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📺 Series

Matador

📅 1978 ⭐ 9.2 🕐 60 min DK DK

Matador is a Danish TV series produced and shown between 1978 and 1982. It is set in the fictional Danish town of Korsbæk between 1929 and 1947. It follows the lives of a range of characters from across the social spectrum, focusing specifically on the rivalry between the families of two businessmen: The banker Hans Christian Varnæs, an established local worthy, and social climber Mads Skjern, who arrives in town as the series opens. The name Matador was taken from the localised edition of the boardgame Monopoly, also the series' tentative English title. In addition, in contemporary Danish a "matador" is often used to describe a business tycoon, in the series referring to the character of Mads Skjern and his craftiness as a self-made entrepreneur. Directed by famed Danish film maker Erik Balling, Matador was the idea of author Lise Nørgaard who wrote the bulk of the episodes alongside Karen Smith, Jens Louis Petersen and Paul Hammerich. The series is one of the most well-known and popular examples of Danish television and represents the peak of longtime development of Danish TV drama by the public service channel Danmarks Radio. The series has become part of the modern self-understanding of Danes, partly because of its successful mix of melodrama and a distinct warm Danish humour in the depiction of characters, which were portrayed by a wide range of the most popular Danish actors at the time; but also not least because of its accurate portrayal of a turbulent Denmark from around the start of the Great Depression and through Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in World War II.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 6 episodes
E1
The traveler 1978-11-11
E2
The Neighbour 1978-11-18
E3
Succession 1978-11-25
E4
The Maiden Aunt 1978-12-02
E5
One Man's Loss 1978-12-09
E6
Deployment 1978-12-16
Season 2 6 episodes
E1
The Birthday 1979-11-17
E2
The stranger in town 1979-11-24
E3
What about the dresser 1979-12-01
E4
Nowadays 1979-12-08
E5
In a Pinch 1979-12-15
E6
For better and for worse 1979-12-22
Season 3 6 episodes
E1
A new life 1980-12-06
E2
The pieces of the puzzle 1980-12-13
E3
To think and to believe 1980-12-20
E4
Laura's big day 1980-12-27
E5
The adult ranks 1981-01-03
E6
Hr. Stein 1981-01-10
Season 4 6 episodes
E1
Wheeling and dealing 1981-11-28
E2
The eleventh hour 1981-12-05
E3
Peace on earth and goodwill toward men 1981-12-12
E4
All's well 1981-12-19
E5
Among brothers 1981-12-26
E6
New look 1982-01-02
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