The Musketeers (film)

The Musketeers (Gøngehøvdingen) is a 1961 Danish family film directed by Annelise Hovmand and starring Jens Østerholm. It was followed by the 1963 film Dronningens vagtmester.

Plot
The film is set in 1658, as war goes on, and winter is cold and harsh. The Swedish King Karl X Gustav, who is drawn with his army from Germany and staying in Jutland, can easily access Copenhagen. In South Zealand, the cuckolds fight against the Swedish supremacy under the leadership of Svend Poulsen, who is called the Gønhøvdingen. Svend gets an unofficial assignment from King Frederik III; to travel to Vordingborg Church to collect 50,000 Rigsdaler and securities belonging to the King. Then the assets must be relocated from Vordingborg to Copenhagen to pay for Copenhagen's defense, and it is imperative that they arrive in time. Svend gets help from his brother-in-law, Ib Abel. Together, Svend and Ib try to get past the Swedish lines as silently as possible, but it is not so easy as they are hunted by a mad German captain and his witch.

Cast

 * Jens Østerholm as Svend Poulsen (Gøngehøvdingen)
 * Dirch Passer as Ib
 * Ove Sprogøe as Tam
 * Birgitte Federspiel as Kulsoen
 * Hans Kurt as Kaptajn Mannheimer
 * Ghita Nørby as Inger
 * Mogens Wieth as Frederik III
 * Pauline Schumann as Dronning Sophie Amalie
 * Asbjørn Andersen as Borgmester Nansen
 * Georg Årlin as Colonel Sparre
 * Bent Mejding as Tange
 * Annegrethe Nissen as Ane Marie
 * Anne Werner Thomsen as Julie Parsberg
 * Jørn Jeppesen as Korporal Staal
 * Keld Markuslund as Præsten Søren