A City Called Copenhagen

• Osvald Helmuth: Danish speaker

En by ved navn København (Eng. A town called Copenhagen ) is a Danish short film from the year 1960. The film was sponsored by both the Copenhagen city council as well as the Port Authority. He was present at the Academy Awards in 1961 for Best Documentary (Short Film ) nominated.

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The speaker goes in a laconic tone of the question, what would a city. Here he makes use of, among other things of a street sweeper, who has spent his entire life in Copenhagen, as well as a painter who studied at the city harbor particular motifs for his paintings. Shown is a traditional city, which is also prescribed for the modern age. Copenhagen is portrayed as socially and problem free. One sees in the workshops of Royal Copenhagen in the yard on Holmen and again the Tivoli attractions. Also recordings from 1912 are cut into the film. Although the issue is illuminated from different angles, and are called various facts about the city, it remains unanswered. But regardless of it can be stated: There is a city called Copenhagen.