The Danish Poet

The Danish Poet Norwegian Den danske dikteren is a 2006 animated short film written, directed, and animated by Torill Kove and narrated by Liv Ullmann. A coproduction of the National Film Board of Canada NFB and Mikrofilm AS of Norway, it has won both the Academy Award and Genie Award for best animated short film.

Later, Ingeborgs husband dies in an accident, and Ingeborg sends a letter to Kaspar. However, it is accidentally dropped by the postman, and never arrives. When Sigrid Undset dies, both Kaspar and Ingeborg travel to the funeral they are reunited, and later marry and live in Copenhagen. As Kaspar tells Ingeborg that he loves her long hair, she does not cut it, but when Kaspar trips over it and breaks his thumb, she sends for her hairdresser from Norway. On the way, the hairdresser meets a young man on the train, who was also travelling to Copenhagen to meet Kaspar, his favourite poet. The two fall in love, and are revealed to be the narrators parents.Kove first became involved with the National Film Board, an agency of the Government of Canada, after her first year at Concordia University in Montreal. After working there as an assistant for some years, she wrote and pitched a script to the company, which led to her career as a director and animator. She first wrote the script for The Danish Poet some time ago, though she says that she cant really remember when. ........

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