Carmen Curlers
TV Show · Drama · History

In 1963, a business adventure begins in a basement in a small Danish town. Within a few years, the company has 3500 employees, many of them women who are experiencing the joys and challenges of earning their own money for the first time.

2022 · 54m
Starring Morten Hee Andersen, Maria Rossing, Lars Ranthe
Director Natasha Arthy

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Summer
    After witnessing farmer's wife Birthe's embarrassment when she realises that she can't afford to get her hair done, ambitious retailer Axel Byvang sees an opportunity.
    54 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Summer
    Carmen Curlers becomes a major export success in record time. Photo models and film stars in Paris, London and New York use the new curling device from Kalundborg, where hundreds of women get jobs and experience earning their own money.
    54 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Summer/Fall
    The curler scandal at the beauty fair has gone around Denmark. Axel is out of business and now has 1000 defective curler sets that no one wants to buy. Birthe tries to raise money for Jørgen's chemotherapy.
    54 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Fall
    Axel borrows a million kroner from the bank to build a factory that will produce Carmen Curlers for the whole world. Now he just needs the customers. But the rumour about the downturn from the beauty fair has spread throughout Denmark.
    53 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Fall
    The Carmen Curlers factory opens, and Birthe has become HR manager; Axel looks forward to the Christmas sale cementing Carmen Curlers as an indispensable part of everyday life for all women in the Nordics.
    52 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Fall
    Curlers are being spat out at the busy Carmen factory, but for Frans there is not much to do. That's why he takes a job from the fashion photographer Benjamin in Copenhagen, where he has to do the hair of a French film star.
    41 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Morten Hee Andersen
    Axel Byvang
  • M‌R
    Maria Rossing
    Birthe Windfeld
  • Lars Ranthe
    Jørgen Windfeld
  • Rosalinde Mynster
    Tove Byvang
  • Mille Lehfeldt
    Vita Mosholt
  • Christian Tafdrup
    Poul Mosholt
  • Fanny Bornedal
    Kathrine Windfeld
  • N‌J
    Nicolai Jørgensen
    Frans Lynge
  • Signe Egholm Olsen
    Karen
  • Natasha Arthy
    Director
  • S‌L
    Stinna Lassen
    Producer

About

Carmen Curlers

Drama

In 1963, a business adventure begins in a basement in a small Danish town. Within a few years, the company has 3500 employees, many of them women who are experiencing the joys and challenges of earning their own money for the first time.

Information

Studio
NRK
Released
2022
Rated
AL/G
Region of Origin
Denmark

Languages

Original Audio
Danish
Audio

French (France) (AD, AAC), German (Germany) (AAC)

Subtitles

French (France) (CC, SDH), Polish (Poland)

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.
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