Chronicle - Better Times

– Krøniken is a Danish television drama which aired on Sunday evenings between January 2004 and Janua..

Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
58 Minutes
Release Year:
2004-
Original Name:
Krøniken
Chronicle - Better Times (2004-) - Also known as Krøniken

Krøniken is a Danish television drama which aired on Sunday evenings between January 2004 and January 2007. The 22-episode series relates the lives of two fictional families during the historical development of the Danmarks Radio television network from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Created by Stig Thorsbøe for the DR broadcast-television network, the series debuted on 4 January 2004. The program's first season set popularity records. Five of the episodes were listed among the ten most watched television programs since records began in Denmark in 1992. The first season finale topped the list with 2,717,000 viewers. In 2004, the program was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Drama but lost to Waking the Dead.

The series concluded with the 22nd episode airing on 1 January 2007 and watched by 2.4 million viewers.

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Chronicle - Better Times (2004-) - Trailer

Release Date:

04 Jan 2004

Language:

Danish

Main Actors:

Anne Louise Hassing, Anders W. Berthelsen, Maibritt Saerens, Waage Sandø

Plot:

In 1949, the young Ida Nørregaard travels from Jutland to Copenhagen to enroll in a home economics school and an evening school programme. When she is told that she can't do both, she chooses the evening school. Her parents are unhappy with her choice, but Ida is decided upon making it on her own in the big city. She finds a job as a secretary at a radio factory, but when her boss's son Erik Nielsen has a crush on Ida, he causes her to lose her job. While Erik is trying to convince his father of the future of television, he also succeeds in attracting Ida's attention. Meanwhile, Erik's lively sister Søs Nielsen is engaged to a man she doesn't love. When he tries to rape her one night, she is helped by Palle From who is a working class university student and lives next door to Ida. When Søs finds him to thank him an attraction builds between them.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10