “She can be a dragon and still sympathetic. That’s a dangerous magic only great actors have.” The six-episode series premieres in 2026. While the chaotic creative process was rewarding, Erlingsson now looks forward to returning to a simpler arthouse film. Host: Wendy Mitchell, filmwendy.com Presenting partner: Nordisk Film & TV Fond, https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/ Audio producer: Karoline Balstrøm Logo designed by: Tine Seerup Music artist: Bail Bonds Title: Swimming Lessons