Kai Holm

Kai Holm

Born: March 4, 1896
Died: July 10, 1985
Kai Emil Holm var søn af snedkermester Carl Andreas Holm (død 1929) og hustru Margrethe, født Sløk (død 1933). Han blev født i og voksede op i Lemvig og blev udlært som sadelmager og tapetserer i 1921, inden han i 1922 søgte ind på Det Kongelige Teaters elevskole, hvorfra han udgik i 1924. Han debuterede i 1924 i rollen som Gamle Chris i stykket "Anna Christie" på Betty Nansens Teatret, som han var tilknyttet 1923-1925. Den første betydelige rolle var som snedker Engstrand i "Gengangere". Han har spillet et omfattende klassiker-repertoire. I årene 1925-26 var han knyttet til Svend Methlings Skole- og Folkescene i Casinos lille Teater og optrådte senere bl.a. på Det ny Teater, Folketeatret Aarhus Teater og Det Kongelige Teater. Han havde evnen til at skabe små mesterværker ud af selv beskedne roller (Mustapha, Urtekræmmeren og Bødlen i "Aladdin"). Han spillede bl.a. Per Degn i "Erasmus Montanus", Birkedommer Krans i "Eventyr på fodrejsen", Prokurator Falsmaal i "Gulddåsen" og titelrollerne i "Jeppe på bjerget" og "Den politiske Kandestøber". Sammen med Thomas P. Hejle var han stifter af Skolescenens Bio og var 1931-1947 medleder af Dansk Skolescene. Han var leder af Dansk Kultursamfunds turnéer i Sønderjylland fra 1933 og i årene 1937-1950 direktør for Dansk Kulturfilms Biograf - Toftegaards Bio. Kai Holm var direktør for Friluftsteatret på Bellahøj 1939 og 1940 og fra 1950-1970 direktør for World Cinema Biografen i Cirkusbygningen. Han var formand for Dansk Skuespiller Forbund 1947-1955, formand for Dansk Kulturfilm 1957-1970 og i en årrække formand for Nordisk Skuespillerråd. Desuden var han medlem af Teaterrådet 1947-1955 og af Radiorådets programudvalg 1956-1970, ligesom han var formand for Olaf Poulsens Mindefond. Han debuterede på film i 1923 og medvirkede i flere Fy og Bi Film. I stumfilmen "Tordenstenene" fra 1927 spiller han en arbejdsmand. Han medvirkede i endnu 5 stumfilm, inden han i 1931 dukkede op i dansk films første tonefilm "Præsten i Vejlby", hvor han spillede den usympatiske Niels Bruus. I de næste 45 år spillede han med i omkring 40 film - oftest i små og ikke særlig rare roller. Den første egentlige hovedrolle fik han i sin allersidste film fra 1979 "Drømme støjer ikke, når de dør". Den fik han til gengæld også en Bodil for. På TV-Teatret spillede han bl.a. i "Natteherberget" og Kai Holm medvirkede utallige gange i radioens hørespil og som oplæser af jyske digtere. Han udgav 12 bøger, deriblandt tre erindringsbind og en række børnebøger, bl.a. "En limfjordsdreng" i 1968. I 1962 modtog han Steen Steen Blicher-prisen og blev i 1964 æresmedlem af Dansk Skuespillerforbund. Han blev Ridder af Dannebrog i 1948 og i 1954 ridder af norsk Olavsorden og Svensk Vasaorden. Den 25. december 1925 blev han i Fjaltring gift med Jenny Iversen (03-11-1898 - 26-01-1975)

Movies for Kai Holm...

Dreams Don't Make Noise When They Die
Title: Dreams Don't Make Noise When They Die
Character: Kresten, Eriks far
Released: April 26, 1979
Type: Movie
It has hardly been seen before that a 83-year-old actor has starred in a Danish film, but it is the case here, where Kai Holm says goodbye to a long life in film and theater service. He plays an old peasant who on his deathbed is waiting for his son (Jon Bang Carlsen). In a few days he relives the village life, he comes from, and which was marked by a hard and authoritarian upbringing. He is at his father's deathbed despair because it is still impossible to make contact, and in a crisis situation, he recognizes his father's brutality in itself. The film draws a bitter picture of human relationships where dreams while they die, degenerates into power relations.
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Komedie i grænselandet
Title: Komedie i grænselandet
Character: Hans Peder
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Bejleren - en jysk røverhistorie
Title: Bejleren - en jysk røverhistorie
Character: Sejrs far
Released: August 8, 1975
Type: Movie
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På'en igen Amalie
Title: På'en igen Amalie
Character: Overretssagfører Svendsen
Released: February 16, 1973
Type: Movie
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How to Behave in a Fourposter Bed
Title: How to Behave in a Fourposter Bed
Released: February 4, 1972
Type: Movie
A police lieutenant woman goes undercover into a mansion where a couple maintains a school to teach young women how to catch a man... Especially if they are rich and into marriage. The courses include a number of disciplines, including judo and strip-tease.
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Søndagen og Benny
Title: Søndagen og Benny
Character: Johannes Møller
Released: September 26, 1971
Type: Movie
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Nyhavns glade gutter
Title: Nyhavns glade gutter
Character: Joakim Nielsen
Released: November 24, 1967
Type: Movie
Danish family film directed by Carl Ottosen
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Love Thy Neighbour
Title: Love Thy Neighbour
Character: Købmand Sandaker
Released: September 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Love Thy Neighbour (Danish: Elsk... din næste!, German: Vergiß nicht deine Frau zu küssen ) is a 1967 Danish-German comedy film directed by Egil Kolstø and starring Walter Giller.
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Der var engang
Title: Der var engang
Released: October 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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It's Nifty in the Navy
Title: It's Nifty in the Navy
Released: September 3, 1965
Type: Movie
It's Nifty in the Navy is a 1965 Danish comedy film directed by Finn Henriksen and starring Dirch Passer.
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Don Olsen kommer til byen
Title: Don Olsen kommer til byen
Character: Overtjener, Glad
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
I en lille provinsby residerer bankdirektør L.W. Jacobsen. Han er ikke særlig interesseret i sin kone, Elsebeth, men derimod i lærerinde og byrådsmedlem frk.Mortensen. Thorsen, byens manufakturhandler er medlem af samme byrådsgruppe som Jacobsen. Så kommer Don Olsen til byen. Olsen er ikke interesseret i det pænere borgerskab, men derimod i mennesker. Ved et tilfælde mødes Thorsen og Olsen og snart drikker de dus. Thorsen slæber ud på natten mælkemandens hest med hjem i lejligheden. Skandalen er en realitet. Thorsen vil flygte, men med Olsens hjælp bejler han i stedet til byens borgere og frk.Mortensen under mottoet "Gør gode tider bedre"
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Death Comes at High Noon
Title: Death Comes at High Noon
Character: Tømmerhandleren
Released: July 31, 1964
Type: Movie
A dark evening, a crime writer Peter Sander, drives through a forest when his car runs out of petrol . A little distance from the road there is a house with lighted windows, and he goes there to borrow a phone. Suddenly he trips over a tree root and sprain one foot . He lags up the forest road . Then there is a shot, a moment after running steps. A beam cuts through the dark. It goes out . The steps moves away. Peter gets up and stomps up to the house . No one responds to his knokking.
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Støvsugerbanden
Title: Støvsugerbanden
Character: En mystisk herre
Released: February 25, 1963
Type: Movie
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Crazy Paradise
Title: Crazy Paradise
Character: Stalhybel
Released: July 26, 1962
Type: Movie
Romantic comedy, based on the discovery that eggs from a particular island provide men with great virility and make them irresistible.
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The Counterfeit Traitor
Title: The Counterfeit Traitor
Character: Gunnar
Released: April 17, 1962
Type: Movie
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
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6-Day Race
Title: 6-Day Race
Released: August 18, 1958
Type: Movie
Semi documentary on a famous cycle race in Copenhagen. The story is about the competition between the riders as well as about their private and marital struggles.
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Kristiane af Marstal
Title: Kristiane af Marstal
Character: Andersen
Released: August 3, 1956
Type: Movie
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Always Trouble
Title: Always Trouble
Character: The caretaker
Released: October 30, 1955
Type: Movie
Factory worker Otto Nielsen and his wife Helga live in a 2-room apartment in a sad Copenhagen suburbs district, where the S-trains still bumble by, but of course, such things can be used to. They have five children and it is often difficult to meet daily expenses. Nielsen has bought a building site outside the city, it is his dream to once again be able to exchange the narrow apartment with his own house.
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Karen, Maren og Mette
Title: Karen, Maren og Mette
Character: Kroejer Lars Mogensen
Released: August 16, 1954
Type: Movie
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Kongeligt besøg
Title: Kongeligt besøg
Released: March 1, 1954
Type: Movie
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Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Title: Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Character: Properitær Englund
Released: February 25, 1953
Type: Movie
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Vesterhavsdrenge
Title: Vesterhavsdrenge
Character: Pelikanen
Released: October 12, 1950
Type: Movie
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For frihed og ret
Title: For frihed og ret
Character: Gårdmanden
Released: October 28, 1949
Type: Movie
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Ditte, Child of Man
Title: Ditte, Child of Man
Character: Kromanden
Released: December 20, 1946
Type: Movie
Ditte is born out of wedlock and lives as a young girl with her old beloved grandmother. As an illegitimate child she is teased in school and more than anything in the world she wants a father. When steady - utterly reliable - herring dealer Lars Petter shows up and tells her that he is marrying Ditte's mother, the little girl is very happy. Now Ditte must take care of three new sisters and brothers but gets nothing but complaints from her ungrateful, selfish mother. But the little girl finds consolation and support in both her sisters and brothers and Lars Petter.
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Forellen
Title: Forellen
Released: September 3, 1942
Type: Movie
Mrs Clara has been married to Carl Møller for almost 25 years, but she is not happy.
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Gammelt Metal - nye Varer
Title: Gammelt Metal - nye Varer
Character: Speaker (voice)
Released: May 1, 1942
Type: Movie
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Tordenskjold gaar i Land
Title: Tordenskjold gaar i Land
Character: Ole Kold
Released: March 27, 1942
Type: Movie
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Sørensen og Rasmussen
Title: Sørensen og Rasmussen
Released: September 28, 1940
Type: Movie
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Sommerglæder
Title: Sommerglæder
Released: September 25, 1940
Type: Movie
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I de gode gamle dage
Title: I de gode gamle dage
Released: August 9, 1940
Type: Movie
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Livet på Hegnsgaard
Title: Livet på Hegnsgaard
Character: Sigvaldsen - kromand
Released: October 3, 1938
Type: Movie
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Life on the Hegn Farm
Title: Life on the Hegn Farm
Character: Kromand Sigvaldsen
Released: October 3, 1938
Type: Movie
Also known as Life on the Hegn Farm, this domestic drama is based on a popular novel by Jeppe Aakjear. Simple in the extreme, the story concerns the romantic travails of country lass Trine (Karen Nellemose), who is being forced into a wealthy marriage to a man she does not love.
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Incognito
Title: Incognito
Released: February 9, 1937
Type: Movie
Incognito is a 1937 Danish family film directed by Valdemar Lauritzen and starring Ib Schønberg.
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Snushanerne
Title: Snushanerne
Character: Fisker Mortensen
Released: January 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Snushanerne is a 1936 Danish film directed by Lau Lauritzen, Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks.
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Flugten fra millionerne
Title: Flugten fra millionerne
Character: Matros
Released: December 22, 1934
Type: Movie
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Nøddebo Præstegaard
Title: Nøddebo Præstegaard
Character: Peter Keldborg
Released: November 26, 1934
Type: Movie
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Church and organ
Title: Church and organ
Character: Bengt Bælgetræder
Released: March 9, 1932
Type: Movie
Grethi Birger is 17 years old - and now stands all alone in the world. Her mother, the great singer, has died in Paris and she has never known his father.
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The Vicar of Vejlby
Title: The Vicar of Vejlby
Character: Karlen Niels Bruus
Released: May 7, 1931
Type: Movie
A tale of murder and marriage in 1625 Denmark.
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The Thunderstones
Title: The Thunderstones
Character: Arbejderformanden
Released: December 26, 1927
Type: Movie
Hans and Elinor are in love, but have to meet clandestinely to avoid the keen eyes of the headmistress at the home for girls where Elinor lives. When they are discovered, they seek refuge in a Chinese gazebo used by the vagabonds Pat and Patachon as a cheap summer residence. However, the two vagabonds quickly vacate the premises to let the young couple stay there. As a thank you, Hans, who is a sailor, enrols Long and Short as part of the crew on his rich uncle’s boat and invites the entire girls’ institute and its headmistress on a sailing trip. In disguise, Hans hopes to spend some time with Elinor, but once again they fail to deceive the headmistress. Long and Short now come upon the idea of hiring a brickworks, whose owner turns out to be Elinor’s uncle. But mysterious things happen at the factory, which does not make entirely ordinary bricks, and Long and Short find themselves caught up in yet another heady drama. (stumfilm.dk)
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At the North Sea
Title: At the North Sea
Released: October 14, 1927
Type: Movie
When Pat and Patachon arrive in the small fishing village at the North Sea they are completely unaware of the adventure that lies ahead. The two eccentric travelers quickly become good friends with old Maren and her son Tom, who will soon need their help in more than one respect. (stumfilm.dk)