Carmen Curlers

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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Drama
Created By

Mette Heeno

First Aired on

Sep 30, 2022

2 seaons till Nov 26, 2023

Popularity: 10.7352
10 votes
Networks
(DK)
Production

DR (DK)NRK (NO)SVT (SE)RÚV (IS)YLE (FI)

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: Episode 7

Seasons & episodes

Total 2 seasons, 15 episodes

Season 1

Aired

8 Episodes
  • Episode 1Summer (August 1963)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.

  • Episode 2Summer (August/September 1963)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.

  • Episode 3Summer/Fall (September 1963)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.

  • Episode 4Fall (October 1963)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.

  • Episode 5Fall (November 1963)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.

Crew & Team

Jonas Berlin

Cinematography

Niels Buchholzer

Cinematography

Mette Heeno

Creator

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