TV Series · 2022

Carmen Curlers

Drama · Returning Series

Composite

6.8

IMDb

7.5 / 10

1,536 votes

TMDB

6.9 / 10

19 votes

Local

— / 10

No votes

Synopsis

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 for the first time the joys and challenges of earning their own money.

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Cast

Morten Hee Andersen

Axel

Maria Rossing

Birthe

Rosalinde Mynster

Tove

Nicolai Jørgensen

Frans

Fanny Leander Bornedal

Kathrine

Christian Tafdrup

Poul

Lars Ranthe

Jørgen

Mille Lehfeldt

Vita

Crew

Art

Heidi Plugge Production Design
Dorte Knirke Madelung Production Design

Camera

Eddie Klint Camera Operator
Christian Helskov Nielsen Camera Operator
Sospeter Nganga Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Joan Evald Johansen Costumer
Freja Fabricius Costumer
Erik Schiødt Makeup Artist
Marie Kleis Costumer
Mette Meinicke Costumer
Maria Hall Makeup Artist
Maria Kai Nielsen Makeup Artist
Ditte Madsen Makeup Artist
Anne Cathrine Sauerberg Makeup & Hair
Rebecca Richmond Costume Design

Crew

Mette Heeno Creator
Niels Buchholzer Cinematography

Directing

My Hyttel Script Supervisor
Katja Prudinsky Assistant Director
Jesper Grüner First Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Tine Højgaard Nielsen Post Producer
Emilie Steen Line Producer
Jesper Grüner Production Executive
Jonas Skovhuus Frandsen Production Manager
Katja Kofoed-Hansen Production Coordinator
Tobias Franck-Winther Production Assistant
Pia Ozada Production Assistant
Maja Dyekjær Producer
Stinna Lassen Producer
Stinna Lassen Executive Producer
Emma Poppe Producer
Mie Andreasen Executive Producer

Sound

Nicolai Linck Sound Designer
Kjetil Mørk Sound
Rune Kristiansen Boom Operator
Jesper Mechlenburg Original Music Composer
Jesper Mechlenburg Music

Writing

Andreas Garfield Story
Andreas Garfield Screenplay
Mette Heeno Screenplay
Mette Heeno Story
Anna Bro Story
Anna Bro Screenplay
Line Mørkeby Story
Line Mørkeby Screenplay

Seasons & episodes

Season 1 (8 ep)

1. Summer (August 1963)

Sep 30, 2022 · 55 min

Axel Byvang has an idea to work his way up from poor conditions: a device that can give modern women a smart hairstyle in 10 minutes. But the first experiments in a humble basement room go horribly wrong.
2. Summer (August/September 1963)

Oct 7, 2022 · 54 min

With the country's biggest beauty fair just around the corner, Axel enlists the help of Tove and Frans. Birthe's husband Jørgen is diagnosed with leukemia, which only an expensive new form of chemotherapy in Germany can cure.
3. Summer/Fall (September 1963)

Oct 14, 2022 · 54 min

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.
4. Fall (October 1963)

Oct 21, 2022 · 54 min

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 rumor about the downturn from the beauty fair has spread throughout Denmark.
5. Fall (November 1963)

Oct 28, 2022 · 58 min

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.
6. Fall (Two Days at the End of November 1963)

Nov 4, 2022 · 60 min

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.
7. Winter/Spring (1963/1964)

Nov 11, 2022 · 58 min

With the expectation of a spectacular Christmas sale, Axel decides to win Tove back. It will not be an easy task, however, because Tove goes her own way. Birthe's Christmas is ruined by an unpleasant surprise that forces her to seek help.
8. Spring (1964)

Nov 18, 2022 · 60 min

Axel and Frans are hugely successful in Paris and return home with an order for 10,000 curler sets. The order must be delivered within 14 days, which puts the Carmen ladies under tremendous pressure. Jørgen receives good news from the doctor.

Season 2 (7 ep)

1. Welcome to Carmen

Oct 15, 2023 · 56 min

Axel's dream of exporting Carmen Curlers faces competition from Clarice Cosmetics. Birthe rallies factory workers, but a disgruntled group threatens to strike. Cooperation between the companies is a possibility.
2. Where the trade is carried out...

Oct 22, 2023 · 56 min

During an American visit, factory worker Else suffers an accident. Birthe and Axel scramble to hide safety lapses before contract signing. They face pressure from Else's mother and media scrutiny over worker conditions.
3. The world's best place to work

Oct 29, 2023 · 57 min

50,000 sets of Carmen Curlers are on their way to the US, but now Europe also needs their supplies, so Axel expands and hires people for night shifts. Birthe is tasked with getting 70 ladies for the factory, but how do you do that when the whole of Denmark has a major labor shortage? Birthe recognizes that alternative methods must be used. Axel tries to enjoy his success but the loneliness begins to eat away at him.
4. Episode 4

Nov 5, 2023 · 59 min
5. Episode 5

Nov 12, 2023 · 53 min
6. Episode 6

Nov 19, 2023 · 59 min
7. Episode 7

Nov 26, 2023 · 58 min