The 9th

Bodil Awards The Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given by the Danish Film Critics Association. The awards are presented annually at a ceremony in Copenhagen. Established in 1948, it is one of the oldest film awards in Europe. The awards are give ...

was held 26 April 1956 in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

, Denmark, honouring the best in Danish and foreign film of 1955. The evening started with a preview screening of

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's '' The Ladykillers''. American actor

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was guest and performed on stage in leather jacket and fur hat songs from ''

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier ''Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier'' is a 1955 American Western film produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is an edited and recut compilation of the first three episodes of the ''Davy Crockett'' television miniseries. The episodes us ...

''. The winner this year was '' På tro og love'' (On my Honor) directed by Torben Anton Svendsen.

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got a well-deserved award for his performance in the film, and

Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen (22 September 1915 – 24 April 1982) was a Danish stage and film actress. She was married to Danish actor and comedian Dirch Passer. Filmography * '' Sun Over Denmark'' – 1936 * ' – 1938 * ''I dag begynder livet ...

received a Bodil for ''

Altid ballade ''Altid ballade'' (English: ''Nothing but trouble'') is a 1955 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel which focuses on a working-class family. The film was a remake of Edith Carlmar's 1954 film '' Aldri annet enn bråk'', and Axel's début as ...

'' (Always Trouble). ''

La Strada ''La strada'' () is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano. The film tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman ( Giulietta Masina) bought from her mothe ...

'' directed by Federico Fellini won the Bodil Award for Best European Film, and '' Marty'' directed by

Delbert Mann Delbert Martin Mann Jr. (January 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film '' Marty'' (1955), adapted from a 1953 teleplay of the same name which he ...

won the award for Best American Film. The Bodil Award for Best Documentary had not been handed out since 1948, but Bjarne Henning-Jensen received the second ever awarded for his documentary '' Hvor bjergene sejler''.

Honorees

Best Danish Film

* '' På tro og love'' directed by Torben Anton Svendsen

Best Actor in a Leading Role

in ''På tro og love''

Best Actress in a Leading Role

in ''

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

* ''Not awarded''

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

* ''Not awarded''

Best European Film

* ''

'' directed by Federico Fellini

Best American Film

* '' Marty'' directed by

Best Documentary

* '' Hvor bjergene sejler'' directed by Bjarne Henning-Jensen

References

External links

9th Bodil Awards at the official Bodil Awards website
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