List of Danish films of the 1940s

The following table is a list of films produced in Denmark or in the Danish language during the 1940s. For an alphabetical list of all Danish films currently on Wikipedia see Category:Danish films. For Danish films from other decades see the Cinema of Denmark box above.

Danish Title	English Title	Director(s)	Cast	Genre	Notes
1940
Jeg har elsket og levet		George Schnéevoigt	Erling Schroeder, Ellen Gottschalch	Family
Sommerglæder		Svend Methling	Rasmus Christiansen, Ellen Gottschalch	Family
Familien Olsen	The Olsen Family	Lau Lauritzen Jr., Alice O'Fredericks	Osvald Helmuth, Maria Garland, Berthe Qvistgaard, Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt	Family
1941
Alle går rundt og forelsker sig
Gå med mig hjem
En mand af betydning		Emanuel Gregers	Osvald Helmuth, Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen	Family
Tag til Rønneby Kro		Jon Iversen, Alice O'Fredericks	Johannes Meyer, Bodil Kjer, Ib Schønberg
Tante Cramers Testamente		Arne Weel	Mathilde Nielsen, Knud Almar	Family
Thummelumsen		Emanuel Gregers	Peter Malberg, Sigurd Langberg	Comedy
Wienerbarnet
1942
Afsporet	Derailed	Bodil Ipsen Lau Lauritzen Jr.	Poul Reumert, Illona Wieselmann, Ebbe Rode, Johannes Meyer, Ib Schønberg	Film Noir, Thriller	First Danish Film Noir
En Pige med Pep		Emanuel Gregers	Marguerite Viby, Sigfred Johansen	Family
Ballade i Nyhavn
Barnet	The Child	Benjamin Christensen	Agis Winding, Bjarne Forchhammer	Family
Natekspressen P903		Svend Methling	Carl Alstrup, Inger Stender	Crime Drama
Søren Søndervold		Lau Lauritzen Jr.	Peter S. Andersen, Ebbe Rode	Comedy
Ta' Briller På		Arne Weel	Liva Weel, Hans Egede Budtz	Comedy
1943
Vredens Dag	Day of Wrath	Carl Theodor Dreyer	Lisbeth Movin	Drama	Norwegian play adaption
En pige uden lige		Ole Berggreen, Jon Iversen	Ellen Gottschalch, Peter Malberg	Family
Som du vil ha' mig		Johan Jacobsen	Ebbe Rode, Gunnar Lauring Marguerite Viby	Family
Moster fra Mols			Rasmus Christiansen, Marie Niedermann	Family
Alt for karrieren		Emanuel Gregers	Sigfred Johansen, Karen Lykkehus	Family
Hans onsdagsveninde	His Girl Wednesday	Lau Lauritzen Jr., Alice O'Fredericks	Peter Malberg, Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt	Comedy
1944
Mordets Melodi	The Melody of Murder	Bodil Ipsen	Gull-Maj Norin, Poul Reichhardt	Crime Film Noir
Besættelse	Possession	Bodil Ipsen	Berthe Qvistgaard, Johannes Meyer, Aage Fønss, Poul Reichhardt	Film noir Crime
Elly Petersen	Elly Petersen	Jon Iversen, Alice O'Fredericks	Bodil Kjer, Poul Reichhardt	Drama
Familien Gelinde
Teatertosset	Theater Crazy	Alice O'Fredericks	Marguerite Viby, Hans Kurt	Musical
1945
De røde enge	The Red Meadows	Bodil Ipsen Lau Lauritzen Jr.	Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin	Drama	won Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
Den unsynlige hær	The Invisible Army	Johan Jakobsen	Bodil Kjer, Ebbe Rode, Mogens Wieth	Drama
Man elsker kun een gang	One Only Loves Once
Panik i familien	Panic in the Family	Alice O'Fredericks Lau Lauritzen Jr.	Ib Schønberg, Christian Arhoff, Lily Broberg
1946
Så mødes vi hos Tove	We Meet at Tove's	Alice O'Fredericks, Grete Frische	Illona Weiselmann, Clara Østø Inger Stender, Grethe Holmer	Drama
Ditte Menneskebarn	Ditte, Child of Man	Bjarne Jensen-Henning	Tove Maës Karen Lykkehus	Tragedy	based on the Martin Andersen Nexø novel
Hans store aften	His Big Night	Svend Rindom	Sigfred Johansen, Lis Løwert	Family
Op med lille Martha		Asbjørn Andersen	Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Lily Broberg Else Colber	Comedy
1947
Familien Swedenhielm	The Swedenhielm Family	Lau Lauritzen	Poul Reumert, Ebbe Rode, Beatrice Bonnesen	Comedy
Soldaten og Jenny	Jenny and the Soldier	Johan Jacobsen	Poul Reichhardt, Bodil Kjer	Romance Drama	Bodil Award for Best Danish Film
Stjerneskud	Meteor	Alice O'Fredericks, Jon Iversen	Dirch Passer	Comedy	Debut of Dirch Passer
Når katten er ude	When the Cat's Away	Lau Lauritzen Jr, Alice O'Fredericks	Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Svend Asmussen	Family
1948
Hvor er far?
Penge som græs
Tre år efter		Johan Jacobsen	Angelo Bruun, Ib Schønberg	War Drama	Story by Carl Erik Soya
Støt står den danske sømand	The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman	Bodil Ipsen Lau Lauritzen Jr.	Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin	War Drama	Bodil Award for Best Danish Film
1949
Lejlighed til leje
Susanne	Susanne	Torben Anton Svendsen	Rasmus Christiansen, Ellen Gottschalch	Family	Bodil Award for Best Danish Film

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