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Take it like a man, Ma'm

96 min.DK/Feature

Aspects of political tract in a satirical comedy film made almost entirely by women (popular male Fuzzy slipped in among the composer credits) comes on as folksy entertainment born by the mid-1970's women's liberation movement. Tove Maës plays the lead as a middle-aged housewife who has dreams of entering the job market, taking part in a strike and generally serving as a merry beacon of hope for womanhood.
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Original title Ta' det som en mand, frue
Danish title Ta' det som en mand, frue
International titles Prenez le Comme un Homme
Director Mette Knudsen, Elisabeth Rygård, Li Vilstrup
Screenplay Mette Knudsen, Elisabeth Rygård, Li Vilstrup
Director of Photography Katia Forbert Petersen
Editor Ann-Lis Lund
Sound Eva Sindahl-Petersen
Composer Fuzzy, Nina Larsen, Gudrun Steen-Andersen
Appearance Tove Maës, Alf Lassen, Flemming Quist Møller, Cæcilie Nordgreen
Production country Denmark
Production company Røde Søster
Domestic distribution ASA Filmudlejning
International sales
Technical info 35 mm (o, Normal, Eastmancolor, Sound
Danish theatrical release 24.03.1975
Cinemas ABCinema
Find more Anne-Marie Søderberg: Myter og modbilleder. Tendenser i nogle danske kvindefilm efter 1970. "Levende billeder af Danmark", red. Anders Troelsen. Medusa 1980, s. 401-445.
Peter Schepelern: Ta' det som en mand, frue. Kosmorama 126/1975.
Jens Toft: Notater om nogle nyere kvindefilm og filmæstetik. Bidrag, bevidsthedssociologisk tidsskrift 15/1982.
Danish rating Allowed for all
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Companies

Production company Røde Søster
Domestic distribution ASA Filmudlejning

Instruktion

Direction Mette Knudsen
Direction Elisabeth Rygård
Direction Li Vilstrup
Continuity Ann-Lis Lund

Manus

Script Mette Knudsen
Script Elisabeth Rygård
Script Li Vilstrup

Produktion

Production manager Annelise Hovmand
Production manager Trine Hedman
Unit manager Ilse M. Haugaard

Foto

Cinematography Katia Forbert Petersen
Camera assistant Judy Irola
Camera assistant Leni Schou

Stills

Stills Lene Fog Møller

Lys

Electrical dept. Lene Fog Møller

Klip

Editing Ann-Lis Lund

Musik

Music Fuzzy
Music Nina Larsen
Music Gudrun Steen-Andersen

Produktionsdesign

Props Malene Ravn

Kostumer

Wardrobe Malene Ravn

Lyd

Sound Eva Sindahl-Petersen
Sound mixer Ole Ørsted

Medvirkende

Ellen Rasmussen Tove Maës
Erik, Ellens mand Alf Lassen
Bent, Eriks kollega Flemming Quist Møller
Frk. With, Bents sekretær Cæcilie Nordgreen
Karen, læge Berthe Qvistgaard
Grethe, designer Birgit Brüel
Lars, Grethes mand Hans Kragh-Jacobsen
Harry Claus Strandberg
Ellens kollega Asta Esper Andersen
Ellens kollega Lone Lindorff
Personalechef Arne Skovhus
Mandlig stripper Doug Crutchfield
Dame på AF-kontor Aase Hansen
Demonstratør af skønhedsmiddel Lene Maimu
Ekspedient i bh-afdeling Annie Jessen
Kritisk ægtefælle ved party Lis Allentoft
Sekretær Niels Skousen
Sekretær Hans Henrik Clemensen
Mand på diskotek Jesper Jensen
Karens sekretær Per Tønnes Nielsen
Ellens læge Bent Børgesen
Tv-interviewer Susanne Giese
Tillidskvinde på strejkemøde Ingrid Oustrup Jensen
Deltager i strejkemøde Grethe Bigler
Deltager i strejkemøde Litten Hansen
Ekspedient i slagterforretning Gunnvør Nolsøe
Ellens sekretær Michael Trier Jacobsen
Mand på diskotek Ole Dupont
Appearance Else Andersen
Appearance Jørgen Krogh
Appearance Britta Lillesøe
Appearance Margrethe K. Jacobsen
Appearance Johnny Olsen
Appearance René Pedersen
Appearance Svend Johansen
Appearance Jytte Seedorff
Appearance Hermod Knudsen
Appearance Hanne Tvestmann
Appearance Nicki Næsted
Appearance Finn Tavbe
Appearance Peter Jacobsen
Appearance Inge Johansen
Appearance Arne Krogh
Appearance Bente Hansen
Appearance Svend Holbæk

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