The Girls Are Willing

The Girls Are Willing (Danish: Guld og grønne skove) is a 1958 Danish comedy film directed by Gabriel Axel. It was chosen as Denmark's official submission to the 31st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.^[1] It was also entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.

The Girls Are Willing
Poster by Aage Lundvald
Directed by	Gabriel Axel
Written by	Johannes Allen
Produced by	S. Vinod Pathak
Starring	Axel Bang
Cinematography	Jørgen Skov
Edited by	Carsten Dahl
Music by	Svend Erik Tarp
Distributed by	Nordisk Films Kompagni
Release date	24 January 1958 (1958-01-24)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

Guld og grønne skove was only Gabriel Axel's third feature film as a director, and from it came out in 1958, it took exactly 30 years before in 1988 he won his Academy Award for Babette's Feast.^[2]

Plot

The two small islands, Hvenø and Birkø, have been in a decade-long conflict, and it therefore creates big problems when three young men from one island falls in love with three beautiful, young girls from the neighbouring island. Nothing could be more unlikely than a marriage between the islands - let alone three! But one day oil is found on the first island - causing a veritable invasion of the US oil company, American Super Oil Company. And then the whole little sleepy community is turned completely upside down ...

Cast

• Axel Bang - Sognerådsformand Kristian Kristiansen
• Henny Lindorff Buckhøj - Martha
• Verner Tholsgaard - Theo
• Ole Larsen - Postmester Lars Peter
• Else-Marie - Thyra
• Mogens Viggo Petersen - Ole
• Valsø Holm - Købmand Anton
• Cay Kristiansen - Hans
• Anna Henriques-Nielsen - Jensine
• Vilhelm Henriques - Organist Mattis
• Einar Reim - Pastor Breining
• Keld Markuslund - Skolelærer
• Karl Stegger - Sognefoged Søren
• Hanne Winther-Jørgensen - Rigmor
• Judy Gringer - Anna

See also

• List of submissions to the 31st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film