Bedside Dentist

Bedside Dentist
Bedside Dentist
Directed by	John Hilbard
Screenplay by	John Hilbard,; Finn Henriksen
Based on	novel by Soya
Produced by	Finn Henriksen
Starring	Ole Søltoft,; Birte Tove,; Annie Birgit Garde
Release date	September 3, 1971;
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Denmark
Box office	SEK 4.8 million (Sweden)

Bedside Dentist (Danish: Tandlæge på sengekanten), is a 1971 Danish erotic comedy film and part of the Bedside-films series,^[3]^[4] directed by John Hilbard from a screenplay by John Hilbard and Finn Henriksen, and produced by Finn Henriksen.^[5] The film highlighted, in parody, two versions of Danish masculinity.^[3] The film was released in the UK as Danish Dentist on the Job.

Plot

A rich woman (Annie Birgit Garde) wants to endow her nephew (Ole Søltoft), who is a dental student, with a large fortune and her company.^[1] As she wants to make sure that he is a "real man", "into beer, pussy and horn music",^[1] before passing the estate on to him, she hires a prostitute. Rumors spread about her nephew's wealth, and women show interest.

Cast

Ole Søltoft as dental student Thomas^[3]
Birte Tove as Nina^[6]
Annie Birgit Garde as aunt Benedikte Swane-Hansen^[1]
Carl Ottosen as professor Andreas Henningsen^[1]
Soren Stromberg as Michael^[1]

Box office

The film was successful in Sweden with a gross of SEK 4.8 million.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Tandlæge på sengekanten (1971)". Danske Film. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
^ ^a ^b "Money Films - Sweden". Variety. May 8, 1974. p. 215.
^ ^a ^b ^c Fisher, Austin; Walker, Johnny (2016-09-22). Grindhouse: Cultural Exchange on 42nd Street, and Beyond. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-62892-749-8.
^ "Sex with Soltoft". Kensington News and Post. 1972-11-03. p. 28. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
^ Piil, Morten (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. p. 554. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2.
^ Larsen, Darl (2015-03-06). A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail: All the References from African Swallows to Zoot. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-4554-9.

External links

Bedside Dentist at IMDb

[:1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Tandlæge på sengekanten (1971)". Danske Film. Retrieved 2023-01-06.

[gross-2] "Money Films - Sweden". Variety. May 8, 1974. p. 215.

[:0-3] Fisher, Austin; Walker, Johnny (2016-09-22). Grindhouse: Cultural Exchange on 42nd Street, and Beyond. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-62892-749-8.

[4] "Sex with Soltoft". Kensington News and Post. 1972-11-03. p. 28. Retrieved 2023-01-06.

[5] Piil, Morten (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. p. 554. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2.

[6] Larsen, Darl (2015-03-06). A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail: All the References from African Swallows to Zoot. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-4554-9.

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