Matador
Season 4
S4 · E1 · Nov 28, 1981
Wheeling and dealing Episode 1
S4 · E2 · Dec 5, 1981
The eleventh hour Episode 2
S4 · E3 · Dec 12, 1981
Peace on earth and goodwill toward men Episode 3
S4 · E4 · Dec 19, 1981
All's well Episode 4
S4 · E5 · Dec 26, 1981
Among brothers Episode 5
S4 · E6 · Jan 2, 1982
New look Episode 6
6 episodes in Season 4
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Matador is a Danish TV series produced and shown between 1978 and 1982. It is set in the fictional Danish town of Korsbæk between 1929 and 1947. It follows the lives of a range of characters from across the social spectrum, focusing specifically on the rivalry between the families of two businessmen: The banker Hans Christian Varnæs, an established local worthy, and social climber Mads Skjern, who arrives in town as the series opens. The name Matador was taken from the localised edition of the boardgame Monopoly, also the series' tentative English title. In addition, in contemporary Danish a "matador" is often used to describe a business tycoon, in the series referring to the character of Mads Skjern and his craftiness as a self-made entrepreneur. Directed by famed Danish film maker Erik Balling, Matador was the idea of author Lise Nørgaard who wrote the bulk of the episodes alongside Karen Smith, Jens Louis Petersen and Paul Hammerich. The series is one of the most well-known and popular examples of Danish television and represents the peak of longtime development of Danish TV drama by the public service channel Danmarks Radio. The series has become part of the modern self-understanding of Danes, partly because of its successful mix of melodrama and a distinct warm Danish humour in the depiction of characters, which were portrayed by a wide range of the most popular Danish actors at the time; but also not least because of its accurate portrayal of a turbulent Denmark from around the start of the Great Depression and through Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in World War II.
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Erik Balling Creator · Lise Nørgaard Creator Paul Hammerichs Writer
Creator Director
Erik Balling
Creator Writer
Lise Nørgaard
Writer
Paul Hammerichs
Writer
Karen Smith
Composer
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
Editor
Ole Steen Nielsen
Editor
Finn Henriksen
Editor
Leif Axel Kjeldsen
Costume designer
Ulla-Britt Söderlund
Costume designer
Ulla Houmann
Costume designer
Annelise Hauberg
Total runtime 24h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Country Denmark
Show info
Premiered
November 11, 1978
Final episode
January 2, 1982
Status
Ended
Network
DR1
Country
Denmark
Type
Scripted
Episode length
60 min
Total runtime
24h 0m
Original language
Danish
Production
Nordisk Film Denmark
Production
DR TV
Production
Denmark
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
Danish
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