Sven Methling

Sven Johan Methling (or Sven Methling Jr.) (20 September 1918 – August 7, 2005) was a Danish film director and screenwriter. The son of actor and film director Svend Methling, Methling Jr. was best known for a series of light-hearted comedies. His 1959 comedy Vi er allesammen tossede (All of us are Crazy) received the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. Methling also received the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film for the 1955 war drama Der kom en dag (There Will Come a Day).

Sven Methling
Born	(1918-09-20)20 September 1918 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	7 August 2005(2005-08-07) (aged 86) Frederiksberg, Denmark
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter
Years active	1946–1996
Awards	Bodil Award 1960 Vi er alle sammen tossede 1955 Der kom en dag Starboy Award 1991 Krummerne

Career

Sven Johan Methling was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on 20 September 1918. As the son of film director Svend Methling, Methling Jr. was born into the film industry. He started work as a sound assistant with Palladium Films from 1940 to 1945. In 1944, Methling performed the leading role in the drama Det Store Ansvar (The Great Responsibility), directed by his father. Then in 1946, he co-directed with his father an animated feature, Fyretøjet, based on the H.C. Andersen story.

Methling made his solo directorial debut in 1953 with the crime drama Kriminalsagen. His next effort, Der kom en dag (There Will Come a Day) was a war drama about the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Based upon a novel by Flemming Muus, the film received critical praise and was awarded the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film of 1955. Over the next several years, Methling made a series of popular war comedies, the Soldaterkammerater movies (Soldier Buddies). In 1959, Methling directed the surreal comedy Vi er allesammen tossede (We are Altogether Crazy) for which he was again awarded the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. During the 1960s, Methling began writing screenplays as well as directing, and his name became synonymous with light-hearted comedies.

In 1966, Methling became a teacher at the National Film School of Denmark and he was employed as a consultant at the Danish Film Institute from 1979 to 1981. In the 1990s Methling returned to directing with the popular comedy films, The Crumbs (Krummerne). Methling died in Copenhagen, Denmark on 7 August 2005.

Filmography (selected)

Year	Film	Position	Other notes
1944	Det Store Ansvar [da]	Actor... Jens the Skipper
1953	The Crime of Tove Andersen	Director
1953	Hejrenæs	Director
1955	Der kom en dag	Director	Bodil Award for Best Danish Film
1957	Englen i sort	Director
1958	Soldaterkammerater [da]	Director
	Ung Kærlighed	Producer
1959	Vi er allesammen tossede	Director	Bodil Award for Best Danish Film
	3 må man være	Director
	Soldaterkammerater rykker ud	Director
	Ballade på Bullerborg [da]	Director
1960	Soldaterkammerater på vagt [da]	Director
1961	Soldaterkammerater på efterårsmanøvre [da]	Director
	Mine tossede drenge	Director
	Sorte Shara [da]	Director
1962	Soldaterkammerater på sjov [da]	Director writer editor
1963	Pigen og pressefotografen	Director
	Et døgn uden løgn [da; no]	Director
	Syd for Tana River	Co-Director
1964	Majorens oppasser	Director editor
	5 Mand og Rosa	Writer director
	Når ended er go'	Director
1965	Passer passer piger	Writer director
1966	Gys og gæve tanter [da]	Writer director
	Dyden går amok	Writer director
1967	Smukke-Arne og Rosa [da]	Writer director
1968	Jeg elsker blåt [da]	Writer director
1970	Nøglen til Paradis	Director
1972	Familien med de 100 børn [da]	Director editor
	Takt og tome i himmelsengen	Writer director editor
1976	Brand-Børge rykker ud [da]	Writer
	Familien Gyldenkål sprænger banken	Editor
1979	Charly og Steffen	Editor
1982	Kidnapning [da]	Writer editor
	Tre engle og fem løver [da]	Writer director
1985	Walter og Carlo – op på fars hat [da]	Editor
1987	Kampen om den røde ko [da]	Producer
1988	Elvis Hansen [da]	Producer
1989	Den røde tråd [da]	Producer editor
1990	Bananen	Producer editor
1991	Krummerne	Director	Won Starboy Award at the Oulu International Children's Film Festival
1992	Krummerne 2 [da]	Director
1994	Vildbassen [da]	Director	[1]
	Krummerne 3 [da]	Director

References

1. Piil, M. (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish). Gyldendal. p. 604. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

External links

• Sven Methling at IMDb
• Det Danske Filminstitut
• The Danish Film Database