Martha

1967 [DANISH]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Family / Romance

2
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 1145 1.1K

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Plot summary

The oldest ship in the fleet, Martha, and her jolly crew, must race Harald and win, or it's the scrappers next.

Director

Erik Balling Photo
Erik Balling

Top cast

Karl Stegger Photo
Karl Stegger as Kaptajn Peter Nielsen
Henrik Rosing Wiehe Photo
Henrik Rosing Wiehe as Styrmanden
Preben Kaas Photo
Preben Kaas as Kokken
Birger Jensen Photo
Birger Jensen as Halfdan
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894.89 MB
1204*720
Danish 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 37 min
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1.62 GB
1804*1078
Danish 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 37 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kendojvb

The ultimate maritime cult film

Why sailors hate stokers? Watch this film and come out a lot wiser. What makes a man great? A secretary with a long list of "friendships" behind her (sheiks, scout leaders, gardeners even a rear admiral). Behind every great man there is......Everybody in the Danish maritime society know this film - some even know the dialogue by heart.It hits the mark brilliantly and to correct the former commentator; the actors were not acting drunk - they were completely s...faced during the shooting of the party scene. The proud owner of the ship Mr. O. P. Andersen is a polite parody of the founder of Maersk Line Mr. A. P. Moeller. Especially the scene where the unfortunate crew is forced to eat porridge for breakfast is a loving comment to the food on board Mr. Moeller's ships.The film is a treasure when it comes to the little details in life on board a real steamship, where the difference in attitude between deckhands and grease monkeys makes for some real gems.Martha is even an integral part of any Danish naval ship's battle equipment - damn the torpedoes; Martha's on the video!!Just to give an idea of how important the film is among the Danish seagoing society the owners of a bar i Svendborg - a town with proud maritime traditions - have made it a tradition to show Martha (original copy - no video here) to all the students from the different maritime schools in the area at a local cinema once a year. In order to give just the right feeling, the stokers sit to port and the sailors take up the starboard side of the cinema - in the middle you'll find the beer, because as the Mr. Watson so rightly utters: "You don't want us to starve?"In short, they don't make 'em like that anymore.
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Reviewed by lasttimeisaw 7 / 10

Cinema Omnivore - Martha (1967) 7.0/10

"Their heavenly life comes a halt on the evening when they go out to celebrate Halfdan's birthday, a prostitute (Anousaki) is duly purveyed for his rite of passage. The ship company owner O. P. Andersen (Kjærulff-Schmidt) blows in with his spoiled daughter Lone (Borchsenius) and his omniscient secretary (Weiding). An overhaul is grudgingly implemented and most of them are prove incompetent and summarily fired by Andersen, although Lone needs to be rough-housed by a macho man like Knud to be meek and smitten (a glaring mismatch to propagate homegrown masculine prowess)."

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