Grete Frische (15 June 1911 â€" 17 August 1962) was a Danish actress,
screenwriter and director. The daughter of a playwright, Frische is
best known for her screenplays, especially the war drama Støt står
den danske sømand (English: The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman)
which received the 1949 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. During a
short career of less than 24 years, Frische wrote 22 produced
screenplays including five of the popular Far til Fire (English:
Father of Four) family comedies and two adaptations of Morten Korch
novels.Frische was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the daughter of the
actor and playwright Axel Frische and Christine Jørgine Christensen.
In accordance with her father's wishes, Frische began her career by
studying English and History at Bedford, England rather than attending
theater school. While studying in England, she met a young Burmese
student, whom she married, and moved to Mandalay and Rangoon. Before
the outbreak of World War II, she divorced her husband, became ill,
and returned home to Denmark.Shortly after her return in 1938, Frische
made her stage debut at Det Ny Teater as Fedosia in Opstandelse under
the direction of her father. Her theater talents were evident and she
was engaged in roles at the Betty Nansen and Rialto Theaters in
Copenhagen. She completed an education as a dramatist and film
director at ASA and Nordisk Film companies, where she was a director's
assistant to Benjamin Christensen and Emanuel Gregers, and in May 1943
she arrived at the newly established Saga Studio as a writer and film
director. Frische wrote novellas and radio plays and the book Vejen
til Mandaley (The Road to Mandalay), however her dramatic talent was
seen best through her screenplays. Beginning in May 1945, Frische
became a freelance screenwriter, working mostly for ASA Film for whom
she wrote five of the Far til fire (Father of Four) family comedies.
She also adapted two Morten Korch novels for the screen:
Fløjtespilleren and Flintesønnerne. In 1948, Frische wrote the true
war drama The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman (Støt står den
danske sømand) which she based upon the wartime diary of Kaj Frische.
The film received critical acclaim and won the 1949 Bodil Award for
Best Danish Film.
screenwriter and director. The daughter of a playwright, Frische is
best known for her screenplays, especially the war drama Støt står
den danske sømand (English: The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman)
which received the 1949 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. During a
short career of less than 24 years, Frische wrote 22 produced
screenplays including five of the popular Far til Fire (English:
Father of Four) family comedies and two adaptations of Morten Korch
novels.Frische was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the daughter of the
actor and playwright Axel Frische and Christine Jørgine Christensen.
In accordance with her father's wishes, Frische began her career by
studying English and History at Bedford, England rather than attending
theater school. While studying in England, she met a young Burmese
student, whom she married, and moved to Mandalay and Rangoon. Before
the outbreak of World War II, she divorced her husband, became ill,
and returned home to Denmark.Shortly after her return in 1938, Frische
made her stage debut at Det Ny Teater as Fedosia in Opstandelse under
the direction of her father. Her theater talents were evident and she
was engaged in roles at the Betty Nansen and Rialto Theaters in
Copenhagen. She completed an education as a dramatist and film
director at ASA and Nordisk Film companies, where she was a director's
assistant to Benjamin Christensen and Emanuel Gregers, and in May 1943
she arrived at the newly established Saga Studio as a writer and film
director. Frische wrote novellas and radio plays and the book Vejen
til Mandaley (The Road to Mandalay), however her dramatic talent was
seen best through her screenplays. Beginning in May 1945, Frische
became a freelance screenwriter, working mostly for ASA Film for whom
she wrote five of the Far til fire (Father of Four) family comedies.
She also adapted two Morten Korch novels for the screen:
Fløjtespilleren and Flintesønnerne. In 1948, Frische wrote the true
war drama The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman (Støt står den
danske sømand) which she based upon the wartime diary of Kaj Frische.
The film received critical acclaim and won the 1949 Bodil Award for
Best Danish Film.
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