Hosted by Kaj Berg Madsen Date 27 April 1954 | Best Film Farlig Ungdom Location Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Best Actor Angelo Bruun (da)
Hendes store aften Best Actress Tove Maës
Himlen er blaa (da) Site Circus Building, Copenhagen | ||
The 7th Bodil Awards was held on 27 April 1954 at the World Cinema in Copenhagen, Denmark, honering the best in Danish and foreign film of 1953.
Contents
- Best Danish Film
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Best European Film
- Best American Film
- References
The evening started with a preview screening of James Stewart and June Allyson starring in Anthony Mann's The Glenn Miller Story.
The award ceremony was a triumph for director Lau Lauritzen, Jr., who had previously, albeit shared with Bodil Ipsen, received the Bodil for Best Danish Film three times: In 1949, for The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman, in 1951, for Café Paradis (Paradise Cafe), and in 1952, for Det Sande Ansigt (The True Face). For his direction of Farlig Ungdom he took home the award for Best Danish Film for a fourth time, a record that would stand more than forty years until Lars von Trier in 1997 received his fourth Best Danish Film Bodil for Breaking the Waves.
Foreign films were well represented with Rene Clement's Forbidden Games winning the Bodil Award for Best European Film, and Julius Caesar directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz winning the award for Best American Film.