Saga Studios

Saga Studio (or Saga Film A/S) was a film production company in Denmark founded by John Olsen. The company existed from 1942 to 1976.

Saga Film A/S

Industry	Film production
Founded	1942; 82 years ago (1942)
Founder	John Olsen
Defunct	1976 (1976)
Headquarters	Denmark

History

Several years after Olsen co-founded ASA Film Studio with Lau Lauritzen Jr. and Henning Karmark, there was a falling out between the partners over financial issues. Olsen took his interests and opened Saga Studio as a separate company in 1942, which included a film studio, film rental business and the Saga Cinema,^[1] becoming the fourth-largest film production company in Denmark; it was known for its comedy films.^[2] Poul Bang, brother of Bang & Olufsen founder Peter Bang, worked as a production manager and director for the studio.^[3]

More than 80 films were produced by the studio from 1942 through 1974.^[4] Some of its most successful films were the popular comedies of Danish comedian Dirch Passer.^[1]

Filmography

• Moster fra Mols (1943)
• Flyv fugl, flyv (1943)
• Kriminalassistent Bloch (1943)
• Spurve under taget (1944)
• Lev livet let (1944)
• To som elsker hinanden (1944)
• Vikinger (1945)
• En ny dag gryer (1945)
• Hollands børn (1946)
• Difteri (1946)
• Oktoberroser (1946)
• Op med lille Martha (1946)
• Sikken en nat (1947)
• Soldaten og Jenny (1947)
• I de lyse nætter (1948)
• Mens porten var lukket (1948)
• John and Irene (1949)
• Det hændte i København (1949)
• Op og ned langs kysten (1950)
• Historien om Hjortholm (1950)
• Unge piger forsvinder i København (1951)
• Fra den gamle Købmandsgaard (1951)
• Lyntoget (1951)
• 24 timer (1951)
• Rekrut 67, Petersen (1952)
• Den gamle mølle paa Mols (1953)
• Kriminalsagen Tove Andersen (1953)
• Ved Kongelunden (1953)
• Der kom en dag (1955)
• I kongens klæ'r (1954)
• Hendes store aften (1954)
• Det var paa Rundetaarn (1955)
• Bruden fra Dragstrup (1955)
• Kristiane af Marstal (1956)
• Færgekroen (1956)
• Tag til marked i Fjordby (1957)
• Me and My Family (1957)
• Tre piger fra Jylland (1957)
• Henrik Hauch (1957)
• Styrmand Karlsen (1958)
• Lyssky transport gennem Danmark (1958)
• Mariannes bryllup (1958)
• Charles' Aunt (1959)
• Soldaterkammerater rykker ud (1959)
• Onkel Bill fra New York (1959)
• Skibet er ladet med (1960)
• Baronessen fra benzintanken (1960)
• Kvindelist og kærlighed (1960)
• Støv på hjernen (1961)
• Peters baby (1961)
• Løgn og løvebrøl (1961)
• Reptilicus (1961)
• Venus fra Vestø (1962)
• Det støver stadig (1962)
• Det stod i avisen (1962)
• Han, Hun, Dirch og Dario (1962)
• Lykkens musikanter (1962)
• Støv for alle pengene (1963)
• Frøken Nitouche (1963)
• Fem mand og Rosa (1964)
• Alt for kvinden (1964)
• Een pige og 39 sømænd (1965)
• Passer passer piger (1965)
• En ven i bolignøden (1965)
• Six Kids and Their Uncle (1966)
• Old Maids (1966)
• Dyden går amok (1966)
• Six Kids and the Honeymooners (1967)
• Pretty Boy and Rosa (1967)
• Magic in Town (1968)
• I Love Blue (1968)
• A Whiff of Sunshine (1969)
• I'll Take Happiness (1969)
• Jazz All Around (1969)
• The Performance Will Be Followed by a Dance (1970)
• Hooray for the Blue Hussars (1970)
• Kid Gang on the Go (1971)
• Mig og mafiaen (1973)
• Up and at 'Em, Amalie (1973)
• Me, Too, in the Mafia (1974)

References

1. Pedersen, Paw Kåre (2010). Unge Lau Bind,1 af Historien om filmmanden Lau Lauritzen junior og ASA Film (in Danish). BoD – Books on Demand. pp. multiple. ISBN 978-8776919771.
2. Sundholm, John; Møller, Birgir Thor; Thorsen, Isak; Andersson, Lars Gustaf; Hedling, Olof; Iversen, Gunnar (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0810878990.
3. "Galleri | Saga Studio" (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-06-30.
4. Lund, Jørn (1994). Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). Danmarks Nationalleksikon. pp. (S) Saga Studio. ISBN 8777890019.

External links

• Saga Studios in the Danish Film Database
• Saga Studio in The Great Danish Encyclopedia